Flowery Mound is an
archaeological site in
Tensas Parish, Louisiana with components from the
Late Coles Creek and
Plaquemine-
Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a Native Americans in the United States, Native American civilization that flourished in what is now the Midwestern United States, Midwestern, Eastern United States, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from appr ...
which dates from approximately 950–1541.
Description
The site is located on
Andrews Bayou. The mound itself is a very well preserved
platform mound measuring in height and by at its base and a summit measuring square. Core samples taken during investigations at the site have revealed the mound was built in a single stage and because the fill types can still be differentiated it suggests the mound is relatively young. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal found in a
midden
A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofact ...
under the mound reveals that the site was occupied from 996–1162 during the
Coles Creek period. The mound was built over the midden between 1200–1541 during the Plaquemine/Mississippian period. This was further confirmed by stylistic analysis of
pottery found at the site.
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See also
* Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
* Balmoral Mounds
* Ghost Site Mounds
* Sundown Mounds
References
{{Pre-Columbian North America
Natchez
Archaeological sites of the Coles Creek culture
Plaquemine Mississippian culture
Mounds in Louisiana
Geography of Tensas Parish, Louisiana