Wickliffe Mounds

Wickliffe Site
15 BA 4
Mound at the site
Wickliffe Mounds is located in Kentucky
Wickliffe Mounds
Location in Kentucky today
Wickliffe Mounds is located in the United States
Wickliffe Mounds
Wickliffe Mounds (the United States)
LocationBallard County, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates36°58′15.67″N 89°5′34.30″W / 36.9710194°N 89.0928611°W / 36.9710194; -89.0928611
History
Founded1000 CE
Abandoned1350
CulturesMississippian culture
Site notes
Architecture
Architectural stylesplatform mounds, plazas
Architectural detailsNumber of temples:
Wickliffe Site
NRHP reference No.84000789[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 08, 1984
Responsible body: State

Wickliffe Mounds (15 BA 4) is a prehistoric, Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Ballard County, Kentucky, just outside the town of Wickliffe, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Archaeological investigations have linked the site with others along the Ohio River in Illinois and Kentucky as part of the Angel phase of Mississippian culture. Wickliffe Mounds is controlled by the State Parks Service, which operates a museum at the site for interpretation of the ancient community. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is also a Kentucky Archeological Landmark and State Historic Site.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.