Parkin site

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Parkin site is a significant Mississippian archaeological complex in northeastern Arkansas, believed to represent a large fortified village and possible capital of a regional chiefdom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Parkin site canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian culture site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric Native American village ⓘ
associatedWith regional chiefdom organization ⓘ
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Landmark ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists from the Arkansas Archeological Survey ⓘ
various university research teams ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf agricultural practices ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
defensive works ⓘ
domestic structures ⓘ
mound construction ⓘ
hasFeature fortification ditch ⓘ
palisade ⓘ
platform mound ⓘ
plaza ⓘ
village area ⓘ
hasUse archaeological research ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
public interpretation of Mississippian culture ⓘ
interpretedAs large fortified village ⓘ
possible capital of a regional chiefdom ⓘ
locatedIn Cross County, Arkansas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
northeastern Arkansas ⓘ
managedBy Arkansas State Parks ⓘ
namedAfter nearby community of Parkin, Arkansas ⓘ
partOf Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
timePeriod Mississippian period ⓘ
circa 1000–1600 CE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippian culture → majorSite → Parkin site ⓘ
Late Mississippian → hasCenter → Parkin site ⓘ