Mayflower Mound

Mayflower is a single mound about 1⁄4 mile north of the confluence of Big Choctaw and Van Buren bayous. It’s just over 10 feet tall, and about 130 by 130 feet at its base; the platform is about 60 by 65 feet. The mound is in excellent condition except that its southeast corner was clipped by highway construction. It’s heavily wooded, so it wasn’t possible to core it to examine soil weathering or obtain charcoal samples for dating. An adjacent field yielded 29 pottery fragments; based on that sample, the mound is believed to date to AD 700–1200 (Coles Creek period). Local people describe a second mound west of Mayflower that was plowed away years ago, but no evidence has surfaced to verify its existence. *[Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana](https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/archaeology/moundsguide/mayflower.html)*