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	Mound Builders - MSN Encarta
		Mound Builder is a general term referring to the American Indians who constructed various styles of earthen mounds for burial, residential and ceremonial purposes.
		Mound Builders, name given to Native Americans who built numerous earth mounds in what are now the eastern and central parts of the United States, particularly in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys.
		The Serpent Mound, an effigy mound in southern Ohio, is in the shape of a snake 411 m (1,348 ft) long.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566106/Mound_Builders.html (589 words)

	Earthen Mounds in Louisiana - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		Earthen mounds built by early Native Americans are found in many parts of North America.
		In 1997 archaeologists determined that the Watson Brake mounds, an oval-shaped set of 11 mounds in Louisiana, are the oldest ones known.
		A team of scientists has discovered that a series of earthen mounds in northeast Louisiana were constructed by Native Americans as early as 5400 years ago, making it by far the oldest known mound complex in the Americas.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_762504478/Earthen_Mounds_in_Louisiana.html (489 words)

	media.louisianatravel.com-Louisiana Travel
		The United States in 1804 split Louisiana into two parts: the District of Louisiana (renamed Territory of Louisiana in 1805), comprising land north of the 33rd parallel (the northern border of present-day Louisiana); and the Territory of Orleans, comprising land to the south.
		Louisiana was remote from most of the action in the war, which occurred to the north and east.
		It was approved by the Louisiana voters, a majority of whom were fl, and Louisiana was formally readmitted to the Union on June 25, 1868.
	media.louisianatravel.com /history (5340 words)

	NPS Archeology Program: Common Ground Online
		Mound sites probably number less than 300, given the erroneous identification of natural features as mounds (11 in two parishes alone) and the misplotting of sites, with multiple site numbers for the same mound complex (one mound site was assigned three different site numbers because of plotting errors).
		Furthermore, a mound with an argillic B (Bt) horizon is older than a mound with a cambic (Bw) horizon.
		Once the stratigraphy of a mound has been defined by coring, charcoal taken from the surfaces of earlier stages of mound construction or from sub-mound surfaces should provide accurate dates for the sequence of building and occupation.
	www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/cg/vol1_num1/speeding.htm (1896 words)

	Mounds of North America - Crystalinks
		Mound Builder is a general term referring to the Native North American peoples who constructed various styles of earthen mounds for burial, residential, and ceremonial purposes.
		The term Mound Builder was also applied to an imaginary race believed to have constructed the great earthworks of the United States, this while Euroamerican racial ideology of the 16th-19th centuries did not recognize that Native Americans were sophisticated enough to construct such monumental architecture.
		Crooks Mound in Louisiana is a large, conical, burial mound that was part of at least six episodes of burials.
	www.crystalinks.com /pyrnorthamerica.html (3063 words)

	Mound, Louisiana (LA) - Sperling's BestPlaces
		Race in Mound, LA 99.00% of people are white, 0.00% are fl, 0.00% are asian, 0.00% are native american, and 0.00% claim 'Other'.
		Mound, LA, violent crime, on a scale from 1 (low crime) to 10, is 4.
		Mound, LA, property crime, on a scale from 1 (low) to 10, is 2.
	www.bestplaces.net /city/Mound-Louisiana.aspx (713 words)

	NPS Archeology Program: Common Ground Online
		Mound sites probably number less than 300, given the erroneous identification of natural features as mounds (11 in two parishes alone) and the misplotting of sites, with multiple site numbers for the same mound complex (one mound site was assigned three different site numbers because of plotting errors).
		Louisiana has an advantage over other states in having developed a qualitative method to estimate the age of earthen structures.
		Furthermore, a mound with an argillic B (Bt) horizon is older than a mound with a cambic (Bw) horizon.
	www.nps.gov /history/archeology/CG/vol1_num1/speeding.htm (1896 words)

	media.louisianatravel.com-Louisiana Travel
		Louisiana has mounds older than the pyramids in Mexico and South America, older than Stonehenge in England and older than the earliest pyramids in Egypt.
		These mounds are also some of the most spectacular and best preserved Indian mounds in the world.
		Mounds are found throughout the state, but are most concetrated in northeastern and central Louisiana.
	media.louisianatravel.com /story_ideas/item.cfm?id=10 (208 words)

	Ouachita River Mounds: A Five Millennium Mystery
		In northeastern Louisiana, where the Louisiana Folklife Festival gathers "the tribes" today, hunters-and-gatherers established a tradition of moundbuilding that began five millennia ago and continued until the arrival of Europeans.
		Saunders is regional archaeologist for the Division of Archaeology in the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
		Saunders and others now have reason to believe that mound construction was widespread by 3000 BC in northern and southern Louisiana as well as Mississippi and Florida where other researchers have worked for years.
	www.louisianafolklife.org /LT/Articles_Essays/ouachita_mds.html (1486 words)

	Log Cabin Democrat: Early earthen mound complex thought to be oldest in America 9/19/97
		The low mounds on a river plain in what is now Louisiana were built about 5,400 years ago by people who found food in nearby rivers and forests and occupied the site over hundreds of years, researchers say.
		Saunders said the people who built the mounds in Louisiana were seasonal hunters and gatherers who ate a lot of fish while living near a river for only a few months at a time.
		He said it is unlikely the mounds were important for defense and they are too far from the river to be used as a refuge from floods.
	www.thecabin.net /stories/091997/new_mound.html (572 words)

	Louisiana Links
		The State Library of Louisiana was established in 1925, and the Carnegie Corporation, the great philanthropic organization which spent millions on libraries throughout the United States, selected Louisiana as recipient of a $50,000 grant to demonstrate library service on a statewide basis.
		Located in Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, Magnolia Mound Plantation is a rare example of the architectural influences of early settlers from France and the West Indies.
		Louisiana's Ron Faucheux is editor-in-chief of Congressional Quarterly's "Campaigns and Elections" magazine, a nonpartisan publication for the political industry with 83,000 readers in all 50 states and 40 nations.
	www.sos.louisiana.gov /tabid/220/Default.aspx (1629 words)

	Poverty Point Expeditions
		Motley Mound is oriented in a north/south position with a ramp-like "tail" extending to the south.
		Mound B is a conical mound located.4 mile north of Mound A. It is shaped like a dome or the top of a cupcake.
		Mound C (Dunbar Mound) is reported to have nine different stages of building in the bottom, rectangular part.
	www.crt.state.la.us /archaeology/expeditions/overview2nancy.htm (1429 words)

	Mound Ridge - History
		The two low mounds on the property near the camp entrance may have been their work.
		Wurdack gave Mound Ridge to the Presbytery of St. Louis for use as a summer camp.
		For many years, well into the early 1980’s, Mound Ridge was a popular and well used summer camp and place for weekend retreats by the Presbytery’s churches.
	www.moundridge.org /history.htm (748 words)

	Louisiana State Cotton Museum
		The Louisiana State Cotton Museum began as an idea by a group of volunteers in the 1960s and was later brought to life by the East Carroll Historical Society.
		Since its opening in 1995, the museum is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of cotton cultivation and its influence on life in Louisiana.
		In addition to the replica gin, the 7-acre museum complex includes a 100-year-old planter's house original to the site, and is surrounded by a sharecropper's cabin relocated from Mound Plantation near Tallulah; a commissary, which was a general store on a Delhi plantation; a plantation church; and an exhibit hall.
	www.sos.louisiana.gov /tabid/255/Default.aspx (158 words)

	Farshores.org Ancient Dimensions: Louisiana's Ancient Troyville Mounds
		The earliest written description of the mounds is found in the journal of William Dunbar, a naturalist, sent in 1804 by President Jefferson to explore the Ouachita River.
		Dunbar goes on to say that it is possible that the Great Mound could have been a temple for the adoration of the "Supreme Being", a monument erected to honor some great chief or simply a watch tower.
		A long, high approach had to be built at each end of the bridge and the mound offered the most convenient and satisfactory source from which to obtain the earth needed.
	farshores.org /mounds.htm (1057 words)

	Louisiana Travel - Outdoors : Ancient Mounds (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Louisiana was home to many significant prehistoric Native-American cultures, and earthen mounds the tribes left behind are now linked in a trail for history and archaeology enthusiasts and tourists.
		The first phase of Louisiana's Ancient Mounds Trail, including 40 mound sites in over a dozen northeast and central Louisiana parishes, will be interpreted in a 50-page map and interpretive guide to the trail in January 2006.
		The largest mound is 13 feet tall, flat-topped and 150 feet square at the base.
	www.louisianatravel.com /explorela/outdoors/ancientmounds (475 words)

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	Mound Louisiana Resource Guide, City or community of Mound, Louisiana Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
		The population of Mound is approximately 16 (1990).
		The distance from Mound to Washington DC is 934 miles.
		Mound is positioned 32.33 degrees north of the equator and 91.02 degrees west of the prime meridian.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /lacountymound.htm (212 words)

	uwnews.org \| Oldest existing New World mound complex identified \| University of Washington News and Information
		The earliest existing mound complex built by humans in the new world has been identified in Louisiana by a team of archaeologists and researchers from around the United States including Jim Feathers, a University of Washington research assistant professor of archaeology.
		The complex of 11 mounds located near the town of Watson Break in northeast Louisiana was built between 5,000 and 5,400 years ago and predates other known existent mound complexes by 1,900 years, according to Joe Saunders, adjunct professor of geosciences at Northeast Louisiana University, who directed the project.
		The mounds might have served a mix of religious, agricultural or domestic purposes but give indications that they only could have been built with planned engineering, he said.
	www.uwnews.org /article.asp?articleID=3214 (428 words)

	Louisianna General Information - Southeast Getaway: A Southern Vacation Guide
		Louisiana is home to more than 40% percent of America’s coastal wetlands - yet an alarming 80% of all coastal wetlands loss in the continental United States occurs in Louisiana.
		Louisiana's wetlands offer visitors a unique experience to discover the sheer beauty of this habitat and opportunities to participate in efforts to preserve this great natural resource for future generations.
		Louisiana isn't called Sportsman's Paradise for nothing -- grab your clubs and play the many courses that are part of the Audubon Golf Trail, or reel in a big catch at the thousands of salt and fresh water fishing locations throughout the state.
	www.segetaway.com /LA/General.html (2303 words)

	Independent - April 7, 2008: Sacred Indian mound caught in red tape
		The mound in question is toward the front of a five-acre plot on Shrimpers Row.
		A group of south Louisiana American Indians that broke away from the Houma tribe in the 1980s is also claiming historical connection to the mound.
		While similar Indian mounds in Louisiana do provide limited public access _ prohibiting visitors from being on the mounds themselves _ Roulaine said an equally important grant requirement is that the parish government retains oversight and jurisdiction of the property.
	www.gallupindependent.com /2008/April/040708naMound.html (779 words)

	Louisiana Secretary of State/Louisiana Links Page
		The State Library of Louisiana was established in 1925, and the Carnegie Corporation, the great philanthropic organization which spent millions on libraries throughout the United States, selected Louisiana as recipient of a $50,000 grant to demonstrate library service on a statewide basis.
		The Louisiana Governor's Mansion Foundation was establised to finance, through the private sector, the refurbishment, preservation and operation of the Governor's Mansion for the people of Louisiana.
		The Louisiana Music Cavalcade is a program supervised by the Secretary of State's office to promote Louisiana culture and music by encouraging artists and generating interest in the state's music heritage.
	www.sec.state.la.us /around/links/links-la.htm (1918 words)

	Louisiana Casinos
		Louisiana casinos stretch from north to south and run east to west in the state.
		Louisiana became the fourth state to approve riverboat gambling casinos in 1991.
		Visitors to Louisiana are in for a one-of-a-kind experience, and Louisiana casinos are a great way to begin a trip to the state.
	www.gaming-articles.com /articles/louisiana_casinos.html (458 words)

	Indians in Louisiana: The Poverty Point Site
		Archaeologists suspect that the mounds at Poverty Point served as sites for dwellings, but they are not certain.
		Native American culture in the Poverty Point area began almost 4,000 years ago, and the mounds were built between 1350 and 1800 B.C. The mounds are six giant half-circles in the shape of a bull's-eye, almost three-fourths of a mile wide.
		Archaeologists believe the 37-acre central plaza formed by the mounds may have been used for religious and other public ceremonies.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/la/mound_1 (200 words)

	Livonia Indian Mound - Livonia, Louisiana
		The largest of the ten remaining Indian mounds in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana is the Livonia Mound.
		At almost 31 feet tall, the conical mound is located in downtown Livonia near the east bank of Bayou Grosse Tete.
		If you are planning to visit the Livonia Indian Mound please keep in mind that the sacred mound is on private property and there is no parking available near the mound.
	www.angelfire.com /la3/livoniamound (132 words)

	Tejas > Caddo Ancestors > Woodlands Cultures
		Within one of the burial mounds was a log-covered pit sealed by layers of cane and clay that may represent a "charnal" house where the bodies of the dead were processed before mass burial.
		Similar artifacts are known from early Marksville burial mounds and in burial mounds of the Adena culture of the Ohio River valley far to the northeast.
		Similar reel-shaped artifacts are known from early Marksville burial mounds and in burial mounds of the Adena culture of the Ohio River valley far to the northeast.
	www.texasbeyondhistory.net /tejas/ancestors/woodland.html (7323 words)

	Monumental American Indian Architecture - Lower Mississippi Delta Region - National Park Service
		Typically, these towns contained anywhere from one to twenty mounds, which often were used as platforms for temples or as residences for leaders.
		The mounds usually were arranged around a plaza while a palisade of saplings surrounded the entire complex.
		Among them are Poverty Point and Marksville State Parks in Louisiana; Toltec and Parkin State Parks in Arkansas; Winterville State Park and Emerald, Mangum, Boyd, and Bynum Mounds along the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi; and Pinson State Park and Shiloh Mounds at Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee.
	www.nps.gov /history/delta/indian_mounds/mounds.htm (447 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It took stubborn persistence and hard work to educate governmental officials and Louisiana citizens to understand that mosquitoes could be controlled based on scientific understanding of mosquito bionomics, involvement of trained personnel, and availability of sufficient funds.
		The office in Lafayette was housed in facilities at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and jointly supervised by A. Owens, Jr.
		Currently, Louisiana has 16 mosquito control districts, the majority of which are located in the lower third of the state.
	www.lmca.us /history.htm (3108 words)

	-Center for Cultural & Eco-Tourism-
		Mark A. Rees is an archaeological anthropologist and assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
		The Plaquemine Mounds Archaeological Project (PMAP) commenced with an archaeology field school during the 2001 winter intersession.
		The Plaquemine Mounds Archaeological Project is supported by a 3-year grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness subprogram.
	ccet.louisiana.edu /centerfellows/02a_Center_Associates_Bios/rees.html (777 words)

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