Near Sentell in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Mounds Plantation

Historic Site

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

1. Mounds Plantation Marker

Inscription. The largest ceremonial center of the Caddo Indians in Louisiana, this site originally included seven mounds arranged around a large plaza. The Caddo Indians lived at this site between 900 and 1200 A.D.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 900 CE.

Location. 32° 39.74′ N, 93° 49.167′ W. Marker is near Sentell, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is on Dixie Shreveport Road (State Highway 3049) ¼ mile north of Moon Lake Farm Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shreveport LA 71107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

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one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dixie Gin (approx. 1.6 miles away); Dickson Plantation Home (approx. 2.4 miles away); North Plantation (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pickett Place Plantation (approx. 2.4 miles away); Dixie Presbyterian Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Killarney Farm (approx. 3.1 miles away); Pittman Plantation Home (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sentell.

Gate into the Mounds Plantation. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

2. Gate into the Mounds Plantation.

House sits off the road in a group of trees. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

3. House sits off the road in a group of trees.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 2,176 times since then and 182 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 25, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.