Little Pecan Island Site
29°47′41.676″N 92°47′37.896″W / 29.79491000°N 92.79386000°W / 29.79491000; -92.79386000History Founded 800 CE Abandoned 1100 CE Cultures Coastal Coles Creek culture Site notes Excavation dates 1946 Archaeologists Robert Wauchope Responsible body: private 
Coles Creek and Plum Bayou cultures Coles Creek sites 
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The Little Pecan Island Site (16 CM 43) is an archaeological site of the Coastal Coles Creek culture, occupied by Native Americans from 800 to 1100 CE near Grand Chenier, Louisiana in Cameron Parish. Investigations by Robert Wauchope in 1946 produced a number of flexed burials and ceramic chronologies which helped determine the age and cultural affiliation of the site.[1]
The site is situated on a low sandy ridge about 3 miles (4.8 km) in length and less than 1,500 feet (460 m) in width at its maximum extent and is surrounded on its north and east by Little Pecan Lake. It lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the northeast from Grand Chenier Ridge.[2]
See also
- Morgan Mounds
- Culture, phase, and chronological table for the Mississippi Valley
References
- ^ Gomez, Gay M. (1998). A Wetland Biography : Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain. University of Texas Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-292-72812-7.
- ^ Wauchope, R. (1947). "Notes on Little Pecan Island, Louisiana". American Antiquity. 12(3Part1) (3): 186–188. doi:10.2307/275710. JSTOR 275710. S2CID 163233506.
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Coles Creek and Plum Bayou cultures- Late Woodland period
- List of archaeological periods (North America)
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- Little Cheniere Site (16CM22)
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- Southwest of Cut Off Lagoon (16SB50)
- St. Gabriel Mounds (16IV128)
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- Baytown Site
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- Coy Site
- Dogtown Site
- Hayes site
- Maberry Site
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