Routh Mounds
Appearance
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 |
History | |
Periods | Routh Phase |
Cultures | Plaquemine culture |
Site notes | |
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.[1] It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the Winter Quarters State Historic Site.
See also
[edit]- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
- Balmoral Mounds
- Flowery Mound
- Ghost Site Mounds
- Sundown Mounds
References
[edit]- ^ 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.