Cultural Resources Investigation for Item M-178.0 to 173.2-R, Mississippi River Levees, Louisiana

Archeological survey was conducted in two areas within Item M-178.0 to 173.2-R. A total of 104.75 acres were surveyed. A total of 65 auger tests and four shovel tests were excavated. Auger tests to a depth of 2 m spaced at 50 m intervals were excavated along the toe of levee between Levee Station 0+...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maygarden, Benjamin M., Yakubik, Jill-Karen, Heinrich, Paul V.
Other Authors: EARTH SEARCH INC NEW ORLEANS LA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1994
Subjects:
Humanities and History
*ARCHEOLOGY
EMPLOYMENT
STRATIGRAPHY
HISTORY
CULTURAL RESOURCES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AUGERS
LEVEES
LOUISIANA
CHANNELS(WATERWAYS)
EXCAVATION
SITE INVESTIGATIONS
CLIMATE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
GEOMORPHOLOGY
LAFOURCHE PARISH(LOUISIANA)
The Toe
Archeological Survey
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA281607
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA281607
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Summary:Archeological survey was conducted in two areas within Item M-178.0 to 173.2-R. A total of 104.75 acres were surveyed. A total of 65 auger tests and four shovel tests were excavated. Auger tests to a depth of 2 m spaced at 50 m intervals were excavated along the toe of levee between Levee Station 0+00 and 50+68 within the Lafourche Basin Levee district. In addition, auger tests to a depth of 2 m were excavated at 35 m intervals within a proposed borrow area located within the boundaries of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District between Levee Stations 6168+00 and 6188+00. No archeological sites were located in either of the two survey areas. No further work is recommended.

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