Mazique Archeological Site

The Mazique Archeological Site, also known as White Apple Village, is a prehistoric Coles Creek culture archaeological site located in Adams County, Mississippi. It is also the location of the historic White Apple Village of the Natchez people and the Mazique Plantation. It was added to the NRHP on October 23, 1991, as NRIS number 91001529.DescriptionThe site is located on the west bank of Second Creek, a tributary of the Homochitto River and consisted of three platform mounds and a central plaza. It was occupied during both the Coles Creek period (700–1000 CE) and the later Plaquemine Mississippian period (1000–1680 CE), when it was recorded in historic times as the White Apple village of the Natchez people. Mound A sites directly on the bank of Second Creek and more than half of its mass has been lost due to the creek eroding into it. It is currently 8m in height but was recorded as being 6.1m in height and 45.7m in circumference by Montroville W. Dickeson in 1841 and 18ft in height and 131ft in length on the top by Calvin Brown in 1916. Mound B is located to the southeast and is 4m in height and has a historic cemetery on its summit. It still retains its flat topped shape. Dickeson was the only one to mention the third mound, which he described as smaller than the others and being further reduced by cultivation of its surface. By the time of the other surveys and investigations it is no longer mentioned and its location is still under investigation. The site is named for a local African-American family from southern Adams County who once owned the land.