Flowery Mound

Flowery Mound

Location within Louisiana today
Location	Saint Joseph, Louisiana, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, USA
Region	Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°56′26.9″N 91°16′16.6″W
History
Founded	950 CE
Abandoned	1541 CE
Cultures	Plaquemine culture, Mississippian culture
Site notes
Responsible body: private

Flowery Mound is an archaeological site in Tensas Parish, Louisiana with components from the Late Coles Creek and Plaquemine-Mississippian culture which dates from approximately 950–1541.

Description

The site is located on Andrews Bayou. The mound itself is a very well preserved platform mound measuring 10 feet (3.0 m) in height and 165 feet (50 m) by 130 feet (40 m) at its base and a summit measuring 50 feet (15 m) square. Core samples taken during investigations at the site have revealed the mound was built in a single stage and because the fill types can still be differentiated it suggests the mound is relatively young. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal found in a midden under the mound reveals that the site was occupied from 996–1162 during the Coles Creek period. The mound was built over the midden between 1200–1541 during the Plaquemine/Mississippian period. This was further confirmed by stylistic analysis of pottery found at the site.

See also

• Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
• Balmoral Mounds
• Ghost Site Mounds
• Sundown Mounds