Location | Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana, USA |
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Region | Clark County, Indiana |
Coordinates | 38°22′40.80″N 85°41′41.82″W / 38.3780000°N 85.6949500°W |
History | |
Founded | 1000 CE |
Abandoned | 1180 CE |
Cultures | Middle Mississippian culture |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | platform mounds, palisade, |
The Prather Site (12CL4) is a Middle Mississippian culture archaeological site located in the Falls of the Ohio region in Clark County, Indiana. It was the principal ceremonial center of the Prather Complex, the northeasternmost regional variant of the Mississippian cultures. It also bordered on several Upper Mississippian cultures, including the Fort Ancient peoples of Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio and Northeastern Kentucky.