James K. Hampson

"James Hampson" redirects here. For other people, see Jimmy Hampson and James Hampson (cricketer).
James K. Hampson exhibit at the Hampson Museum State Park

James Kelly Hampson (1877 – 8 October 1956) was the archaeologist that excavated and preserved the artifacts from the Nodena site and owner of the Hampson Plantation in Wilson, Arkansas.[1][2]

The Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson, Arkansas is named after James K. Hampson. The museum exhibits an archeological collection of early American aboriginal artifacts from the Nodena site.

In 1900 Hampson documented the discovery of a prehistoric mastodon skeleton 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the Nodena site.[3]

  1. ^ http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/hampsonmuseum/ ArkansasStateParks.com, Hampson Museum
  2. ^ Williams, Steven (Apr 1957). James Kelly Hampson. 1877-1956. American Antiquity, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 398-400.
  3. ^ Williams, Steven (Apr 1957). "The Island 35 Mastodon: Its Bearing on the Age of Archaic Cultures in the East". American Antiquity. 22 (4): 359–372. doi:10.2307/276134. JSTOR 276134. S2CID 163904639.