Julice Mound is an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
in
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
East Carroll Parish () is a parish located in the Mississippi Delta in northeastern Louisiana. As of 2020, its population was 7,459. The parish seat is Lake Providence. An area of cotton plantations in the antebellum era, the parish in the e ...
with a
Plaquemine culture
The Plaquemine culture was an archaeological culture (circa 1200 to 1700 CE) centered on the Lower Mississippi River valley. It had a deep history in the area stretching back through the earlier Coles Creek (700-1200 CE) and Troyville cultures ...
component dating to 1200–1541 CE and located less than one mile from Transylvania Mounds.
Description
The site is located less than a mile from
Transylvania Mounds and it is extremely likely that Julice is part of that complex. The site has a single
platform mound
A platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity. It typically refers to a flat-topped mound, whose sides may be pyramidal.
In Eastern North America
The indigenous peoples of North America built substru ...
and is located near a channel that feeds into the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
and right next to
Louisiana Highway 581. A survey from 1954 describes it as being in height and having a small platform on its summit. The route for HWY 581 runs over the former location of a large section of the mound, of which only about one third remains and recent measurements of the mound put it at in height and by at its base.
Pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...
discovered at the site date its occupation to 1200–1541 CE.
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See also
* Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
References
{{Pre-Columbian North America
Plaquemine Mississippian culture
Mounds in Louisiana
Geography of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana