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Routh Mounds
Routh Mounds is located in Louisiana
Routh Mounds
Location in Louisiana
Location Newellton, LouisianaTensas Parish, Louisiana USA
Region Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°1′15.85″N 91°12′46.19″W / 32.0210694°N 91.2128306°W / 32.0210694; -91.2128306
History
Periods Routh Phase
Cultures Plaquemine culture
Site notes
Responsible body: private

Routh Mounds is a Plaquemine culture archaeological site in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It is the type site for the Routh Phase(1200 to 1350 CE) of the Tensas Basin Plaquemine Mississippian chronology. It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the Winter Quarters State Historic Site.

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