Mounds of the Southern Delta

Wifeunit and I are game for almost any weekend excursion, and recently took the opportunity to join about 20 others for a guided tour of several Indian Mounds in the southern Mississippi Delta. We were led by a local expert from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, following in a convoy of cars winding around country roads, stopping on the shoulder to peer at what locals might regard as a "big ole dirt pile". I think the most fascinating thing I learned was how common the mounds are, and at least in Mississippi how many are not protected and exist on private property. At one site the mounds were near the road in a recently plowed field, allowing us to find pieces of pottery just off the shoulder.

The field trip was a nice way to spend a Saturday mostly outdoors, and to me, way better than watching TV or shopping.