mitigation

the excavation of a site to obtain archaeological information before it is destroyed by a construction project or other development

Mitigation removes the significant information a site that is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places has, so that the site may be destroyed or disturbed without the significant information it contains being lost.

Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

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Mississippian

a prehistoric period in the Southeastern North America, from about AD 900-1540, characterized by peoples who practiced maize agriculture, lived in chiefdoms, had populous villages and zones of dispersed housing, and constructed earthen mounds in some of their villages

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