Location | Newellton, Louisiana, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, ![]() |
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Region | Tensas Parish, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 32°1′15.85″N91°12′46.19″W / 32.0210694°N 91.2128306°W /32.0210694; -91.2128306 |
History | |
Periods | Routh Phase |
Cultures | Plaquemine culture |
Site notes | |
Responsible body: private |
Routh Mounds is aPlaquemine culturearchaeological site inTensas Parish, Louisiana. It is thetype site for theRouth Phase(1200 to 1350 CE) of the Tensas Basin Plaquemine Mississippian chronology.[1] It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of theWinter Quarters State Historic Site.