Mississippi River (Other Keyword)
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Archaeological investigations up and down the Mississippi River Valley have produced a wealth of information about the ways people in French and Spanish colonies identified, obtained, and consumed food. Evidence regarding the maintenance of tradition and the emergence of new practice is found in the remains of foods and the wares used to prepare and serve them. In this paper, we present these practices from sites along the expanse of the Mississippi River, highlighting their differences and...
Phase II Investigations at Sites 13Jk77 and 13Jk137 Within Navigation Pools 12 and 13, Jackson County, Iowa (2002)
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When in Drought: An Exposed Shipwreck Along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, LA (2024)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. When the Mississippi River dropped significantly in the Fall of 2022, the Louisiana Division of Archaeology received numerous calls and emails from citizens stumbling across exposed structures and vessels, some of which turned out to be shipwrecks. The low water levels and the proximity to the Division of Archaeology’s office allowed staff and volunteers to further document the exposed...