NRHP Reference # 66000711 Area 8 ha | Designated NHL July 19, 1964 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
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Fort Thompson Mounds is an archaeological site in Buffalo County, South Dakota, near Fort Thompson and within the Crow Creek Reservation. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
At the time of the designation in 1964, it was stated:
This large group of low burial mounds dating from Plains-Woodland times (c. 800) contains evidence of the first pottery-making peoples in area. It is situated on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation.
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