Haynes Bluff
The Haynes Bluff site consists of one large and three small mounds situated around a plaza: mound A is pyramidal with a 57 meter square base, a 23 meter square summit, and is 9 meters high with a ramp on the southwest side; mound B is round with a diameter of 48 meters and a height of 1.5 meters at the time of the mid-century surveys, and it is assumed to have been residential because a midden was found next to it; mound C is 50 meters in diameter and 3 meters high; at time of the surveys, mound D had a 38 by 30 meter base and was 3 meters high, but it is unclear how large the original mound was (Phillips 1970, 430-1).
The ceramic assemblage from mound B, which includes Baytown plain, Barton incised, Bell Plain, Coles Creek incised, Winterville incised, and Mississippi plain, “begins with a small but characteristic early Aden component. The succeeding Kings Crossing and Crippen Point phases are not in evidence, but there is a good Mayersville assemblage followed by a late Mississippian component which looks more like Deer Creek than Lake George. This makes good sense geographically since the site is only about two miles below the confluence of Deer Creek with the Yazoo;" the ceramic assemblage from mound A “dates mainly in the Mayersville phase” (Phillips 1970, 431-3). During a revisit to the site in 1967, “burials with rich historic trade accompaniments” were discovered from mound B (LMS Archives Online, 22-M-5). Only mound A is currently distinguishable on the contours and DEMs available (See Figure above).