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- Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site — official page
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- Operator:(270) 335-3681
- Address:94 Green St., Wickliffe, KY 42087 · KY
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An ancient Mississippian archaeological site near where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers meet. The museum shows pottery and stone tools dug up on site, and there are trails and picnic areas.
Source: parks.ky.gov
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Wickliffe Mounds is a prehistoric, Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Ballard County, Kentucky, just outside the town of Wickliffe, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Archaeological investigations have linked the site with others along the Ohio River in Illinois and Kentucky as part of the Angel phase of Mississippian culture. Wickliffe Mounds is controlled by the State Parks Service, which operates a museum at the site for interpretation of the ancient community. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is also a Kentucky Archeological Landmark and State Historic Site.
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