Filhiol Mound Site
32°20′22.38″N 92°5′35.32″W / 32.3395500°N 92.0931444°W / 32.3395500; -92.0931444History Founded 700 CE Abandoned 1200 Cultures Coles Creek culture Site notes Responsible body: private 
Coles Creek and Plum Bayou cultures Coles Creek sites 
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Filhiol Mound Site is an archaeological site of the Coles Creek culture in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on a natural levee of the Ouachita River.
Description
The site consists of a platform mound which now measures 7 feet (2.1 m) in height, with the base being 100 feet (30 m) by 100 feet (30 m).[1] Excavations at the site have produced charcoal from beneath the mound which dates to 700–1200 CE. A cemetery established in the 1850s on the mounds summit has helped preserve it.[1]
Location
The site is located on US 165 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of its junction with on Interstate 20.[1]
See also
- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
References
- ^ a b c "Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana:Filhiol Mound". Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
External links
- Filhiol Mound Complex Historical Site
- Filhiol Mound - Louisiana Historical Markers on Waymarking.com
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Coles Creek and Plum Bayou cultures- Late Woodland period
- List of archaeological periods (North America)
- Aden site
- Balmoral Mounds
- Boone's Mounds
- Churupa Plantation Mound
- Coles Creek Site
- Crippen Point site
- Cypress Grove Mound
- DePrato Mounds
- Feltus Mound Site
- Filhiol Mound Site
- Fisher site
- Flowery Mound
- Frogmore Mound Site
- Ghost Site Mounds
- Greenhouse site
- Insley Mounds
- Kings Crossing site
- Lamarque Landing Mound
- Marsden Mounds
- Mazique Archeological Site
- Mott Mounds
- Mound Plantation
- Peck Mounds
- Raffman site
- Scott Place Mounds
- Shackleford Church Mounds
- Spanish Fort
- Sundown Mounds
- Transylvania Mounds
- Troyville Earthworks
- Venable Mound
- Wade Landing Mound
Coles Creek sites
- Atchafalaya Basin Mounds
- Bayou Black Mound (16TR78)
- Bayou Cypremont (16SMY7)
- Bayou Grande Cheniere Mounds
- Bayou L’Ours Site
- Bayou Portage Mounds
- Bayou Sorrel Mounds (16IV4)
- Clovelly Site (16LF64)
- Cypress Point Site (16VM112)
- Eagle Point Site (16IB123)
- Gibson Mounds (16TR5)
- Greenwood Cemetery Site (16SMY10)
- Kleinpeter Mounds
- Little Cheniere Site (16CM22)
- Little Pecan Island Site
- Jerry Haas Site (16SJ51)
- Machias Lake (16SB2)
- Morgan Mounds
- Pecan Mounds (16SM37)
- Pennison Mounds (16AS16)
- Portage Mounds (16SM5)
- Richeau Field Site (16TR82)
- Schwing Place Mound (16IV13)
- Sims site
- Southwest of Cut Off Lagoon (16SB50)
- St. Gabriel Mounds (16IV128)
- Temple Mounds Site (16LF4)
- Baytown Site
- Chandler Landing Site
- Coy Site
- Dogtown Site
- Hayes site
- Maberry Site
- Plum Bayou Mounds
- Roland Site
