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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA RECOVERY AT ASHLAND-BELLE HELENE PLANTATION
In 1992, Earth Search, Inc., was contracted
by Shell Chemical Company to perform archeological data recovery at
the site of the former Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation. Excavations
for determining the NRHP status of the estate had been previously conducted,
but the site had not been systematically investigated. CONTINUED...
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| ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SITE OF THE CABILDO
Earth Search, Inc., was contracted by the Louisiana Museum Foundation to conduct archeological excavations within the courtyard of the Cabildo. Eighteenth-century maps were overlaid on a map of the extant courtyard to plan the placement of excavation units. CONTINUED...
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE DUREL COTTAGE
The Historic New Orleans Collection contracted ESI to
conduct archeological investigations beneath the Durel Cottage, in New
Orleans's Vieux Carré. The floor of the raised cottage was removed, and
several archaeological test units were excavated. Artifacts from the uppermost
strata derived from occupation of and renovations to the existing cottage,
beneath which was a complex series of microstratigraphic events, interpreted
as resulting from the 1788 New Orleans fire. CONTINUED...
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA RECOVERY AT WILTON PLANTATION
Earth Search conducted NRHP test excavations at Wilton Plantation (16SJ20) to determine if any previously-recorded localities or historic structures would be impacted by proposed construction. Prior to the commencement of field work, it was determined that 17 previously-identified localities would potentially be impacted. CONTINUED... |
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA RECOVERY AT THE BAYOU DES FAMILLES SITE
ESI conducted archeological data recovery at a Mississippi period shell midden, the Bayou des Familles site (16JE218), in the Barataria Basin for the New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in 1994. Fieldwork was divided into two phases. Phase I consisted of site mapping and sample excavations. Primary and secondary grid baselines were established across the site for the purpose of creating a topographic map. Permanent reference points were established... CONTINUED... |
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NATIONAL REGISTER TESTING AT NEALS LANDING
In 1987, ESI conducted site testing at 8JA45 for the Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archival evidence and survey level investigations indicated that the site represented the location of a Creek Indian settlement known as Ekanachattee (ca. 1770-1818)... CONTINUED... |