Editing Catahoula Parish, Louisiana (section)

===Prehistory===
{{Main|History of Louisiana#Prehistory}}
Catahoula Parish was the home to many succeeding [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] groups in the thousands of years before European settlements began. Peoples of the [[Marksville culture]], [[Troyville culture]], [[Coles Creek culture]] and [[Plaquemine culture]] built villages and mound sites throughout the area. Notable examples include [[Peck Mounds]], and the [[Troyville Earthworks]]. The Troyville Earthworks have components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE during the [[Baytown culture|Baytown]] to the Troyville-Coles Creek periods.<ref name=TROYVILLE/>

It once had the tallest mound in Louisiana at {{convert|82|ft|m}} in height; it was the second-tallest mound in North America (after [[Monk's Mound]] at [[Cahokia Mounds]]). This mound was destroyed to make way for the Jonesville bridge over the [[Black River (Louisiana)|Black River]].<ref name=TROYVILLE>{{cite web|url=http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/moundsguide/TroyvilleEarthworks.html|title=Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana : Troyville Earthworks|access-date=October 22, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110181954/http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/moundsguide/TroyvilleEarthworks.html|archive-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>