Pharr Mounds | |
Nearest city | Tupelo, Mississippi |
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Coordinates | 34°27′59.3562″N 88°25′0.1734″W / 34.466487833°N 88.416714833°W |
NRHP reference No. | 78000346[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 1978[1] |
Pharr Mounds is a Middle Woodland period archaeological site located near Tupelo in parts of Itawamba and Prentiss counties in northern Mississippi. This complex was made of earthwork mounds.
The complex of eight dome-shaped, tumulus burial mounds was in use during the Miller 1 phase of the Miller culture.[2] These were constructed as earthwork mounds between 1 and 200 CE. The complex is considered to be one of the largest and most important sites from this era.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as part of the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 286.7.[1]