Location | Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana USA |
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Coordinates | 30°19′55.56″N 90°1′33.38″W / 30.3321000°N 90.0259389°W |
History | |
Founded | 500 BCE |
Abandoned | 1 CE |
Periods | Tchula period |
Cultures | Tchefuncte culture |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1938, 1941, 1986 |
Archaeologists | Clarence Johnson, Edwin Doran, Richard Weinstein, Charles Pearson, Dave Davis Civilian Conservation Corps, Coastal Environments, Inc., Tulane University |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | shell middens |
Tchefuncte site | |
Area | less than one acre |
NRHP reference No. | 00000717[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 2000 |
Responsible body: State of Louisiana |
The Tchefuncte site (16ST1) is an archaeological site that is a type site for the prehistoric Tchefuncte culture period. The name is pronounced Che-funk'tuh. It is located in the southeast section of Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
The site was inhabited from 500 BCE to 1 CE during the Tchula period. Major excavations were directed by Clarence Johnson in 1938 and Edwin Doran in 1941.[2]