Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Pottery Hill

National Register of Historic Places

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 21, 2021

1. Pottery Hill Marker

Inscription. This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte (800 BC) and early Marksville (AD 1-400) periods. Shards, bone fragments and shell deposits suggest continuous use by aboriginal people including the Acolapissa, later Choctaw, into the 20th century. Colonial settlers used the excellent clay found here to set up commercial potteries. The last pottery operated until the 1940's.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 30° 21.095′ N, 90° 3.11′ W. Marker is in Mandeville, Louisiana, in St. Tammany Parish. It is at the intersection of Colbert Road and Monroe Street, on the left when traveling south on Colbert Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mandeville LA 70448, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Florida Parishes

and in Greater New Orleans.

It is also in the American South,

specifically

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in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

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 New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Lake Pontchartrain (approx. half a mile away); Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall (approx. 0.7 miles away); Our Lady Of The Lake Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Rest Awhile (approx. 1.2 miles away); Native Peoples (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Enslaved (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sugar Mill Operation (approx. 1.3 miles away); Fontainebleau Plantation Sugar Mill (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mandeville.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 21, 2021

2. Pottery Hill Marker

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 21, 2021

3. Pottery Hill Marker

QR code on marker pole

Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 1,142 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 26, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.