Cultural Resources Survey of Three Mississippi River Levee Setbacks and Borrows.

In June of 1981, Iroquois Research Institute performed a cultural resources survey of three Mississippi River Levee Setback and Borrow items in Plaquemines Parishes and St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana. The project included a prehistoric and historic background study and literature search, a geomorph...

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Main Authors: Garson, Adam G., Black, Lawrence L., Brooks, Cecil R., Brown, Nancy N., Cizek, Eugene
Other Authors: IROQUOIS RESEARCH INST FAIRFAX VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1982
Subjects:
Humanities and History
Civil Engineering
*ARCHEOLOGY
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
SHORES
LEVEES
REVETMENTS
LAND AREAS
HISTORY
CULTURE
SITES
STRUCTURES
URBAN AREAS
SURVEYS
Stella
Archeological Survey
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA118565
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA118565
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Summary:In June of 1981, Iroquois Research Institute performed a cultural resources survey of three Mississippi River Levee Setback and Borrow items in Plaquemines Parishes and St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana. The project included a prehistoric and historic background study and literature search, a geomorphological analysis of the survey items, and a systematic archeological survey. Intensive historic research aimed at determining the location of Fort St. Mary at English Turn in Plaquemines Parish was also performed. A total of 19 historic sites were inventoried during the survey. They included 18 residential, commercial, and religious buildings and the possible archeological remains of one plantation house. Recommendations for further study were made for the Palazzo Grocery Store at Linwood and for St. Luke's Baptist Church at Scarsdale-Stella. A feasibility study was recommended for making part of Arabi, including the area to be adversely affected by the levee setback, an historic district. The effect of an historic district would be to preserve historic archeological remains and the integrity of the many 19th and early 20th century structures existing in the area. The results of the historic study of Fort St. Mary indicated that there would be only a slight possibility that borrowing by the Corps of Engineers would adversely affect the remains of the fort. Its present location appears to be on the landward side of the levee below Shingle Point. (Author)

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