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DePrato Mounds
Deprato Mounds (Smithsonian trinomial, 16 CO 37), also known as the ''Ferriday Mounds'', is a multi-mound archaeological site located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The site shows occupation from the Troyville culture, Troyville period to the Coles Creek culture, Middle Coles Creek period (400 to 800 CE). The largest mound at the site has been dated by radiocarbon analysis and decorated pottery to about 600 CE. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 1998. Description The site is a complex of five platform mounds and a central plaza area taking up about four acres of land to the east of the confluence of Black Bayou and Bayou Cocodrie. The mounds now appear smaller than they did in the past because extensive flooding in the centuries since their construction has deposited of sediment over the base of the mounds and the plaza. The largest remaining mound, Mound C, has a base measuring by and is about in height. Mound D was demolished to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferriday, Louisiana
Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Concordia Parish, which borders the Mississippi River and is located on the central eastern border of Louisiana, United States. With a population of 3,511 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, it is an African-American majority town. The town claims to have produced more famous people per square mile than any other in America. Elaine Dundy explored both celebrities and townsfolk in her book, ''Ferriday, Louisiana'', published by E. P. Dutton in 1991. Churches of several major denominations are located here, including a large Pentecostal congregation south of town on Louisiana Highway 15, as well as Baptist, Assembly of God, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Catholic. Geography Ferriday is situated on the west side of Lake Concordia and from Lake St. John, oxbow lakes noted for recreational and professional bass fishing. U.S. Routes U.S. Route 84, 84 and U.S. Route 425, 425 pass through the center of Ferriday. US 84 leads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confluence
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the river source, source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela River, Monongahela and Allegheny River, Allegheny rivers, forming the Ohio River); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin downstream from their point of separation. Scientific study Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern [downstream o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and world, its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other Astronomical object, celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. Geography has been called "a bridge between natural science and social science disciplines." Origins of many of the concepts in geography can be traced to Greek Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who may have coined the term "geographia" (). The first recorded use of the word Geography (Ptolemy), γεωγραφία was as the title of a book by Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy (100 – 170 AD). This work created the so-called "Ptolemaic tradition" of geography, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounds In Louisiana
A mound is an artificial heap or pile, especially of earth, rocks, or sand. Mound and Mounds may also refer to: Places * Mound, Louisiana, United States * Mound, Minnesota, United States * Mound, Texas, United States * Mound, West Virginia * Mound Creek, a stream in Minnesota * Mounds, Illinois, United States * Mounds, Oklahoma, United States * The Mound, a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, linking the Old Town and the New Town * The Mound railway station, a former station in northern Scotland Arts, entertainment, and media * Mound, a fictional entity in the work of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock * ''The Mound'' (novella), a 1940 work by H. P. Lovecraft Other uses * The Mound or Marble Arch Mound, former artificial hill in London * Mound Laboratories, a nuclear laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio that was a part of the Manhattan Project * Mounds (candy), a candy bar * Pitcher's mound A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeological Sites Of The Coles Creek Culture
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Concordia Parish, Louisiana
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 13 properties listed on the National Register in the parish. One property was once listed, but has since been removed. Current listings Former listings See also *List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana *National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of List of parishes in Louisiana, Louisiana's 64 parishes. The locations of National Register p ... References {{Concordia Parish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archaeological Periods (North America)
North American archaeological periods divides the history of pre-Columbian North America into a number of named successive eras or periods, from the earliest-known human habitation through to the early Colonial period which followed the European colonization of the Americas. Stage classification One of the most enduring classifications of archaeological periods and cultures was established in Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips' 1958 book, ''Method and Theory in American Archaeology''. They divided the archaeological record in the Americas into five phases, only three of which applied to North America. The use of these divisions has diminished in most of North America due to the development of local classifications with more elaborate breakdowns of times. :1. The Paleo-Indians stage and/or Lithic stage :2. The Archaic stage :3. Formative stage or Post-archaic stage – at this point, the North American classifications system differs from the rest of the Americas. For more de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troyville Mounds
Troyville Earthworks ( 16 CT 7) is a Woodland period Native American archaeological site with components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE during the Baytown to the Troyville- Coles Creek periods. It once had the tallest mound in Louisiana at in height. It is located in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana in the town of Jonesville. The site is the type site for the Troyville culture of the lower Ouachita and Tensas River valleys. Before it was destroyed for bridge approach fill in 1931, the main mound at Troyville was one of the tallest in North America. Site description The site is at the confluence of the Tensas, Ouachita, and Little Rivers. It had nine platform mounds and a perimeter embankment that were built before 700 CE. A historian, John W. Monette, in 1844 described the complex as occupying close to 400 acres and noted the existence of twelve small mounds and one large one. The embankment was started during the Middle Baytown period, with periodic repair work taking place dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frogmore Mound Site
Frogmore Mound Site ( 16 CO 9) is an archaeological site of the Late Coles Creek culture in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The site is located west of Ferriday on US 84. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 2004. Description The site consists of a platform mound and associated village area with middens covering an area roughly by . The site originally had a walled ceremonial structure to in diameter. This structure was burned and subsequently covered with dirt. A mound, constructed in two stages very near each other chronologically, was built over top of the structure. The rectangular mound now measures in height, with the base being by , and the summit by . Excavations at the site have produced charcoal from beneath the mound that dates to 1020–1260 CE. Pottery recovered from the midden places the occupation of the site to the Late Coles Creek period. Frogmore archeological site As stated in NRHP registration form: wittwo photos/ref> ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou Cocodrie
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They typically contain brackish water highly conducive to fish life and plankton. Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, especially in the Mississippi River Delta, though they also exist elsewhere. A bayou is often an anabranch or minor braid of a braided channel that is slower than the mainstem, often becoming boggy and stagnant. Though fauna varies by region, many bayous are home to crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish, and leeches, catfish, frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, American alligators, turtles, and snakes such as watersnakes, swampsnakes, mudsnakes, crayfish snakes, and cottonmouths. Common birds include anhingas, egrets, herons, spoonbills, as well as many other spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza
A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green. Most squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets, concerts, political rallies, and other events that require firm ground. They are not necessarily a true geometric square. Being centrally located, town squares are usually surrounded by small shops such as bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, and clothing stores. At their center is often a well, monument, statue or other feature. Those with fountains are sometimes called fountain squares. The term "town square" (especially via the term "public square") is synonymous with the politics of many cultures, and the names of a certain town squares, such as the Euromaidan or Red Square, have become symbolic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Concordia Parish (; ) is a parish that borders the Mississippi River in eastern central Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,687. The parish seat is Vidalia. The parish was formed in 1807. Concordia Parish is part of the Natchez, MS–LA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is historically considered part of the Natchez District, devoted to cotton cultivation as a commodity crop, in contrast to the sugar cane crop of southern Louisiana. Other Louisiana parishes of similar character are East and West Carroll, Madison and Tensas, all in this lowlying delta land. On the east side of the Mississippi River is the Natchez District around the city of Natchez, Mississippi.John C. Rodrigue, ''Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862--1880'', LSU Press, 2001, p. 176 History Prehistory Concordia Parish was the home to many successive Native American cultures for thousands of years before European encounter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
