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Approaching Big Oak Island.
Shell middens, or deposits of refuse made up of discarded brackish water clam shells (or Rangia cunneata), are the most visible Native American sites in this area. They often form the highest land in the low-lying marshes between Lake Pontchartrain…
Oak Island Dig Overview
The excavation crew works the Oak Island Site during Dr. Shenkel’s excavation project.
Spanish Fort, Bayou Saint John at Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Fort St. John Bayou St. John Hotel
Old Vaults in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
Postcard of Old Vaults in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
Two miles southeast of New Orleans Airport.
WPA workers assigned to the Statewide Archaeological Project begin excavating at a site where scientists expect to find trace of a prehistoric Indian culture, older than any yet discovered in the Mississippi Valley.
Pottery Vessels.
A few of the 50 or more pottery vessels, restored to their original shape with fragments taken from the LaSalle Parish mound. Intricate patterns and designs on the vessels trace their origin to the early Marksville Period.
Two miles from New Orleans Airport near the Lake.
WPA workers of the Archaeological Project studying soil profile in an Indian mound near Lake Pontchartrain. From this site, archaeologists are unearthing evidence of an Indian culture which they believe is the oldest yet disc overed in the…
Fish Hooks.
Barbed fish hooks, similar in appearance to those used by present day fishermen, which were taken from an Indian mound in LaSalle Parish.
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Newspaper Article Describing Human remains disturbed at Canal Street and Claiborne Avenue
