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

• 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

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+...