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Report on the activities and state of the Vieux Carre Commission

Field excavations in progress at Oak Island sites.

A Firehouse used to occupy the area of the park close to Rampart Street, and the excavation revealed an fire well that reserved water for firefighting. After the city utilities were established, the well likely became used as a trash pit. Artifacts…

Barbed fish hooks, similar in appearance to those used by present day fishermen, which were taken from an Indian mound in LaSalle Parish.

Excavators work to pump out the water that had accumulated in the trench. The wooden planks on the left side of this trench are remains of Fort St. Ferdinand. The ditch, or moat, that surrounded the city was lined with these planks. This excavation…

A closeup photograph of the wooden planks that lined the Fort St. Ferdinand moat. This moat connected each of the five forts surrounding New Orleans.

This is a selection of pottery typical of the French Colonial era in New Orleans (ca. 1710-1769), recovered during utility work near the site of Spanish Fort.

An important development related to the Oak Island archaeology projects was the creation in 1982 of the 'Indian Youth Project'. That year, Richard Shenkel and Pete Gregory launched a project with the Inter-Tribal Council of Louisiana and the…

This shot shows an overview of the verdant Hermann-Grima courtyard during one of several excavations performed by the University of New Orleans.

A student shovels soil in an excavation unit of the Hermann-Grima house.