Indian and French Interaction in Colonial Louisiana During the Early Eighteenth Century

Title

Indian and French Interaction in Colonial Louisiana During the Early Eighteenth Century

Creator

Diane F. Silvia See all items with this value

Date

1998

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Front Matter Only

Bibliographic Citation

Silvia, Diane F. 1998. Indian and French Interaction in Colonial Louisiana During the Early Eighteenth Century. PhD dissertation. Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans.

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• Discusses excavations and results of limited testing of 1MB147, a Native American household and surrounding yard area, with the apparent use of the structure dating between 1702 and 1711.
o A shallow wall trench and numerous ephemeral post holes were excavated, an earthen clay floor and walls.
o Presence of Apalachee style pots as well as Port Dauphin and Doctor Lake series made determining tribal affiliation and identity difficult.
o Observation that the Native American structure faced the cardinal directions, which is in opposition to the French structures which were laid out on a grid.
• Also discussed excavations of Native American structure excavation in Mound L at 1BA2
o Wall trench with daub and post holes, possibly dating to the middle eighteenth century (Silvia 1998:266)
o Pottery assemblage includes Fatherland Incised, Old Town Red, Mission Red-Filmed, Pensacola Red Filmed, Port Dauphin Incised, and Chickachae Combed, as well as a few French Colonial items such as beads and metal; no European made ceramics were recovered.
o The structure was continuous with the earlier structures beneath it, similar in construction form, orientation, etc.
• Noted that both structures were placed to mitigate impacts of (known) flooding (Silvia 1998:349).

Subject

Alabama See all items with this value

Rivers See all items with this value

Delta See all items with this value

Port Dauphin See all items with this value

Bottle Creek See all items with this value

Red Filmed See all items with this value

Combed See all items with this value

Chickachae See all items with this value

Architecture See all items with this value

Features See all items with this value

Apalachee See all items with this value

Doctor Lake See all items with this value

Shell Tempered See all items with this value

Artifacts See all items with this value

Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value

Temporal Coverage

Mississippian See all items with this value

Postcontact See all items with this value

French See all items with this value

18th Century See all items with this value