Routh Mounds | |
Map Type: | USA Louisiana |
Coordinates: | 32.0211°N -91.2128°W |
Location: | Newellton, Louisiana, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States |
Region: | Tensas Parish, Louisiana |
Epochs: | Routh Phase |
Cultures: | Plaquemine culture |
Notes: | Responsible body: private |
Precolumbian: | yes |
Routh Mounds is a Plaquemine culture archaeological site in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It is the type site for the Routh Phase(1200 to 1350 CE) of the Tensas Basin Plaquemine Mississippian chronology.[1] It is located approximately 2miles northwest of the Winter Quarters State Historic Site.