Jaketown in Humphreys County, Mississippi, preserves evidence of Native occupation from about 1750 BCE to 1500 CE, making it one of the region’s oldest continuously inhabited places. It emerged during the Late Archaic Poverty Point culture as a major trade center tied to exchange networks across the Mississippi River and beyond. Its two surviving earthwork mounds date to the later Mississippian period and likely formed the political and religious center of a chiefdom. Earlier nearby mounds were destroyed in the early 20th century. Recognized for its long occupation and importance in regional trade, Jaketown became a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

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