A River Runs Through It: Archaeology along the Lower Mississippi River in Southern Louisiana

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Port of Call: Archaeologies of Labor and Movement through Ports", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Throughout the history of humankind, rivers have been a central tool for human survival and use. These water bodies have been used as sources of drinking water, obtaining food, bathing, waste disposal, transportation, defense, and later hydropower. Evidence of this usage is still available in the floodplains and lower terraces worldwide. Recent investigations by TerraXplorations, Inc. have documented a broad range of continued use of the Lower Mississippi River in Southern Louisiana. These varied projects include survey, testing, and excavation of prehistoric sites, Civil War fortifications, and plantations housing and industrial complexes. A brief summary of these projects and the investigated sites will be discussed. Here, we highlight the many lives and changing movements of people and their relationships to waterways in South Louisiana.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
• Port of Call: Archaeologies of Labor and Movement through Ports

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