Murphy Mound Archeological Site

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Murphy Mound Archeological Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city:	Caruthersville, Missouri
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	69000119
Added to NRHP:	May 21, 1969^[1]
Designated NHL:	May 21, 1969^[2]

The Murphy Mound Archeological Site (also known as Archaeological Survey of Missouri Number 23-PM-43 ), is a prehistoric Mound archaeological site in Caruthersville, located in southeastern Missouri.

Prehistoric indigenous mound builder peoples, of the Middle Mississippian culture of eastern North America, built and occupied the Murphy Mound from 1350 to 1541 CE.^[3]

References

^ "National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. 2010-01-01. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MO/Pemiscot/state.html.
^ "National Register of Historic Places-Pemiscot County, MO". National Park Service. 2010-01-01. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MO/Pemiscot/state.html.
^ "Murphy Site, 23PM43". http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/Murphy.html. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

Mississippian and related cultures

List of Mississippian sites · Mound builder (people) · Timeline of Mississippi valley

Middle Mississippian	Adams Site · Angel Mounds · Angel Phase · Aztalan State Park · Beasley Mounds Site · Big Eddy Site · Boyd Mounds Site · Brentwood Library Site · Brick Church Mound and Village Site · Cahokia · Castalian Springs · Chucalissa · Cloverdale archaeological site · Dickson Mounds · Dunbar Cave · Fewkes Group Archaeological Site · John Roy Site · Kincaid Mounds · Kuhn Station Site · Marshall Site · Millstone Bluff · Mitchell Site · Monks Mound · Mound Bottom · Murphy Mound Archeological Site · Obion Mounds · Old Town Archaeological Site · Orendorf Site · Prather Site · Rowlandton Mound Site · Sellars Indian Mound · Shiloh Indian Mounds Site · Steed-Kisker culture · Sugarloaf Mound · Swallow Bluff Island Mounds · Tolu Site · Towosahgy · Turk Site · Twin Mounds Site · Wickliffe Mounds

South Appalachian Mississippian	Bottle Creek Indian Mounds · Citico · Dauphin Island · Etowah · Fort Walton Culture · Fort Walton Mound · Garden Creek site · Hickory Ridge Cemetery · Hoojah Branch Site · Jere Shine Site · Lake Jackson Mounds · Leon-Jefferson Culture · Letchworth Mounds · Liddell Archeological Site · Little Egypt (archaeological site) · Moccasin Bend · Moundville · Muscogee (Creek) · Nacoochee Mound · Ocmulgee · Pisgah Phase · Roods Landing · Town Creek Indian Mound · Velda Mound · Waddells Mill Pond Site

Plaquemine Mississippian	Anna Site · Emerald Mound Site · Fitzhugh Mounds · Flowery Mound · Foster's Mound · Ghost Site Mounds · Grand Village of the Natchez · Holly Bluff Site · Jaketown Site · Julice Mound · Mangum Mound Site · Mazique Archeological Site · Medora Site · Mott Mounds · Pocahontas Mounds · Routh Mounds · Scott Place Mounds · Transylvania Mounds · Venable Mound · Winterville Site ·

Caddoan Mississippian	Battle Mound Site · Belcher Mound Site · Bluffton Mound · Caddoan Mounds · Gahagan Mounds · Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village · Spiro Mounds

Upper Mississippian cultures	Alligator Effigy Mound · Beattie Park Mound Group · Blood Run Site · Clover Site · Dodge Site · Fort Ancient culture · Hartley Fort State Preserve · Leo Petroglyph · Oneota · Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs · Serpent Mound · SunWatch Indian Village

Late Mississippian / Protohistoric	Anhaica · Apalachee Province · Belle Meade Phase · Bussell Island · Caddo · Caborn-Welborn culture · Campbell Site · Chiaha · Citico · Coosa chiefdom · Dallas Phase · de Soto Expedition · Eaker Site · Hovey Lake · Joara · Jordan Mounds · Lamar Phase · Mabila · Menard-Hodges Site · Natchez · Nodena Phase · Parkin Site · Slack Farm · Taensa · Tipton Phase · Toqua (Tennessee) · Tunica · Walls Phase

Languages	Caddoan languages · Central Algonquian languages · Cherokee language · Mobilian Jargon · Muskogean languages · Natchez language · Siouan languages · Timucua language · Tunica language · Yuchi language

Religion	Ballgame · Black drink · Calumet (pipe) · Chunkey · Earth/fertility cult · Green Corn Ceremony · Horned Serpent · Long-nosed god maskette · Mississippian stone statuary · Platform mound · Shell gorget · Southeastern Ceremonial Complex · Thunderbird · Underwater panther

Related topics · American Bottom · Chevron bead · Clarksdale bell · Maize · Mississippian culture pottery · Mill Creek chert · Stone box grave

Pre-Columbian North America

Archaeological cultures	North American pre-Columbian chronology – Adena – Alachua – Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) – Baytown – Belle Glade – Buttermilk Creek Complex – Caborn-Welborn – Calf Creek – Caloosahatchee – Clovis – Coles Creek – Deptford – Folsom – Fort Ancient – Fort Walton – Fremont – Glades – Glacial Kame – Hopewell (List of Hopewell sites) – Hohokam – Leon-Jefferson – Mississippian (List of Mississippian sites) – Mogollon – Monongahela – Old Cordilleran – Oneota – Paleo-Arctic – Paleo-Indians – Patayan – Plano – Plaquemine – Poverty Point – Prehistoric Southwest – Red Ocher – Santa Rosa-Swift Creek – St. Johns – Steed-Kisker – Tchefuncte – Tocobaga – Troyville

Archaeological sites	Angel Mounds – Bandelier National Monument – The Bluff Point Stoneworks – Cahokia – Chaco Canyon – Casa Grande – Coso Rock Art District – Eaker – Effigy Mounds National Monument – Etowah Indian Mounds – Eva – Folsom Site – Fort Ancient – Fort Center – Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument – Holly Bluff Site – Hopewell Culture National Historical Park – Kincaid Mounds – Kolomoki – Manitou Cliff Dwellings – Marksville – Meadowcroft Rockshelter – Mesa Verde – Moorehead Circle – Moundville – Mummy Cave – Nodena Site – Ocmulgee National Monument – Old Stone Fort – Parkin Park – Pinson Mounds – Portsmouth Earthworks – Poverty Point – Pueblo Bonito – Rock Eagle – Rock Hawk – Salmon Ruins – Serpent Mound – Spiro Mounds – SunWatch – Taos Pueblo – Toltec Mounds – Town Creek Indian Mound – Winterville

Miscellaneous	Ballgame – Black drink – Buhl woman – Calumet – Chunkey – Clovis point – Container Revolution – Eastern Agricultural Complex – Eden point – Effigy mound – Falcon dancer – Folsom point – Green Corn Ceremony – Horned Serpent – Kennewick man – Kiva – Metallurgy – Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing – Medicine wheel – Mound builders – N.A.G.P.R.A. – Norse colonization of the Americas – Piasa – Pueblo dwellings – Southeastern Ceremonial Complex – Three Sisters agriculture – Thunderbird – Underwater panther

Related: Genetic history · Indigenous Portal of North America · Pre-Columbian era

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