 The
Kincaid Mounds
Massac County
along The Ohio River Scenic Byway
The mounds are raised platforms on
which the Native American chiefs and
other elite leaders lived or ruled
from, and on which thatched-roofed
homes, ceremonial buildings, and
temples were constructed.
The mounds were built in stages over
a 350 year period by stacking basket
loads of selected soil and clay
material one on top of another.
The mounds remain much as they did
700 years ago.
The Native Americas who created
these mounds were ruled by a chief
who inherited his position.
Corn and maize farmers in the
lowland along the Ohio River from
Hamletsburg to Brookport paid
tribute to the chief by constructing
the mounds.
The Kincaid site was excavated by
the University of Chicago
archaeologists from 1934-44.
The work done at the Kincaid site
set a new standard for
archaeological excavations in the
United States. In fact, the
methods used are the basis for much
of today's archeological practices
in America.
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