Hampson Archeological Museum State Park | |
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Location | Wilson, Mississippi, Arkansas Delta, Arkansas, United States |
Coordinates | 35°34′13″N 90°2′25″W / 35.57028°N 90.04028°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha)[1] |
Established | 1961[1] |
Named for | James K. Hampson |
Governing body | Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism |
Website | [1] |
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) Arkansas state park in Mississippi County, Arkansas in the United States. The museum contains a collection of archeological artifacts from the Nodena site, which is a former Native American village on the Mississippi River between 1400 and 1650.[2][3] James K. Hampson began excavating the site in the 1920s, a museum was built in 1946 and the Arkansas General Assembly officially accepted the collection of artifacts from the Hampson family on March 30, 1957.[1] The park first opened in 1961 as Hampson Museum State Park and has since been renamed.
Around 1400-1650 CE an aboriginal palisaded village existed in the Nodena area on a meander bend of the Mississippi River. Artifacts from this site are on display in the Hampson Museum State Park.[4][5]
The museum is named after James K. Hampson, a local landowner and archaeologist.[6]