Welborn Village Archeological Site
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Welborn Village Archeological Site (12 Po 19), also known as the Murphy's Landing Site, is an archaeological site of the prehistoric Caborn-Welborn culture variant of the Mississippian culture
of indigenous peoples of North America.
Welborn Village Archeological Site is located on Hovey Lake, a backwater lake near the Ohio River
close to its confluence with the Wabash River
.
Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1500 CE, varying regionally....
of indigenous peoples of North America.
Welborn Village Archeological Site is located on Hovey Lake, a backwater lake near the Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
close to its confluence with the Wabash River
Wabash River
The Wabash River is a river in the Midwestern United States that flows southwest from northwest Ohio near Fort Recovery across northern Indiana to southern Illinois, where it forms the Illinois-Indiana border before draining into the Ohio River, of which it is the largest northern tributary...
.