DePrato Mounds
Platform mounds | |
Responsible body: The Archaeological Conservancy |
DePrato Mounds | |
Location | Address restricted[2] |
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Nearest city | Ferriday, Louisiana |
NRHP reference No. | 98001258[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 22, 1998 |
Deprato Mounds (16 CO 37), also known as the Ferriday Mounds, is a multi-mound archaeological site located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The site shows occupation from the Troyville period to the Middle Coles Creek period (400 to 800 CE).[3] The largest mound at the site has been dated by radiocarbon analysis and decorated pottery to about 600 CE.[4]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 1998.[1]
Description
The site is a complex of five
The largest remaining mound, Mound C, has a base measuring 82 feet (25 m) by 66 feet (20 m) and is about 6 feet (1.8 m) in height. Mound D was demolished to provide fill for a highway construction project. Mound E was built on as the site of a private house. During excavations, human remains were found in three of the mounds.[4] The site has been purchased by The Archaeological Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that plans to protect the site from future degradation.[5]
See also
- Frogmore Mound Site
- Troyville Mounds
- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- OCLC 20706997.
- ^ "Southeast Region : Deprato Mounds". The Archaeological Conservancy. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ a b c "Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana : Deprato Mounds". Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Jonesville/Troyville featured nationally in American Archaeology Magazine". Concordia Sentinel. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
Notes
- U.S. Highway 84