 Plate XXXIX Ancient Works in Madison Parish, La | |
  Location within Louisiana today | |
| Location | Mound, Louisiana, Madison Parish, Louisiana,  USA |
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| Region | Madison Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 32°19′14.6″N91°4′49.3″W / 32.320722°N 91.080361°W /32.320722; -91.080361 |
| History | |
| Founded | 700 CE |
| Abandoned | 1541 |
| Periods | Fitzhugh Phase |
| Cultures | Plaquemine culture |
| Site notes | |
| Responsible body: private | |
Fitzhugh Mounds is anarchaeological site inMadison Parish, Louisiana from thePlaquemine andMississippian period dating to approximately 1200–1541 CE.[1] It is thetype site for theFitzhugh Phase (1350–1500) of the Tensas Basin Plaquemine Mississippian chronology.
The site was once an impressive seven-mound complex, with four of theplatform mounds surrounding a centralplaza. The site is first mentioned inE. G. Squier andE. H. Davis'Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley in 1848.[2]
The largest mound at the site, at 30 feet (9.1 m) in height, was bulldozed and carted away to use as fill during the construction ofInterstate 20. Other of the mounds have been extensively plowed by local farmers and only two of the original seven mounds remain. Mound B is 10 feet (3.0 m) in height. Mound D serves as an active historic cemetery and is approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) in height.[1]
The site is located on La 602 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of its junction withI-20.[1]
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| South Appalachian Mississippian |
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| Plaquemine Mississippian | |||||||||||
| Caddoan Mississippian | |||||||||||
| Upper Mississippian cultures |
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