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Archaeology of Louisiana / edited by Mark A. Rees ; with a foreword by Ian W. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology--Louisiana.
- Archaeology.
- Indians of North America--Louisiana--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Archaeology and history--Louisiana.
- Archaeology and history.
- Ethnoarchaeology--Louisiana.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Social archaeology--Louisiana.
- Social archaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Louisiana.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Historic sites--Louisiana.
- Historic sites.
- Louisiana--Antiquities.
- Louisiana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (487 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010.
- Summary:
- Archaeology of Louisiana provides a groundbreaking overview of archaeology in the Bayou State, providing a thorough analysis of the cultures, communities, and people of Louisiana from the Native Americans of 13,000 years ago to the modern historical archaeology of New Orleans. With 18 chapters and 27 distinguished contributors, this book brings together the work of some of the most respected archaeologists currently working in the state, collecting in a single volume a range of methods and theories to provide a comprehensive understanding of the latest archaeological findings.
- Contents:
- A history of archaeology in Louisiana / Kathleen M. Byrd and Robert W. Neuman
- Paleoindian and Early Archaic / Mark A. Rees
- Middle Archaic and Watson Brake / Joe W. Saunders
- Poverty Point redux / Jon L. Gibson
- Tchefuncte and Early Woodland / Christopher T. Hays and Richard A. Weinstein
- Marksville and Middle Woodland / Charles R. McGimsey
- Troyville and the Baytown period / Aubra L. Lee
- Coles Creek / Lori M. Roe and Timothy M. Schilling
- Plaquemine and Mississippian / Mark A. Rees
- Caddo communities of northwest Louisiana / Jeffrey S. Girard
- The Caddo Nation, archaeology, and NAGPRA / Robert Cast, Bobby Gonzalez, and Timothy K. Perttula
- The Spanish in northwest Louisiana, 1721-1773 / George Avery
- French colonial archaeology / Rob Mann
- African American archaeology / Laurie A. Wilkie, Paul Farnsworth, and David T. Palmer
- Colonial and early antebellum New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy and Christopher N. Matthews
- Immigration and urbanization in New Orleans / D. Ryan Gray and Jill-Karen Yakubik
- Underwater archaeology / Allen R. Saltus, Jr., and Charles E. Pearson.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780807137956
- 0807137952
- OCLC:
- 703156097
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