Greenhouse Site
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The Greenhouse Site is an archaeological site
of the Troyville
-Coles Creek culture
(400 to 1000 CE) in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
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s surrounding a central plaza
that measures 200 feet (61 m) by 350 feet (106.7 m). Archaeologists have not found an associated village for the site, which supports the theory that the site was ceremonial in nature and that its builders lived elsewhere. Mound A (12 feet (3.7 m) in height, with a base 120 feet (36.6 m) square and a summit 80 feet (24.4 m) square), Mound E (10 feet (3 m) in height, with a base 120 feet (36.6 m) square and a summit 80 feet (24.4 m) square) and Mound G are the 3 largest mounds at the site and form a triangle.
Archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place in which evidence of past activity is preserved , and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.Beyond this, the definition and geographical extent of a 'site' can vary widely,...
of the Troyville
Troyville culture
The Troyville culture is an archaeological culture in areas of Louisiana and Arkansas in the Lower Mississippi valley in the southern United States. It was a Baytown Period culture and lasted from 400 to 700 CE during the Late Woodland period...
-Coles Creek culture
Coles Creek culture
Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland archaeological culture in the Lower Mississippi valley in the southern United States. It followed the Troyville culture. The period marks a significant change in the cultural history of the area...
(400 to 1000 CE) in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Avoyelles is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Marksville. In 2000, its population was 41,481. The parish is named for the Avoyel Indian tribe.-History:...
.
Description
Greenhouse is the most extensively excavated Troyville-Coles Creek site in Louisiana. The site consists of seven platform moundPlatform mound
A platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity.-Eastern North America:The indigenous peoples of North America built substructure mounds for well over a thousand years starting in the Archaic period and continuing through the Woodland period...
s surrounding a central plaza
Plaza
Plaza is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be...
that measures 200 feet (61 m) by 350 feet (106.7 m). Archaeologists have not found an associated village for the site, which supports the theory that the site was ceremonial in nature and that its builders lived elsewhere. Mound A (12 feet (3.7 m) in height, with a base 120 feet (36.6 m) square and a summit 80 feet (24.4 m) square), Mound E (10 feet (3 m) in height, with a base 120 feet (36.6 m) square and a summit 80 feet (24.4 m) square) and Mound G are the 3 largest mounds at the site and form a triangle.
See also
- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
External links
- Reconnecting the Present to the Past:The Caddo People Return to the Lower Red River Valley:Caddo Connections to the Lower Mississippi Valley
- Archaeological coring used at Greenhouse
- Archaeology of Louisiana By Mark A. Rees, Ian W. (FRW) Brown
- THE CADDO MOUNDBUILDER'S LEGACY
- Time's river: archaeological syntheses from the lower Mississippi River Valley By Janet Rafferty, Evan Peacock