Archaeology of the St. Rosalie Cabin Complex

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Plantation in the Right-of-Way: Data Recovery at St. Rosalie Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Between 2022 and 2023 Goodwin & Associates completed Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the St. Rosalie Plantation (Site 16PL107) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Much of these efforts were focused on uncovering the remains of a complex of cabins that were built ca. 1870 to replace earlier cabins abandoned or destroyed during the Civil War, and remained occupied into the 1930s. Portions of eight cabins and a possible multi-use community center were exposed during the field excavations. Residents of the St. Rosalie cabin complex included both formerly enslaved African Americans from St. Rosalie and nearby plantations, as well as a population of recent Italian immigrants. These residents worked for area plantations and for the local railroad.   

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Plantation in the Right-of-Way: Data Recovery at St. Rosalie Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025

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