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The museum was closed in 2017 to move into a new building on the Wilson city square. It is scheduled to reopen some time in the summer of 2018. Call 870-655-8622 for further information.
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officially accepted the collection of artifacts from the Hampson family on March 30, 1957. The park first opened in 1961 as Hampson Museum State Park and has since been renamed.
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About 5 mi (8 km) east of Wilson, at the Nodena site, archeological artifacts from an aboriginal village of the Nodena people dated 1400-1650 
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The museum is named after James K. Hampson (1877-1956), owner of the Hampson Plantation on which the Nodena site is located, and archaeologist to
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In 1957 the site was reported as destroyed. Fossilized bones from the find are on display at the Hampson Museum State Park.
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Williams, Steven (April 1957). "The Island 35 Mastodon: Its Bearing on the Age of Archaic Cultures in the East".
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of the Mississippi River, 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Nodena site and 23 mi (37 km) south of
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from almost 4 million years ago until their eventual disappearance about 10,000 years ago.
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is the site of another Indian village contemporary with the Nodena people, located in
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A collection of these artifacts is on display at the Hampson Museum State Park. The
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of the Nodena people, who lived in a 15-acre (6.1 ha) palisaded village on a
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Photographs of stone and shell artifacts and of pottery from the Nodena site
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bend of the Mississippi River in the Wilson, Arkansas area. Cultivation of
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began excavating the site in the 1920s, a museum was built in 1946 and the
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The museum is named after James K. Hampson, a local landowner and
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from this site are on display in the Hampson Museum State Park.
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In 1900, archaeologist James K. Hampson documented the find of
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Location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park in Arkansas
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of that ancient civilization are topics of the exhibition.
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Hampson Archeological Museum State Park (the United States)
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Nodena, Arkansas: USGS Geographic Names Information System
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A human head effigy pot on display at the Hampson Museum
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In 1900 James K. Hampson documented the discovery of a
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Map showing the location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Map showing the location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Wilson
Mississippi
Arkansas Delta
35°34′13″N 90°2′25″W / 35.57028°N 90.04028°W / 35.57028; -90.04028
James K. Hampson
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

Arkansas state park
Mississippi County
Arkansas
United States
archeological
Nodena site
Native American
Mississippi River
James K. Hampson
Arkansas General Assembly
CE
palisaded
village
meander
Mississippi River
Artifacts
archaeologist

Nodena site
CE

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