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Jaketown Site
Belzoni, Mississippi
Historical Marker Database · Mark Hilton
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Jaketown Site is a significant archaeological site that was initially settled by people of the Poverty Point culture circa 1000 B.C. and was continuously occupied through all subsequent archaeological periods of the Lower Mississippi Valley.
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Photo: Mark Hilton
Photo: Mark Hilton
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Belzoni, Mississippi · USA
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