The Troyville-Coles Creek people lived on gathered wild plants and local domesticates, and maize was of only minor importance.[4] Acorns, persimmons, palmetto, maygrass, and squash were all more important than maize.[4] Tobacco was cultivated as well, and protein came from deer and smaller mammals, but the bounty of the region kept maize from being adopted as a staple until as late as the thirteenth century CE.[4]
A multimound complex located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, radiocarbon and decorated pottery dated to about 600 CE during the Troyville/Coles Creek period.[5]
A large multimound site with components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE. 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.[9] It is the type site for the culture.
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