Wade Landing Mound is an
archaeological site
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of the
Coles Creek culture (700 to 1200 CE) in
Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
Description
The site contains a tall rectangular
platform mound
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with a base measuring by . Archaeologists have done core samples of the mound and determined that it was built in two stages. Combined with the core samples, ceramic analysis of artifacts found at the site have dated it to approximately 700–1200 CE. The mound has a historic period cemetery on its summit, which has prevented looting.
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Location
The site is located on LA 559 north of the Duty/Enterprise Ferry crossing.[
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See also
* Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
References
External links
Wade Landing Mound at waymarking.com
{{Pre-Columbian North America
Archaeological sites of the Coles Creek culture
Mounds in Louisiana
Geography of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Cemeteries in Louisiana