 Artists conception of Troyville Earthworks | |
  Location within Louisiana today | |
| Location | Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States |
|---|---|
| Region | Catahoula Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31°37′36.59″N 91°48′56.12″W / 31.6268306°N 91.8155889°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 100 BCE |
| Abandoned | 1100 CE |
| Cultures | Baytown culture, Troyville culture-Coles Creek culture |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1931-1932, |
| Archaeologists | Winslow Walker |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mounds, plaza |
| Responsible body: private | |
Troyville Earthworks (16 CT 7) is a Woodland period Native American archaeological site with components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE during the Baytown to the Troyville-Coles Creek periods. It once had the tallest mound in Louisiana at 82 feet (25 m) in height. It is located in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana in the town of Jonesville.[1] The site is the type site for the Troyville culture of the lower Ouachita and Tensas River valleys.[2] Before it was destroyed for bridge approach fill in 1931, the main mound at Troyville was one of the tallest in North America.
- ^ "Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana : Troyville Earthworks". Louisiana Dept. Of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Final excavation of Troyville Mounds underway". Catahoula Parish History. 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2011-10-22.