LSU Campus Mounds - Baton Rouge, LA
N 30° 24.905 W 091° 10.932
15R E 674602 N 3366183
Located on the LSU campus. Esay to locate, photograph and walk by. Well kept area. A really nice location. Also known as 16EBR6.
Waymark Code: WM5EGX
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2008
Views: 7
There was LOADS of information found on the internet. I think the best brief history I could find, was on the LSU Historical marker, located on the site. "Hunter/Gatherers built these two mounds 5,000 years ago. Part of the oldest earthen mound complex in North America,they were placed on the National Register of Historical Places on March 1,1999. They are older than the Egyptian Pyramids, and predate Poverty Point, long believed to have been the oldest earthen mounds in North America. Archaeologists are not sure what they were used for, but there were no temples or houses built on them."
Street address:
Jct. of Dalrymple Dr. and Fieldhouse Dr
on LSU campus
Baton Rouge, LA USA
70803
County / Borough / Parish: East Baton Rouge
Year listed: 1999
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential. Area - Native American, Prehistoric
Periods of significance: 499-0 BC
Historic function: Religion. Sub - Religious Structure
Current function: Vacant/Not In Use
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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