Address Restricted, Mandeville, Louisiana. County/parish: St. Tammany.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 22, 2000. NRIS 00000717.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
The Tchefuncte site ( chə-FUNK-tə; 16ST1) is an archaeological site that is a type site for the prehistoric Tchefuncte culture period. It is located in the southeast section of Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
The site was inhabited from 500 BCE to 1 CE during the Tchula period. Major excavations were directed by Clarence Johnson in 1938 and Edwin Doran in 1941.
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