Nomination Form for Nps Use Only

DATA SHEEB STATE: fn°rm 1Q70^6 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Uct. IV/^J NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mississippi COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Prentiss and Itawamba INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY_ . __ FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES ENTRY DATE ;""T \ \ ^ "-' . '.' (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) FfcB fc-aMSW"" l " /* x-x-X'X-x-x-x-x-X'X-X'X-x-x-X'X'X-x-X'i-x^-^x-jjffx-x^-x-x-x-x^^^^^ $jjjj^ iiggv'ig!;:^ COMMON: " ; > "" /ly Kl:CE!VTl) Pharr Mounds (Nos . 280-287-3B) AND/OR HISTORIC: l~~!Ifl rEi.,'-^ ( :, ,:; ^ ;

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REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If applicable) STREIET AND NUMBER: Southeast 3^-l-Ol Whipple Avenue CITY OR TOWN: STA1HE: CODE Atlanta Ge>orgia 30344 13 litliiiii^^ COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Itawamba COUNTY:. Chancery Clerk's Office Prentiss& STREET AND NUMBER:

CITY OR TOWN: STA FE: CODE Booneville M:ississippi 38829 28 iSiiSiii^^iiiiiiiiiliiiil^ 1 TITLE^^^SURVEY: NUMBERENTRY TI j^^^^^^^H^HHHH^^Hfnited States Government Printing Office 0 I 70 DATE OF SURVEY: ]_O,ij.]_ LZ] "Federal | | State I | County f~1 Local Z-a DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: to c Library of Congress t/l m STREET AND NUMBER: o -

The Pharr Mound group consists of eight mounds _____ Three of these are twenty or more feet in height, artil idfl.lly*"UU!Pl{3 true ted, and conical in shape. Two of these three mounds still have trees upon them. The other five are flattened through cultivation. Two of the latter five are small artificial specimens, though three are probably natural eminences on which midden material has accumulated.

Pharr Mounds are one of the most impressive groups in Northeast Mississippi; they lie in a natural setting of considerable beauty. flmiHRcypress swamps provide a heavy screen of which the mounds are silhouetted; low hills covered with pines and mixed hardwoods border the site, which is cleared and cultivated,

Archeological investigations were carried out by the NPS during the summer of 1966. The customary grid system was used and exploratory trenches were made. Cultivation of the site has thoroughly erased surface traces m of the village site and one can only hypothesize on the nature of the m several occupations.

Present plans call for developing these mounds into an interpretive stop H when completed in this section which would mean an exhibit 70 "shelter and picnic area. The site would be cleared and planted in grass. C o 1. Pharr Mound A (No. 280-3B) ____:he mound is covered with trees yet is impres sive in size. Presently soybean farming is taking place in this group of eight mounds. Coordinates for the center of the site are being used

Recommended treatment: Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $200.00 Photograph enclosed

2. Pharr Mound B (No. 281-3B) Approximately 20 feet in height this is the tallest mound of the group and it is overgrownw^hverv large trees. ___

Recommendedtreatment: Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: Photograph enclosed

(Continued) Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mississippi NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM Prentiss & Itawamba FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) -pee- 'Number all entries) Item 7- Description

3. Pharr Mound C (No. 282-3B)

This mound is fLattenedy^^^^several feet high and is covered with under-

Recommended treatment: PreserYation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $200.00 Photograph enclosed

h. Pharr Mound n (No. 283-3B)

Mound D is rather long, yet it is flattened and is convered with under- growth and jprobably was cultivated over at one time_._

Recommended treatment: Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $100.00 Photograph enclosed

5. Pharr Mound E (No 281+-3B)

About 7-8 feet high few trees are growing _pn it Longitude: Acreage: Recommended treatment: Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $150.00 Photograph enclosed

6. Pharr Mound F (No. 285-3B) Flattened through the years this mound is covered with small pine trees and it has practically lost its identity as a mound. t

Recommended treatment: Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $200.00 Photograph enclosed

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GP 0 921-724 Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mississippi NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Prentiss and Itawamba INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet)

(Number all entries) Item 1. Description

T. Pharr Mound G (No. 286-3B)

Flattened through cultivation this mound has almost lost its identity and it is grown up in briars and weeds. This site is only slightly higher than the surrounding field. Longitude^ Latitude: Acreage: ______Recommend treatment:Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $100.00 Photograph enclosed.

8. Pharr Mound H (No. 28T-3B)

Several feet in height this mound als>o has trees growing on it.

Latitude: Acreage: ^___ Recommende'cr treatment: Preservation Preliminary cost estimate for above: $150.00 Photograph enclosed.

Item 10. Geographical Data

U.T.M. Reference

GP 0 921.7 24 Form No 10-300a (Aev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED

CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE

Pharr Mounds Archeological District, Natchez Trace Parkway: * Previous Research - Reported research on this impressive group of mounds is limited. Jennings (1941 a) made the initial survey and recommendation for purchase. It was not until 1970 that a report by Bohannon (1970) indicated that the mound group was Middle Woodland, circa A.D. 1 - 200, and part of the Miller I period of Northeast Mississippi. Bohannon 1 s excavations were extensive, being carried out on mounds A, D, E, and H as well as a small part of the plaza area. Occupation of the site is described by Bohannon as intermittent "...during times of mortuary rites and seasonal exploitation of nearby food resources" (Bohannon 1972:82). Prokooetz conducted a survey of the proposed parkway road bed __ ___in 1974, locating some artifactual remains on the" ot this area in 1977 by Hamilton concluded that roadbed construction was not likely to pose a problem as no subsurface indications of occupation or interment were discovered. Interpretive Value - The interpretive value of these mounds is high as each mound s a collective group they are strikingly different attention, and allowing the story of the site and its connection with American prehistory to be explained with greater understanding. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate)

[XJ Pre-Columbian [~] 16th Century 18th Century |~1 20th Century | | 15th Century f~l 17th Century 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

Aboriginal | | Education Q Political I | Urban Planning

[jj Prehistoric | | Engineering [ | Religion/Phi [^) Other (Specify) flRHistoric [~| Industry losophy

I | Agriculture [ | Invention [| Science

| | Architecture || Landscape | | Sculpture

ED Art Architecture QJJ Social/Human I | Commerce | | Literature itarian

| | Communications | | Military || Theater

| | Conservation Music | | Transportation

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The site of Pharr Mounds makes it an impressive aboriginal monument. The site is apparently referable to a single cultural horizon, prehistoric, and little understood. On the basis of a preponderance of cord paddle marked pottery, the remains are roughly equitable with the widespread prehistoric horizon which has been labeled Deasonville. The pottery complex includes predominantly a cord marked, sand or sand-clay tempered ware, and a plain ware with similar paste characteristics. J. R. Swanton, in his Final Report of the U. S. DeSoto Expedition Commission, is inclined to label this complex Proto or early Chickasaw. U 3. Significance: 3rd order a*

UJ m Jennings, J.D. "The Pharr Mounds." Report on file at Natchez Trace Parkway Library, Tupelo, Mississippi

Bohannon, Charles F. "Excavations at the Pharr Mounds." Report on file at Natchez Trace Parkway Library, Tupelo, Mississippi

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70 C NAME AND TITLE: o William E. Cox, Assistant Chief Park Interpreter 10-01- -I BUSINESS ADDRESS: o z

STREET AND NUMBER: Rural Route 1, NT-143 (601) 8%2-15T2 CITY OR TOWN: .Tapelo Mississippi 28

State Liaison Officer recommendation: I hereby certify that this property is included in the 1Z] Yes National Register. a NO

State Liaison Officer Signature

In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby nominate this property to the National Register, certify ing that the State Liaison Officer has been allowed 90 days in which to present the nomination to the State Re view Board and to evaluate its significance. The racom- mended level of significance is | | National (V^ State Local

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