Scott Place Mounds 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 ...
in
Union Parish, Louisiana
Union Parish (French language, French: ''Paroisse de l'Union'') is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population ...
from the
Late Coles Creek-
Early Plaquemine period, dating to approximately 1200 CE. The site is one of the few such sites in north-central
Louisiana
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.
Description
The site a five-mound complex located near the confluence of
Corney Bayou
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The name is we ...
and
Lake D’Arbonne
Lake D’Arbonne is a reservoir located near and around the town of Farmerville in Union Parish in north Louisiana. Isolated in a rural area, it is a popular man-made fishing area that has a combined estimated area of . The lake was first concei ...
. Mound A is the largest mound at in height with a square base measuring by and its summit by . Mound B is the second largest at in height and in diameter and is located to the northeast of Mound A. The three remaining mounds (Mounds C, D and E) are approximately in height and range from to in diameter. All of the mounds were built in single stages. Charcoal samples taken from underneath Mound B have been dated to approximately 1200 CE.
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See also
* Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
References
External links
Scott Place Mounds at waymarking.com
{{Pre-Columbian North America
Archaeological sites of the Coles Creek culture
Plaquemine Mississippian culture
Mounds in Louisiana
Geography of Union Parish, Louisiana