Status: Preserved

Location: 1987 Indian Village Drive, in T.O. Fuller State Park, Memphis

Built: ca. 1000

Architectural Style: Chucalissa vernacular; park

Original Function/Purpose: Park

Date Listed on the National Register: May 7, 1973

National Register Reference Number Link: 73001830

History: This village, located on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and founded around 900 A.D., is known for the well-preserved architectural and archaeological remains that have been excavated from the site. Discovered in 1938, the site is one of the least damaged by cultivation and looting, and has been operated by the University of Memphis since 1962. The village functions as an educational site housing a Mississippian mound complex and exhibits that explore the Native American history of the southeastern United States. It is located in the T.O. Fuller State Park, itself created as a federal New Deal project in the 1930s. Ongoing research into the past life of the Chucalissa site now includes its use as part of the massive Enoch Ensley cotton plantation during the periods of slavery and Reconstruction. It was also designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994.

City Council District: 6

Super District: 8

County Commission District: 9