Excavations at the Bayou Grande Cheniere Mounds (16PL159): a Coles Creek period mound complex

Identifier

etd-04132004-152641

Author

Timothy M. Schilling, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Geography and Anthropology

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

The Bayou Grande Cheniere Mounds are a large Coles Creek mound group in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Excavations in January 2003 returned materials that allowed the site to be dated. Further analysis also suggests how these materials were used at the mounds. A settlement pattern study was undertaken and the results indicate that the social organization of coastal Coles Creek culture was sharply different than Coles Creek culture in the Lower Mississippi Valley. When viewed together, the material analysis and settlement analysis illustrates the processes and people that built the Bayou Grande Cheniere mounds.

Date

2004

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

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Recommended Citation

Schilling, Timothy M., "Excavations at the Bayou Grande Cheniere Mounds (16PL159): a Coles Creek period mound complex" (2004). LSU Master's Theses. 3023.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3023

Committee Chair

Rebecca A. Saunders

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.3023