GPS
Coordinates: Latitude: 31.934083 Longitude: -91.290805
Driving Directions:
— From La 128, head south on US 65. Go 0.6 mile to marker
on left.
— From La 573 near Waterproof, head north on US 65.
Go 9.0 miles to marker on right. |
| Number
of Mounds: 1 |
Number
of Visible Mounds: 1 |
| Summer
Viewing: Fair |
Winter
Viewing: Good |
 Mound
Plantation is a single platform mound just over half a mile from
an old channel of the Tensas River. An irrigation ditch runs along
its northeast side, and rice paddies surround it; this suggests
its original setting has been destroyed. The mound is about 10
feet tall and measures about 135 by 125 feet. The platform at
the summit is 60 feet square. Its eastern flank has been covered
by fill from the ditch. Early accounts of the site say a second
mound was north of the existing one, but no physical evidence
for it has been found. A small number of pottery pieces suggest
it was occupied sometime between AD 700 and 1200 (Coles Creek
period).
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