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Southeast, Mississippi

Greenville MS

Dike fields

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
FossilsFossils

Also reported: Steamboat-era glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Steamboat-era reach; low water exposes bars and dike tips

Local collectors documented on Delta News: bottles, coins, sloth claws and 10,000-yr bones at low water; their tip: work the rock dikes.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote barsBarge wakes, soft sand pockets

Keep exploring nearby

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