ib or ne ▁County , ▁Mississippi , ▁on ▁a ▁bl uff ▁ ▁east ▁of ▁ ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁River , ▁ ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁Black ▁River . ▁The ▁site ▁has ▁an ▁ext ant ▁bur ial ▁m ound , ▁and ▁may ▁have ▁possibly ▁had ▁two ▁others ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁The ▁site ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁occupied ▁from ▁ 5 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 ▁CE . ▁Co pper ▁objects , ▁Mark sv ille ▁culture ▁cer am ics ▁and ▁a ▁stone ▁platform ▁pipe ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁exc av ations ▁at ▁the ▁site . ▁The ▁site ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁site ▁in ▁the ▁N atch ez ▁Bl uff s ▁region ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁act ively ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Hope well ▁Inter action ▁S phere . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁four ▁m ounds ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁believed ▁to ▁date ▁to ▁the ▁Early ▁Mark sv ille ▁period , ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁being ▁the ▁Mar sk ville ▁M ound ▁ 4 ▁and ▁Cro oks ▁M ounds ▁A ▁and ▁B , ▁all ▁located ▁in ▁nearby ▁Louisiana . ▁The ▁m ound ▁itself ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁several ▁stages ▁over ▁many ▁years , ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Cro oks ▁M ound ▁A ▁in ▁La ▁S alle ▁Par ish , ▁Louisiana . ▁Un like ▁some ▁other ▁Hope well ▁sites , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁T rem per ▁M ound ▁in ▁Sci oto ▁County , ▁Ohio , ▁the ▁site ▁showed ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁a ▁mort u ary ▁or ▁commun al ▁structure ▁previous ▁to ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁m