Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita)
Watson Mound B
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)·Hallstatt / Early Iron Age·🇺🇸 Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Watson Brake, United States
About
About Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita)
Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita) in Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Watson Brake, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hallstatt / Early Iron Age. Systematic survey and magnetometry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal necropolis and domestic quarter. Dimensions mound 22 m diameter × 6 m high; ditch 2 m deep; area unmeasured ha. Excavation excavated; condition preserved. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Hallstatt / Early Iron Age tumulus with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 40 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Relation to regional network
- 02Construction technique
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500–1200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)
- Culture
- Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
- Builders
- Hallstatt
- Purpose
- Elite burial and ritual mound
- Rediscovered
- 1964
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1500–1200 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 805 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1905
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1417 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
32.3300° N · 92.0800° W · 40 m · 3 mapped features
Principal Monument
structurePrincipal Monument at Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita) — structure with stratified deposits
32.3300° N · 92.0809° WAncillary Complex
complexAncillary Complex at Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita) — complex with stratified deposits
32.3275° N · 92.0791° WOutlier Feature
outlierOutlier Feature at Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita) — outlier with stratified deposits
32.3292° N · 92.0789° W