Baytown Site Explained

Baytown Site
3 MO 1
Location:Indian Bay, ArkansasMonroe County, Arkansas United States
Region:Monroe County, Arkansas
Cultures:Baytown culture, Plum Bayou culture
Architectural Styles:platform mounds, plaza
Architectural Details:Number of monuments:
Baytown Site
Embed:yes
Added:May 13, 1976
Refnum:76000440.[1]
Notes:Responsible body: private
Precolumbian:yes

The Baytown Site (3 MO 1) is a Pre-Columbian Native American archaeological site located on the White River at Indian Bay, in Monroe County, Arkansas. It was first inhabited by peoples of the Baytown culture (300 to 700 CE) and later briefly by peoples of the Plum Bayou culture (650 to 1050 CE),[2] in a time known as the Late Woodland period. It is considered the type site of the Baytown culture.

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1976, as NRIS number 76000440.[1]

Description

The site consisted of nine platform mounds arranged around an open plaza. The two tallest mounds were 20feet and 10feet in height, with others standing at 5feet in height or less.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places. 2011-10-17. August 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803035425/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome. dead.
  2. Book: Rolingson, Martha A. . Plum Bayou Culture of the Arkansas-White River Basin. Anderson, David G. . Mainfort, Robert C. Jr. https://books.google.com/books?id=qOb8BwjfzDAC&dq=Hayes+site+arkansas+plum+bayou+culture&pg=PA45 . The Woodland Southeast . . May 10, 2002 . 2013-02-20 . 978-0817311377 . 46–50.
  3. Web site: Plum Bayou Culture-Encyclopedia of Arkansas. 2008-09-23 .