Julice Mound Explained

Julice Mound
Map Type:USA Louisiana
Coordinates:32.6888°N -91.2173°W
Location:Transylvania, LouisianaEast Carroll Parish, Louisiana United States
Region:East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
Built:1200 CE
Abandoned:1541 CE
Cultures:Plaquemine Mississippian culture
Notes:Responsible body: private
Precolumbian:yes

Julice Mound is an archaeological site in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana with a Plaquemine culture component dating to 1200–1541 CE and located less than one mile from Transylvania Mounds.[1]

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 and is located near a channel that feeds into the Mississippi River and right next to Louisiana Highway 581. A survey from 1954 describes it as being 8feet 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 9feet in height and 130feet by 65feet at its base. Pottery discovered at the site date its occupation to 1200–1541 CE.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana : Julice Mound. 2011-10-31. https://archive.today/20121224114622/http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/moundsguide/julice.html. 2012-12-24. dead.