Scott Place Mounds


Scott Place Mounds is an archaeological site in Union Parish, Louisiana from the Late Coles Creek-Early Plaquemine period, dating to approximately 1200 CE. The site is one of the few such sites in north-central Louisiana.

Description

The site a five-mound complex located near the confluence of Corney Bayou and Lake D’Arbonne. Mound A is the largest mound at in height with a square base measuring by and its summit by. Mound B is the second largest at in height and in diameter and is located to the northeast of Mound A. The three remaining mounds are approximately in height and range from to in diameter. All of the mounds were built in single stages. Charcoal samples taken from underneath Mound B have been dated to approximately 1200 CE.