Feltus Mound Site (22 JE 500), also known as the Ferguson Mounds or the Truly Mounds,[1] is an archaeological site located in Jefferson County, Mississippi, nearly 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Natchez. The location is an Early Coles Creek site (dated 700 to 1000 CE) with four platform mounds clustered around a central plaza, although one of the four mounds has been leveled.[2]

Feltus Mound Site
22 JE 500
Feltus Mound Site is located in Mississippi
Feltus Mound Site
Location in Mississippi today
LocationFayette, MississippiJefferson County, Mississippi USA
RegionJefferson County, Mississippi
Coordinates31°44′47.62″N 91°15′37.08″W / 31.7465611°N 91.2603000°W / 31.7465611; -91.2603000
History
Founded700 CE
Abandoned1000 CE
CulturesColes Creek culture

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  1. ^ Steponaitis, Vincas; Kassabaum, Megan; O'Hear, John. "Coles Creek Earthworks and Ritual at the Feltus Mounds in Southwest Mississippi, AD 700-1100" (PDF). Research Laboratories of Archaeology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  2. ^ Williams, Leah (2008). The Paleoethnobotany of the Feltus Mounds Site (PDF) (Undergraduate Honors thesis). University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
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