The 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) site was occupied primarily during the Dorena Phase (1100 to 1300 CE) and into the Medley Phase (1300-1500 CE) of the local chronology.[1] Its inhabitants may have moved from the Marshall Site, which is a slightly older settlement located on the nearest adjacent bluff spur.
For a regional administrative center, Turk is a small site, but this is because of constraints placed on it by the geography of the bluff spur it sits on. The layout of the site is characteristically Mississippian, with a number of platform mounds surrounding a central plaza.[2][3]
The earliest published investigation at the site was that of Robert Loughridge, published in 1888; the most extensive work at the site was conducted under Richard Edging and published in 1985.[4]
^Lewis, R. Barry (1996). "Chapter 2:The Western Kentucky border and the Cairo lowland". In McNutt, Charles H. (ed.). Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley. University of Alabama Press. pp. 67–70. ISBN978-0817308070.
^Lewis, R. Barry (1996). "Chapter 5:Mississippian Farmers". Kentucky Archaeology. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 128–130. ISBN0-8131-1907-3.
^Pollack, David (2008), "Chapter 6:Mississippi Period" (PDF), in David Pollack (ed.), The Archaeology of Kentucky:An update, Kentucky Heritage Council, pp. 614–615, retrieved 2010-10-29
^Sussenbach, Tom, and R. Barry Lewis. Archaeological Investigations in Carlisle, Hickman, and Fulton Counties, Kentucky: Site Survey and Excavations. Western Kentucky Project Report #4. Champaign: U of Illinois Department of Anthropology, 1987, 41.
turk, site, 15ce6, mississippian, culture, archaeological, site, located, near, bardwell, carlisle, county, kentucky, bluff, spur, overlooking, mississippi, river, floodplain, 6looking, toward, site, from, southlocation, within, kentucky, todaylocationbardwell. The Turk Site 15CE6 is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located near Bardwell in Carlisle County Kentucky on a bluff spur overlooking the Mississippi River floodplain Turk Site15 CE 6Looking toward the site from the southLocation within Kentucky todayLocationBardwell Kentucky Carlisle County Kentucky USARegionJackson PurchaseCoordinates36 53 41 17 N 89 5 6 79 W 36 8947694 N 89 0852194 W 36 8947694 89 0852194HistoryCulturesMississippian cultureSite notesArchitectureArchitectural stylesPlatform mounds PlazaResponsible body private Contents 1 Site 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSite EditThe 2 5 hectares 6 2 acres site was occupied primarily during the Dorena Phase 1100 to 1300 CE and into the Medley Phase 1300 1500 CE of the local chronology 1 Its inhabitants may have moved from the Marshall Site which is a slightly older settlement located on the nearest adjacent bluff spur For a regional administrative center Turk is a small site but this is because of constraints placed on it by the geography of the bluff spur it sits on The layout of the site is characteristically Mississippian with a number of platform mounds surrounding a central plaza 2 3 The earliest published investigation at the site was that of Robert Loughridge published in 1888 the most extensive work at the site was conducted under Richard Edging and published in 1985 4 See also EditNational Register of Historic Places listings in Carlisle County Kentucky Mississippian stone statuary Southeastern Ceremonial Complex List of Mississippian sitesReferences Edit Lewis R Barry 1996 Chapter 2 The Western Kentucky border and the Cairo lowland In McNutt Charles H ed Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley University of Alabama Press pp 67 70 ISBN 978 0817308070 Lewis R Barry 1996 Chapter 5 Mississippian Farmers Kentucky Archaeology University Press of Kentucky pp 128 130 ISBN 0 8131 1907 3 Pollack David 2008 Chapter 6 Mississippi Period PDF in David Pollack ed The Archaeology of Kentucky An update Kentucky Heritage Council pp 614 615 retrieved 2010 10 29 Sussenbach Tom and R Barry Lewis Archaeological Investigations in Carlisle Hickman and Fulton Counties Kentucky Site Survey and Excavations Western Kentucky Project Report 4 Champaign U of Illinois Department of Anthropology 1987 41 External links EditEarly shell tempering in far Western Kentucky This Carlisle County Kentucky state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article relating to archaeology in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Turk Site amp oldid 1115749418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
