Glass site
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The Glass site (22 WR 502) is a Plaquemine culture archaeological site located approximately 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) south of Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi. Originally the site had four platform mounds surrounding a large open plaza, but land leveling for modern farming techniques and looting by pothunters mean only portions of three have survived into the 21st century. It was a major ceremonial center that was contemporaneous with other large Plaquemine sites including Emerald, Holly Bluff, and Winterville and whose main occupation period occurred during the protohistoric period from 1500 to 1650 CE. Parts of the site were excavated by Clarence Bloomfield Moore in 1910 and 1911, and by Lauren Elizabeth Downs in 2007-2009.[1] The mounds are listed on the Mississippi Mound Trail.[2]
Location | Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA |
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Region | Warren County, Mississippi |
Coordinates | 32°13′46.49″N 90°56′10.032″W |
History | |
Cultures | Plaquemine culture |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1910-1911, 2007-2009 |
Archaeologists | Clarence Bloomfield Moore, Lauren Elizabeth Downs |
Responsible body: private |