Chickasawba Mound

The Chickasawba Mound, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 3M55, is an archaeological site in Blytheville, Arkansas. It encompasses the remains of a modest Nodena Phase town, with a ceremonial mound and evidence of occupation during the 16th century. The site is one of the best-preserved Nodena sites in the region.[2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] The site derives its name from Chickasawba, a chief of the Shawnee tribe, said to have been buried at the foot of the mound.[3]

Chickasawba Mound (3M55)
Nearest cityBlytheville, Arkansas
Area13 acres (5.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.84000217[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1984

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Summary description of Chickasawba Mound". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  3. Jessop, Utahna; The "Arkansas Woman" and other Giants of The Ozarks, Ancient American, Vol. 24, Issue 126 (2020) p. 3-4, according to Zimmerman, Fritz, Remains of Giant Race Found in Arkansas, Idaho Daily Statesman, June 12, 1899. The 1899 article also claims, "an excavation in or near Chickasawba mound revealed a portion of a gigantic human skeleton - the man to whom it belongs could not have been less than eight or nine feet tall" and that similar skeletons have been found in the neighborhood of the mound.


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