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 is a five-mound complex located near the confluence of Corney Bayou and Lake D’Arbonne. Mound A is the largest mound at 11 ft in height with a square base measuring 125 ft by 125 ft and its summit 70 ft by 45 ft. Mound B is the second largest at 6 ft in height and 65 ft in diameter and is located 270 ft to the northeast of Mound A. The three remaining mounds (Mounds C, D and E) are approximately 2 ft in height and range from 65 ft to 25 ft 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.