Excavations at the Pharr Mounds: Prentiss and Itawaba Counties, Mississippi and Excavations at the Bear Creek Site, Tishominga

Charles F Bohannon (1935-2011)

Published by Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, 1972

About this Item

2 parts in one: iv+108 pages with tables, diagrams and photographs. iv+55 pages with diagrams, charts, photographs and tables. Quarto (10 1/4" x 3/4") bound in original publisher's original wrappers. First edition. Pharr Mounds is a Middle Woodland period archaeological site located near Tupelo in parts of Itawamba and Prentiss County in northern Mississippi. The complex of eight dome shaped Tumulus burial mounds was in use during the Miller 1 phase of the Miller culture[3] and was built between 1 and 200 CE. It is considered to be one of the largest and most important sites from this era.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as part of the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 286.7. Condition: Previous owner's name on front wrapper else a very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Excavations at the Pharr Mounds: Prentiss and Itawaba Counties, Mississippi and Excavations at the Bear Creek Site, Tishominga
• Publisher: Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1972
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology