Earth Search in the news
| February 27, 2006 DOTD ARCHAEOLOGIST TO PARTICIPATE IN TROYVILLE MOUNDS MINI-SYMPOSIUM" (Electronic Document, http://www.dotd.state.la.us/pressreleases/Release.aspx?key=616, accessed Sept. 18, 2009.) |
| A seemingly nondescript corner lot in downtown Jonesville could provide an important look back into prehistoric life as captured in the Troyville Mounds. A state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) archaeologist, the leader of an excavation team and six others will discuss the recent excavation work at Troyville and the Troyville Period during a mini-symposium set for 9-11 a.m. Sunday (March 5) at the Atrium, 2001 Louisville Ave., in Monroe. The discussion, part of the 2006 Louisiana Archaeological Society Meeting, is free and open to the public. READ MORE |
| May 27, 2005 DIGGING UP HISTORY AT OAK VALLEY (Electronic Document, http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?s=3392744, accessed Sept. 17, 2009) |
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The most photographed plantation in the South has been transformed into an archeological excavation site. A team of archeologists are digging at Oak Alley in Vacherie to unearth a part of the plantation's history lost for more than one hundred years. READ MORE |
| April 20, 2005 ARCHEOLOGISTS LOCATE HUMAN REMAINS (Catahoula News Booster 2005. 20 April:1A. Jonesville, LA) |
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An archaeological team from New Orleans, headed by Butch Lee of Earth Search, Inc., found human remains while excavating a site in Jonesville last week. The team located the remnants of a coffin and human teeth. Catahoula coroner Raymond Rouse noted that the teeth appeared to have belonged to a ..........READ MORE.....(PDF) |
| March 20, 2005 "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN" NEW ORLEANS LEGEND MAY PROVE TO BE REPUTABLE (Gold, Scott 2005. Los Angeles Times Press Release) |
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A century ago, sung in the Appalachian hills from the point of view of a young and weary prostitute, it was about the pitfalls of sin. In the 1940s, Woody Guthrie turned it into an anthem to working-class America. In the 1960s, it was about daring sexuality......READ MORE |
| March 19, 2005 Famous Brothel? (Electronic Document, http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-p-risingsun400_id3wi1kf,0,2359266.photo, accessed Sept 18, 2009.) |
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Ryan Gray, an archaeologist with Earth Search, digs in a
garage as volunteers prepare to screen buckets of soil to search for
artifacts. The Historic New Orleans Collection is doing this dig before
expanding their William Research Center over this Conti Strett garage,
which some believe was once a famous brothel. SEE
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| March 15, 2005 FINALLY, A RESTING PLACE (Hurwitz, Jenny. 2005. The Times-Picayune. 15 March:A1, A6. New Orleans.) |
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The unmarked plot of land, tucked away within the 7,623 acres of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, looks much like the rest of the spillway's terrain, sprawling and still, covered with weeds and sprays of wildflowers. But buried beneath its surface lies a little-known chapter of history. READ MORE.......(PDF) |
| October 4,
2004 EXPERT DELVED INTO NEW ORLEANS HISTORY (Jensen 2004. The Times-Picayune. 4 October: B1, B2. New Orleans) (Southwest Daily News 2004. 17 October. Sulphur, LA ) (Daily Advertiser 2004. 17 October. Lafayette, LA) |
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Two years after digging deep into city soil to bring New Orleans history back to life, archaeologist, Ryan Gray is putting work clothes aside and sporting a shirt and tie to present his findings. His excavations at the St. Thomas and Iberville housing developments uncovered..... READ MORE.......(PDF) |
| October 2, 2004 FINDING LIFE ON THE FRINGES OF OLD NEW ORLEANS (Data News Weekly, 2 Oct. New Orleans.) |
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In celebration of Archaeology Week, the East New Orleans Regional Branch of the New Orleans Public Library will present a special program on October 4th, at 7:00 p.m. The title is "Finding Life on the Fringes in Old New Orleans; Archaeology in the St. Thomas and Iberville Housing Project Areas." Archaeologist Ryan Gray of Earth Search, Incorporated, will discuss ....... READ MORE.....(PDF) |
| July 28, 2000 SAINT BERNARD SETTELRS' GRAVES LOCATED, HIGH-TECH RESEARCH DONE AT CHURCH (Cannizaro 2000. The Times-Picayune. 28 July:B1, B2. New Orleans.) |
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Dozens of small flags dot the grounds of the 200-year-old St. Bernard Catholic Church, a symbolic link to the church's past as they mark what may be the burial sites of early Bayou Terre-Aux-Boeufs settlers, as well as the foundation of original church buildings.Anthony Fernandez Jr., chief deputy sheriff of St. Bernard Parish and an official of the parish Historical Society, said thermal imaging on the sides and back of the church grounds may have located.........READ MORE....(PDF |
| December 2005 BEYOND THE RISING SUN (Braverman, Amy. M. 2005. University of Chicago Magazine. Electronic Document, http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0512/ investigations /dawdy.shtml, accessed Sept. 19, 2009.) |
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When the Historic New Orleans Collection decided to tear
down a French Quarter parking garage and build a new archive center in its
place, officials at the archival organization knew the time between
demolition and construction offered an archaeological opportunity.
“Anything in the French Quarter has high potential,” says Shannon Lee
Dawdy, the Chicago archaeologist asked to excavate the Conti Street site.
Digging in late December 2004 through mid-April 2005, Dawdy, along with
the New Orleans–based firm Earth Search, made several discoveries...........READ
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