Winterville, USM Partner on Long-term Excavation Project
Winterville Mounds, the National Historic Landmark Native American site operated by MDAH near Greenville, recently embarked on a multi-year archaeological project in partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at USM has established a field school at Winterville, where graduate anthropology students are working on excavations of the mounds and surrounding areas. The project's long-term goal is to develop a greater understanding of the Winterville Mounds and of the people who built, inhabited, and used the site. I want to thank H. Edwin Jackson, professor of anthropology at USM, for his leadership in establishing the field school.
Winterville Mounds, the National Historic Landmark Native American site operated by MDAH near Greenville, recently embarked on a multi-year archaeological project in partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at USM has established a field school at Winterville, where graduate anthropology students are working on excavations of the mounds and surrounding areas. The project's long-term goal is to develop a greater understanding of the Winterville Mounds and of the people who built, inhabited, and used the site. I want to thank H. Edwin Jackson, professor of anthropology at USM, for his leadership in establishing the field school.