Winterville Mounds

For more than a thousand years, travelers have visited the communal gathering space at Winterville Mounds, one of the largest Native American mound sites in the United States. The mounds at Winterville were hand built by people that thrived in this area from about AD 1000 to 1450. Winterville served as a communal space- not just ceremonial, but a place to gather, trade, and celebrate. Twelve of the original 23 mounds and two large plazas are still intact today. Since 2000 the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has administered this significant cultural site.
-- Mississippi State History Site