Marshall Site

Marshall Site
(15 CE 27)
Looking toward the site from the southwest
Marshall Site is located in Kentucky
Marshall Site
Location in Kentucky today
LocationBardwell, KentuckyCarlisle County, Kentucky USA
RegionJackson Purchase
Coordinates36°53′52″N 89°5′5″W / 36.89778°N 89.08472°W / 36.89778; -89.08472
History
Founded900 CE
Abandoned1300 CE
CulturesLate Woodland period, Mississippian culture
Site notes
Responsible body: Private

The Marshall Site (15CE27) is an Early Mississippian culture archaeological site located near Bardwell in Carlisle County, Kentucky, on a bluff spur overlooking the Mississippi River floodplain. The site was occupied from about 900 to about 1300 CE during the James Bayou Phase of the local chronology and was abandoned sometime during the succeeding Dorena Phase. Its inhabitants may have moved to the Turk Site,[1] which is located on the nearest adjacent bluff spur to the south,[2] and which was founded about this time. It is several miles south of the Wickliffe Mounds Site.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lewis, R. Barry (1996). "Chapter 5:Mississippian Farmers". Kentucky Archaeology. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 128–130. ISBN 0-8131-1907-3.
  2. ^ Pollack, David (2008), "Chapter 6:Mississippi Period" (PDF), in David Pollack (ed.), The Archaeology of Kentucky:An update, Kentucky Heritage Council, pp. 614–615, archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2010, retrieved October 29, 2010