Archaeology
Coles Creek Culture
Once covering most of Louisiana, the Coles Creek culture is known for its distinctive ceremonial mound sites.
Once covering most of Louisiana, the Coles Creek culture is known for its distinctive ceremonial mound sites.
This entry covers the prehistoric Marksville Culture during the Middle Woodland Period, 1–400 CE.
The Mississippian culture spanned from roughly 1050 to 1700 CE
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
This entry covers the Plaquemine culture in the Lower Mississippi River Valley during the Mississippi period, 1200 to 1700 CE
This entry covers prehistoric Poverty Point culture during the Late Archaic period, 2000–800 BCE.
This entry covers the Pre-Clovis and Clovis cultures during the Early Paleoindian Period, 11500–9500 BCE, and Middle Paleoindian Period, 9500 BCE–8800 BCE.
This entry explores the history of American Indian life in Louisiana from 11,500 BCE to 1700 CE through the study of prehistoric archaeology.
This entry covers the San Patrice culture during the Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic Periods, 8800–6000 BCE.
Tchefuncte culture flourished in Louisiana during the Early Woodland Period from 800 BCE to 1 CE.
An archaeological site on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain helps researchers understand Tchefuncte culture from 600 to 200 BCE
Dating to the Late Woodland Period, from 400 to 700 CE, the Troyville Culture is named for an archaeological site in Catahoula Parish.
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