Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Natchez Bluffs Archaeological Project, Education, 3260 South Street, Room 325, Philadelphia, PA.
Beginning in 2015 directed by Dr. Megan Kassabaum at the University of Pennsylvania, the Natchez Bluffs Archaeological Project has investigated four sites in the region—Smith Creek, Feltus, Lessley, and Pumpkin Lake—that span 1000 years of history.
06/01/2024
I know it's been a while since you have heard from us, but Smith Creek is the the focus of a new article! Check it out in Southeastern Archaeology!
Odd deposits: interpreting sweetgum use at Coles Creek mound centers The archaeological record of the Lower Mississippi Valley represents a long history of Indigenous people making wide and variable use of the region’s exceptionally rich ecosystems. Often, archaeolo...
04/06/2023
Please join us in person at the Penn Museum OR virtually to learn about mounds as world heritage! Next Wednesday at 6:00!
North American Mounds as World Heritage Explore amazing art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece and Italy, Mesopotamia, Asia, Africa, and the Americas and more at this world renowned museum.
Starting tonight, some of our team member's are offering an online, four-part course focusing on the Key Marco site in Florida. It might be far from Smith Creek, but it's going to be super interesting! Register at the link below!
10/24/2022
Dr. Kassabaum is giving a talk tonight through the Exploring Joara Foundation in which Smith Creek will feature! It's a virtual lecture, so people can listen from afar! Register at the attached link if you're interested!
Virtual Lecture- A History of Platform Mound Ceremonialism: Finding Meaning in Elevated Ground - Exploring Joara Foundation 10/24/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm - Meg Kassabaum is Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Ancient Studies at the University of Pennsylvania as well as the Weingarten Associate Curator for North America at the Penn Museum. Her recent research has focused....
08/02/2022
Nearly a full page in the Sunday paper! (Featuring the photography of )
08/01/2022
Weekend o’backfilling is complete! These folks are complete beasts!
07/30/2022
Field season complete!!! This crew was utterly amazing today. We did about 4 days of work in 10 hours.
07/30/2022
Guess who found a feature on the last full day of excavation?? This girl!
07/28/2022
These folks made incredible progress in the Pumpkin Lake trench today. The last week crunch is upon us!!!
07/28/2022
Finished the first unit at Feltus yesterday! What a nice little profile!
07/27/2022
Drone crew photo when we finished level one of the big trench at Pumpkin Lake!
07/27/2022
Saturday was mound tourism day! Drive-bys on many sites and stops at a few, including Balmoral and Poverty Point. And a detour to a very very large mailbox!
