Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI) Archaeological Reports
This collection is a set of reports provided by the CRM consulting firm Coastal Environments, Inc. located in Baton Rouge, LA. The Center for Digital Antiquity created metadata records for these reports and uploaded the files to tDAR as an example of how archaeological information from CRM investigations in the Southeastern US could be made more easily and widely available. The tDAR records and uploaded files were checked by CEI staff before being made publicly available in tDAR.
Site Name Keywords
16LF82 •
16LF83 •
16LF84 •
16LF149 •
16LF250 •
Well Site •
22AD993 •
Natchez Bluffs •
Natchez-under-the-Hill •
Walkiah Bluff Work Barge
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Military Structure •
Water-Related •
Shipwreck •
Agricultural or Herding •
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
Other Keywords
Lumber •
Natchez •
Birdie Bailey •
Erma •
River Barge
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Archaic •
Historic Native American •
PaleoIndian •
Woodland •
Mississippian •
Colonial •
BAYTOWN •
Poverty Point
Investigation Types
Collections Research •
Historic Background Research •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Archaeological Overview •
Systematic Survey •
Geophysical Survey •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Ground Disturbance Monitoring •
Heritage Management •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Fauna •
Glass •
Metal •
Building Materials •
Wood •
Dating Sample •
Human Remains •
Macrobotanical
Temporal Keywords
Colonial Period •
Marksville Period •
Baytown Period •
Coles Creek Period •
Early 20th Century •
Late Eighteenth To Mid-Nineteenth Century •
American Period •
Early American Period •
19th Century •
The Civil War
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
Louisiana (State / Territory) •
Mississippi (State / Territory) •
Adams County (County) •
East Baton Rouge Parish (County) •
Concordia Parish (County) •
West Baton Rouge Parish (County) •
St. Tammany Parish (County)
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Bernard Marigny's Fontainebleau Plantation: Archaeological Monitoring for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Fontainebleau State Park Debris Removal, Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (2007)
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In January of 2006, Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI) was contracted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct archaeological monitoring of Hurricane Katrina related debris removal at Fontainebleau State Park (16ST86). This work was done between 23 January 2006 and 10 February 2006, with an additional day monitoring cleanup on 2 March 2006. A two-person and periodically a three person team from CEI conducted archaeological monitoring during the machine-aided removal of debris...
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The Burnitt Site: A Late Caddoan Occupation in the Uplands of the Sabine River Basin in Louisiana (2006)
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This report presents the results of archaeological data recovery excavations conducted by Coastal Environments, Inc., at the Burnitt site (16SA204) located in the uplands of northern Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The work was conducted under contract to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as mitigation for the adverse impact of widening U.S. Highway 171. Test excavations conducted by Gulf Engineers and Consultants in 1994 determined that the site was eligible for the National...
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5,000 Years of Life and Death Along the Natchez Bluffs: Archaeological and Historical Inventory and Reporting for Reaches 6 and 7 of the Natchez Bluff Stability Study and the Orleans Street Disposal Area, Adams County, Mississippi (2005)
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Between December 1998 and November 2000, Coastal Environments, Inc., (CEI) conducted Phase I and Phase II cultural resources investigations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Vicksburg District, in regard to construction activities related to Reaches 6 and 7 of the Natchez Bluffs Stability Project in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi (DACW38-98-D-0004, Delivery Order No. 18). The project area is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River at Natchez-Under-the-Hill and along the...
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Sawmills and Cordwood: Life in Natchez-Under-the-Hill during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (2005)
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Between June and September 1999, Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI), conducted Phase III data recovery excavations at the Well site (22AD993) in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Vicksburg District. Those cultural resources investigations were conducted as part of the COE’s Natchez Bluffs Stability Project and Natchez Riverfront Revetment projects. Both construction projects are designed to protect the historic Natchez Bluffs and Natchez-Under-the-Hill...
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Cultural Resources Monitoring of Construction Activities at the West Building (16EBR165) and West Parking Garage, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2001)
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Archaeological investigations of the West Building and the West Parking Garage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. were conducted by Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI), between June 1999 and August 2000. These investigations were performed relative to monitoring of machine excavations conducted during the construction of the West Building and the West Parking Garage. The combined project areas of both buildings encompass approximately 4.94 ha (2 ac). The current archaeological investigations were conducted...
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Cultural Resources Survey of the Pearl River in the Vicinity of Walkiah Bluff, Mississippi and Louisiana (1997)
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The results of cultural resources investigations along the Pearl River near Walkiah Bluff. Mississippi, are presented. These investigations, part of which were in the state of Louisiana and part in Mississippi, were undertaken by the Vicksburg District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers relative to the proposed construction of several water control structures at this location. The objective of the investigation was to identify and evaluate cultural properties that may be effected by the proposed...
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Cultural Resources Investigations Related to the West Belle Pass Headland Restoration Project, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (1994)
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Cultural resources investigations were conducted for the West Belle Pass Restoration Project, located in extreme lower Lafoiirche Parish, Louisiana. The investigations involved archaeological, historical and geological background research, pedestrian survey and site testing. The survey covered an area of approximately 2,188 acres, and either discovered or revisited five prehistoric archaeological sites. Three of the sites, 16 LF 82, 16 LF 83, and 16 LF 84, were deemed not significant and no...
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Cultural Resources Assessment of Two Possible Shipwreck Locations in the Yazoo River at Belizoni, Mississippi (1992)
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This report presents the results of research conducted by Coastal Environments, Inc., concerning two possible shipwrecks located in the Yazoo River at Belzoni, Mississippi. These features were identified during three previous remote-sensing surveys conducted along this portion of the river. The Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers now plans to construct two stone dikes in this area, which may impact the possible wrecks. The present research was carried out in an effort to positively identify...
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A Research Design for Data Recovery at the Huffman Creek Site (16 RA 433), Rapides, Parish Louisiana (1990)
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Archaeological Data Recovery is planned for the Huffman Creek site (16 RA 433), a multicomponent site in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The excavations are necessary because work related to the development of the Red River Waterway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will adversely impact this site, which has been determined a significant historical property eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This research design is undertaken to structure the forthcoming data...