The site was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from around 1120 CE to 1450 CE. The community took the form of a residential and political area protected on three sides by a bastioned wooden palisade wall, with the remaining side protected by the river bluff.
The site was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from around 1120 CE to 1450 CE. The community took the form of a residential and political area. These residential and political area were protected on three sides by a bastioned wooden palisade wall. This was with the remaining side. This remaining side was protected by the river bluff 1450 CE.