Little Pecan Island Site

Little Pecan Island Site
16 CM 43
Location within Louisiana today
Location Grand Chenier, Louisiana USA
Region Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates 29°47′41.676″N 92°47′37.896″W / 29.79491000°N 92.79386000°W / 29.79491000; -92.79386000
History
Founded 800 CE
Abandoned 1100 CE
Cultures Coastal Coles Creek culture
Site notes
Excavation dates 1946
Archaeologists Robert Wauchope
Responsible body: private

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

References

  1. ↑ Gomez, Gay M. A Wetland Biography : Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain. University of Texas Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-292-72812-7.
  2. ↑ Wauchope, R. (1947). "Notes on Little Pecan Island, Louisiana". American Antiquity. 12(3Part1): 186–188. doi:10.2307/275710.
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