page_title: Troyville Earthworks
hierarchical_section_title: Troyville Earthworks
caption_attribution_description: English: An artists conception of the Troyville Earthworks (16 CT 7), the type site for the Troyville culture in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana in the town of Jonesville and was inhabited from 100 BCE to 700 CE. It once had the tallest mound in Louisiana (and second tallest in the US) at 82 feet in height. All rights held by the artist, Herb Roe © 2017. #herbroe #troyville #troyvilleculture #ancientamerica #americanarchaeology #illustration
context_page_description: Troyville Earthworks 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 in height. It is located in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana in the town of Jonesville. The site is the type site for the Troyville culture of the lower Ouachita and Tensas River valleys. Before it was destroyed for bridge approach fill in 1931, the main mound at Troyville was one of the tallest in North America.
context_section_description: 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. The site is the type site for the Troyville culture of the lower Ouachita and Tensas River valleys. Before it was destroyed for bridge approach fill in 1931, the main mound at Troyville was one of the tallest in North America.
caption: Artists conception of Troyville Earthworks
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