LSU Campus Mounds

An LSU committee that included representation from Louisiana's Native Tribes chose the name "LSU Campus Mounds" because most earthen mounds in the Americas are named for their location and because the mounds predate the colonization of the Americas, making the previous reference to American Indians inaccurate. "LSU Campus Mounds" is also the official name used in the National Register of Historic Places and is intended to recognize the First Peoples who built the mounds and their location in the heart of LSU's campus. In the Smithsonian Trinomial 16EBR6, the first number designates the state of Louisiana, the parish abbreviation narrows the site's location within the state, and the last number shows that the mounds were the sixth archaeological site in the parish formally recorded by the state. The mounds are fragile cultural treasures, and access is prohibited.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · United States