Frogmore Mound Site (
16 CO 9) is an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
of the Late
Coles Creek culture
Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland archaeological culture in the Lower Mississippi valley in the Southeastern Woodlands. It followed the Troyville culture. The period marks a significant change in the cultural history of the area. Population i ...
in
Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Concordia Parish (french: Paroisse de Concordia) borders the Mississippi River in eastern central Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,822. The parish seat is Vidalia. The parish was formed in 1807.
Concordia Parish is part ...
. The site is located west of
Ferriday on
US 84
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.
[ It was added to the ]National Register of Historic Places
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on July 28, 2004.
Description
The site consists of a platform mound
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and associated village area with middens covering an area roughly by . The site originally had a walled ceremonial structure to in diameter. This structure was burned and subsequently covered with dirt. A mound, constructed in two stages very near each other chronologically, was built over top of the structure. The rectangular mound now measures in height, with the base being by , and the summit by .Pottery
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recovered from the midden places the occupation of the site to the Late Coles Creek period.[
]
Frogmore archeological site
As stated in NRHP registration form:[ wit]
two photos
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See also
* Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
*DePrato Mounds
Deprato Mounds ( 16 CO 37), also known as the ''Ferriday Mounds'', is a multi-mound archaeological site located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The site shows occupation from the Troyville period to the Middle Coles Creek period (400 to 800 CE) ...
*Frogmore Plantation
Frogmore Plantation is an historic, privately owned cotton plantation complex, located near Ferriday in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Since 1997, Frogmore Plantation is a working farm, tourist attraction featuring many structures, and educational ...
*Piazza Cotton Gin
The Piazza Cotton Gin is on the Frogmore Plantation at 11656 U.S. Highway 84, about west of Ferriday, Louisiana in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The building containing the cotton gin press was built c.1880, while the machinery was added c.1900 ...
, also located in Frogmore Plantation
*
References
External links
Louisiana Life Magazine:Mounds of Mystery
Historical Marker Database: Ancient Mounds Trail - Frogmore Mound
{{Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Archaeological sites of the Coles Creek culture
Mounds in Louisiana
Geography of Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in Concordia Parish, Louisiana