Location within Louisiana today | |
Location | Newellton, Louisiana, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA |
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Region | Tensas Parish, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 32°1′15.85″N 91°12′46.19″W / 32.0210694°N 91.2128306°W / 32.0210694; -91.2128306 |
History | |
Periods | Routh Phase |
Cultures | Plaquemine culture |
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Responsible body: private |
Routh Mounds is a Plaquemine culture archaeological site in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It is the type site for the Routh Phase(1200 to 1350 CE) of the Tensas Basin Plaquemine Mississippian chronology. It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the Winter Quarters State Historic Site.
See also
- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
- Balmoral Mounds
- Flowery Mound
- Ghost Site Mounds
- Sundown Mounds
References
- Hally, David J. (1972). "Chapter 3 : Routh Phase". The Plaquemine and Mississippian Occupations of the Upper Tensas Basin, Louisiana (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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