Joe W. Saunders,
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Rolfe D. Mandel,
Roger
T. Saucier,
E. Thurman Allen,
C. T. Hallmark,
Jay K. Johnson,
Edwin H. Jackson,
Charles M. Allen,
Gary L. Stringer,
Douglas
S. Frink,
James K. Feathers,
Stephen Williams,
Kristen J. Gremillion,
Malcolm F. Vidrine,
Reca Jones
An 11-mound site in Louisiana predates other known mound complexes
with earthen enclosures in North America by 1900 years. Radiometric,
luminescence, artifactual, geomorphic, and pedogenic data date the site
to over 5000 calendar years before present. Evidence suggests that the
site was occupied by hunter-gatherers who seasonally exploited aquatic
resources and collected plant species that later became the first
domesticates in eastern North America.
J. W. Saunders, G. L. Stringer, R. Jones, Department of
Geosciences, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA 71209, USA.
R. D. Mandel, Department of Geography, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS 66045-2121, USA.
R. T. Saucier, 4325 Winchester Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-8969,
USA.
E. T. Allen, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1605 Arizona Street, Monroe, LA 71202-3697, USA.
C. T. Hallmark, Soil and Crop Sciences Department, Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX 77843-2474, USA.
J. K. Johnson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
E. H. Jackson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5074, Hattiesburg, MS,
39406-5074, USA.
C. M. Allen, Department of Biology, Northeast Louisiana
University, Monroe, LA 71209, USA.
D. S. Frink, Archaeology Consulting Team, Inc., Post Office Box
145, Essex Junction, VT 05453, USA.
J. K. Feathers, TL Dating, DH-05 Anthropology, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
S. Williams, Post Office Box 22354, Santa Fe, NM 87502-2354, USA.
K. J. Gremillion, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State
University, 244 Lord Hall, 214 West 17 Avenue, Columbus, OH
43210-1364, USA.
M. F. Vidrine, Division of Sciences, Louisiana State University at
Eunice, Post Office Box 1129, Eunice, LA 70535, USA.
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To whom correspondence should be addressed.
