My First Mound Experience: Wickliffe Mounds, Part 1

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LaDonna Brown recalls her first visit to a mound site and the powerful experience it proved to be. Wickliffe Mounds is the site of a prehistoric American Indian village of the Mississippian era. Now a Kentucky State Historic Site, it features three excavated mounds and a museum.

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Mound Sites: Evidence of Well-Established Trade

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LaDonna Brown cites features shared by mound sites that demonstrate how trade had long been an important aspect of Southeastern Indians' lives.

Wickliffe Mounds Aerial Tour, Kentucky

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This prehistoric Native American mound site overlooks the Mississippi River in what was once Chickasaw Territory.

The Wickliffe Mounds: The Deep Connection I Felt

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LaDonna Brown reflects on her experience at Wickliffe Mounds and the close connection she immediately felt with the landscape there.

Monumental Earthworks: Advanced Civilizations

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LaDonna Brown notes that the Mississippian period existed from about 900 A.D. to 1400 A.D.