A Mound Complex in Louisiana at 5400-5500 Years Before the Present

Authors

Joe W. Saunders, Northeast Louisiana University
Rolfe D. Mandel, University of Kansas
Roger T. Saucier
E. Thurman Allen, Natural Resources Conservation Service
C.T. Hallmark, Texas A&M University
Jay K. Johnson, University of MississippiFollow
H. Edwin Jackson, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Charles M. Allen, Northeast Louisiana UniversityFollow
Gary L. Stringer, Northeast Louisiana University
Douglas S. Frink, Archaeology Consulting Team, Inc.
James K. Feathers, University of Washington
Stephen Williams
Kristen J. Gremillion, Ohio State University
Malcolm F. Vidrine, Louisiana State University
Reca Jones, Northeast Louisiana University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-19-1997

Department

Anthropology and Sociology

Abstract

An 11-mound site in Louisiana predates other known mound complexes with earthen enclosures in North America by 1900 years. Radiometric, luminescence, artifactual, geomorphic, and pedogenic data date the site to over 5000 calendar years before present. Evidence suggests that the site was occupied by hunter-gatherers who seasonally exploited aquatic resources and collected plant species that later became the first domesticates in eastern North America.

Publication Title

Science

Volume

277

Issue

5333

First Page

1796

Last Page

1799

Recommended Citation

Saunders, J. W., Mandel, R. D., Saucier, R. T., Allen, E., Hallmark, C., Johnson, J. K., Jackson, H., Allen, C. M., Stringer, G. L., Frink, D. S., Feathers, J. K., Williams, S., Gremillion, K. J., Vidrine, M. F., Jones, R. (1997). A Mound Complex in Louisiana at 5400-5500 Years Before the Present. Science, 277(5333), 1796-1799.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/8284