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Date Published

  • October 2024
  • January 2021

Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park: Arkansas’ first archeological state park

Oct 2024
  ⁄  
Zoie Clift

As the name of Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park implies, archeology is an important aspect of this state park.

Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park.

Video: The Rhythm of Rattle Making 

Jan 2021
  ⁄  
Melissa Ray

In this video, meet Park Interpreter Melissa Ray from Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park and learn how to recreate the rhythmic sound of American Indian rattles. They are simple to make but deep in meaning.

Music-makers such as gords and turtle shell rattles at Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park
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