The park is open year-round with a museum and walking trail. Construction of these earthworks began around the year 0 AD and the site was used for nearly 400 ...

Burial mounds at the site are surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped earthen embankment about 3,000 feet (910 m) long. The site is also one of the largest of the ...

Jul 28, 2023 · Marksville's 42-acre site includes one semicircular embankment and six mounds along what is known as Old River which during the time they were ...

A modestly interesting site that will thrill only hard-core history buffs, but if you're in Marksville and have an hour to kill and don't care about the casino, ...

Mar 1, 2024 · The Marksville culture lived outside the 3,000-foot C-shaped earthen embankment that, along with a former Mississippi River channel, encloses ...

Location: Louisiana Length: 15 min. Two thousand years ago, people in central Louisiana developed a complex culture represented today by a group of ...

Indian Mound.The main portion of the Marksville site is surrounded by a semi-circular earthwork which is 3,300 feet long and ranges from 3 to 7 feet in height.

Neverthe- less, the mounds at the Crooks site were a Marksville period ossuary (a collection of skeletal remains) where a large number of individuals were ...

This image shows a well-preserved conical burial mound at the Marksville site in Avoyelles Parish, Lousiana. · Share via Facebook · Share via Twitter · Share ...