Filhiol Mound Site
Location within Louisiana today | |
Location | Monroe, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA |
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Region | Ouachita Parish, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 32°20′22.38″N 92°5′35.32″W / 32.3395500°N 92.0931444°W |
History | |
Founded | 700 CE |
Abandoned | 1200 |
Cultures | Coles Creek culture |
Site notes | |
Responsible body: private |
Filhiol Mound Site is an archaeological site of the Coles Creek culture in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on a natural levee of the Ouachita River.
Description[]
The site consists of a platform mound which now measures 7 feet (2.1 m) in height, with the base being 100 feet (30 m) by 100 feet (30 m).[1] Excavations at the site have produced charcoal from beneath the mound which dates to 700–1200 CE. A cemetery established in the 1850s on the mounds summit has helped preserve it.[1]
Location[]
The site is located on US 165 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of its junction with on Interstate 20.[1]
See also[]
- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
References[]
- ^ a b c "Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana:Filhiol Mound". Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
External links[]
Categories:
- Archaeological sites of the Coles Creek culture
- Mounds in Louisiana
- Geography of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana