Wade Landing Mound
  Location within Louisiana today | |
| Location | Columbia, Louisiana, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana,  USA |
|---|---|
| Region | Caldwell Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32°4′32.3″N 92°1′11.5″W / 32.075639°N 92.019861°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 700 CE |
| Abandoned | 1200 |
| Cultures | Coles Creek culture |
| Site notes | |
| Responsible body: private | |
Wade Landing Mound is an archaeological site of the Coles Creek culture (700 to 1200 CE) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Description
The site contains a 9 feet (2.7 m) tall rectangular platform mound with a base measuring 130 feet (40 m) by 165 feet (50 m). Archaeologists have done core samples of the mound and determined that it was built in two stages. Combined with the core samples, ceramic analysis of artifacts found at the site have dated it to approximately 700–1200 CE. The mound has a historic period cemetery on its summit, which has prevented looting.[1]
Location
The site is located on LA 559 13.4 miles (21.6 km) north of the Duty/Enterprise Ferry crossing.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana:Wade Landing Mound". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
