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Don't Tread on Me: University Takes Steps to Preserve LSU Mounds by Andy B on Sunday, 10 October 2010

The LSU Mounds, which date back approximately 6,000 years to the Archaic period, are some of the oldest Native American mounds found in Louisiana, and have long been in danger due to their popularity and also from natural processes. To preserve them and minimize irrevocable damage, the LSU Mounds will have restricted access on heavy traffic days, namely home football games.

"This isn't meant to spoil anyone's fun or dampen traditions," said Rob Mann, southeast regional archaeologist for Louisiana, assistant professor-research of Geography and Anthropology and resident expert on the mounds. "The fact of the matter is that these are nationally significant archaeological resources that science still doesn't fully understand, and we need to preserve that history as part of Louisiana's legacy. One or two people don't cause the damage … It's the weight and presence of hundreds of people over the course of a game day that's the true threat to these valuable links to the past."

http://www.lsu.edu/departments/gold/2010/09/mounds.shtml

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