Cultural Resources Survey of Terrestrial and Off-Shore Locations, Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project, Louisiana

摘要

In the summer and early fall of 1982, New World Research Inc. conducted a cultural resources investigation of specific areas within the proposed Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection project. The work was carried out for the Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and included both terrestrial survey and testing and off-shore inspection of two proposed borrow areas. A total of two isolated finds and three archaeological sites were identified by the survey and subsequently tested. Fifty-six standing structures and park area were recorded by the survey crew and evaluated by a consulting architect historian. The off-shore survey was accomplished by magnetometer and sub-bottom penetrator survey; only the former yielded successful results. Seven clusters of anomalies were singled out for possible further investigation in the borrow areas. None of the sites or structures were found to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.