  Location within Louisiana today | |
| Location | Jonesville, Louisiana, La Salle Parish, Louisiana,  USA |
|---|---|
| Region | La Salle Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31°31′28.16″N 92°1′2.21″W / 31.5244889°N 92.0172806°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 100 BCE |
| Abandoned | 400 CE |
| Periods | Woodland period |
| Cultures | Marksville culture |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1938–1939, |
| Archaeologists | James A. Ford |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Burial mound |
| Responsible body: private | |
Crooks Mound (French: Monticule d'Escrocs) (16 LA 3) is a large Marksville culture archaeological site located in La Salle Parish in south central Louisiana. It is a large, conical burial mound that was part of at least six episodes of burials. It measured about 16 ft high (4.9 m) and 85 ft wide (26 m). It contained roughly 1,150 sets of remains that were placed. However, they were able to be fit into the structure of the mound. Sometimes body parts were removed in order to achieve that goal. Archaeologists think it was a holding house for the area that was emptied periodically in order to achieve this type of setup.[1]
Most of the time, the people were just placed into the mound, but a few of the burials were in log-lined tombs or, rarely, stone-lined tombs. Only a few out of each burial were interred with copper tools as grave goods. This suggests that the area was mainly for common people to be buried in.[1]
The site is on private land, usually with no public access, but it can be viewed from the roadway.
- ^ a b "Tejas-Caddo Ancestors-Woodland cultures". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2013-02-15.