Examination of architectural features on Mound C of the Carson Mound Group, Coahoma County, Mississippi.

摘要

The Carson Mound Group, located in Coahoma County, Mississippi, contains six large mounds arranged on a northwest to southeast oriented prehistoric grid. The removal of a historic structure on the top of Mound C, a platform mound, allowed excavations where the house once stood. These excavations revealed a number of large wall trench structures, some of which may have been palisades, as well as many pits, postholes, and historic features. The prehistoric features found on Mound C are described in detail, as well as their relationship to one another. A possible sequence of when these structures were built and rebuilt is developed based on superposition and soil core data, and the unusual nature of the arrangement of these features is explored and discussed.