Nodena Site
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| Nearest city: | Wilson, Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Designated as NHL: | February 19, 1964[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000201 |
| Governing body: | Private |
The Nodena Site is an archeological site east of Wilson, Arkansas and northeast of Reverie, Tennessee in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.
Around 1400-1650 CE an aboriginal palisaded village existed in the Nodena area on a meander bend of the Mississippi River. Artifacts from this site are on display in the Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson, Arkansas.[3][4]
In 1900, a prehistoric mastodon skeleton was discovered 2 mi (3,2 km) south of the Nodena site.[5]
In 1966 the Nodena site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
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[edit] Nodena village 1400-1650 CE
About 5 mi (8 km) east of Wilson archeological artifacts from an aboriginal village of the Nodena people dated 1400-1650 CE were found in the first half of the 20th century.
The Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson, Arkansas exhibits an archeological collection of early American aboriginal artifacts from the Nodena Site.[3][4]
[edit] Culture of the Nodena people
The Hampson Museum State Park documents the culture of the civilization of the Nodena people, who lived in a 15 acre (60,703 m2) palisaded village on a horseshoe bend of the Mississippi River in the Wilson, Arkansas area.
Cultivation of crops, hunting, social life, religion and politics of that ancient civilization are topics of the exhibition.[3][4] Stone and shell artifacts as well as pottery are on display to illustrate the culture of the Nodena people.
Nodena is the type site for an important Late Mississippian cultural component, the Nodena phase, which dates from about 1400-1700 CE. This culture is contemporary with the Parkin phase. The Parkin Archeological State Park, also known as Parkin Indian Mound, is the site of another Late Mississippian village located in Parkin, Arkansas, about 30 mi (50 km) southwest of Wilson.
In 1964 the Nodena Site was declared a National Historic Landmark.[1] In 1966 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
[edit] Dr. James K. Hampson
The museum is named after Dr. James K. Hampson (1877-1956), owner of the Hampson Plantation on which the Nodena site is located, and archaeologist to excavate and preserve the artifacts from the Nodena site.[4][6]
In 1900 Dr. James K. Hampson documented the discovery of a prehistoric mastodon skeleton 2 mi (3,2 km) south of the Nodena site.[5]
[edit] Prehistoric Mastodon skeleton
Mastodons are members of the prehistoric, extinct genus Mammut, they resemble modern elephants. Native to North America they are said to have lived on the North American continent from almost 4 million years ago until their eventual disappearance about 10,000 years ago.[7]
In 1900, archaeologist Dr. James K. Hampson documented the find of skeletal remains of a mastodon on Island No. 35 of the Mississippi River, 2 mi (3,2 km) south of the Nodena site and 23 mi (37 km) south of Blytheville, Arkansas.[5]
In 1957 the site was reported as destroyed.[5]
[edit] See also
- Parkin Archeological State Park
- Hampson Museum State Park
- Wilson, Arkansas
- Reverie, Tennessee
- Island 35 Mastodon
- Mississippian culture
- Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
- Cahokia
- Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site
- Moundville Archaeological Site
- Etowah Indian Mounds
- Spiro Mounds
[edit] References
- ^ a b Nodena Site. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-26).
- ^ a b c National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ a b c http://visionmena.com/Arkansas%20State%20Parks/hampson_museum.htm Visiomania.com, Hampson Museum
- ^ a b c d http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/hampsonmuseum/ ArkansasStateParks.com, Hampson Museum
- ^ a b c d Williams, Steven (Apr., 1957). The Island 35 Mastodon: Its Bearing on the Age of Archaic Cultures in the East. American Antiquity, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 359-372. doi:10.2307/276134.
- ^ Williams, Steven (Apr., 1957). James Kelly Hampson. 1877-1956. American Antiquity, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 398-400.
- ^ "Greek mastodon find 'spectacular'", BBC News, 24 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
[edit] External links
- Nodena Site is at coordinates Coordinates:
Photographs of stone and shell artifacts and of pottery from the Nodena site
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