Archaeology of Louisiana (Louisiana State University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
A history of archaeology in Louisiana / Kathleen M. Byrd and Robert W. Neuman -- Paleoindian and Early Archaic / Mark A. Rees -- Middle Archaic and Watson Brake / Joe W. Saunders -- Poverty Point redux / Jon L. Gibson -- Tchefuncte and Early Woodland / Christopher T. Hays and Richard A. Weinstein -- Marksville and Middle Woodland / Charles R. McGimsey -- Troyville and the Baytown period / Aubra L. Lee -- Coles Creek / Lori M. Roe and Timothy M. Schilling -- Plaquemine and Mississippian / Mark A. Rees -- Caddo communities of northwest Louisiana / Jeffrey S. Girard -- The Caddo Nation, archaeology, and NAGPRA / Robert Cast, Bobby Gonzalez, and Timothy K. Perttula -- The Spanish in northwest Louisiana, 1721-1773 / George Avery -- French colonial archaeology / Rob Mann -- African American archaeology / Laurie A. Wilkie, Paul Farnsworth, and David T. Palmer -- Colonial and early antebellum New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy and Christopher N. Matthews -- Immigration and urbanization in New Orleans / D. Ryan Gray and Jill-Karen Yakubik -- Underwater archaeology / Allen R. Saltus, Jr., and Charles E. Pearson
Archaeology of Louisiana provides a groundbreaking and up-to-date overview of archaeology in the Bayou State, providing a thorough analysis of the cultures, communities, and people of Louisiana from the Native Americans of 13,000 years ago to the modern historical archaeology of New Orleans. With 18 chapters and 27 distinguished contributors, Archaeology of Louisiana brings together the work of some of the most respected archaeologists currently working in the state, collecting in a single volume a range of methods and theories to provide a comprehensive understanding of the latest archaeologi