Mound C
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Mound C is one of the principal earthwork mounds at the Winterville Mounds archaeological site, associated with the Mississippian culture in what is now Mississippi.
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mississippian culture earthwork
ⓘ
archaeological feature ⓘ platform mound ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Winterville polity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Mississippian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionEnd | circa 1450 CE ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionStart | circa 1000 CE ⓘ |
| excavatedAt | 20th century ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History ⓘ |
| function | platform for structures ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Mississippi Landmark (via Winterville Mounds site)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Historic Landmark (via Winterville Mounds site) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Winterville, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Mississippi Department of Archives and History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | earth ⓘ |
| near | Mississippi River Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Winterville Mounds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winterville Mounds National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Winterville Mounds State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ mound-and-plaza complex at Winterville ⓘ |
| period | Mississippian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | principal mound at Winterville Mounds site ⓘ |
| use |
ceremonial purposes
ⓘ
elite residential purposes ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.