A Cultural Resources Survey of Arlington Revetment and LSU Berm Levee Improvement Item, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana

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Abstract:

This report describes the results of a cultural resources investigation on the east side of the Mississippi River within a reach between M-228.1 to 222.2-L. The project area included survey of unrevetted portions of the batture side of the levee, as well as survey of the land side for the Berm. No cultural resources were encountered in the batture portion. On the and side of the levee, three previously unreported sites were encountered 16EBR72, 16EBR73, and 16EBR74. Additionally, historical research was conducted on the Cottage Plantation, previously reported as 16EBR57. Three other house sites and the site of a chapel were also noted within the project area, but not reported as archeological sites. Laurel Plantation 6EBR72 and the Cottage Plantation were designated eligible for the National Register of historic Places. Also, five occupied standing structures, none of which are eligible for the National Register, were found in the project area. The report investigates the history Cottage, Laurel, Hope Estate, Arlington, Nestle Down and McHatton plantations. Portions all of these plantations were in the project area. Also, geomorphological investigations were conducted in two transects in separate portions of the project area. These investigations attempted to discover if a soil horizon existed on the batture side of the levee that might contain former living surfaces that have since been covered by sediment deposition on the batture. Archeology, Mississippi River Plantations, Mississippi River geomorphology, Cottage Plantation, Laurel plantation, Hope Estate Plantation, Arlington Plantation, McHatton plantation, East Baton Rouge Parish.

Author(s):
Jones, Dennis ; Mossa, Joann ; Smith, F. T. ; Banta, Brady ; Treffinger, Jeff
Author Organization(s):
LOUISIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BATON ROUGE
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Pagination:
0201

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
COE/PD-RC-91/01
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DACW29-88-D-0123
Monitor Series:
91/01, COE/PD-RC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.4_Logistics Services
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, *ARCHEOLOGY, SURFACES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, GEOMORPHOLOGY, BANKS(WATERWAYS), MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LEVEES, LOUISIANA, SEDIMENTS, SOIL EROSION, CULTURAL RESOURCES, HISTORIC SITES, DEPOSITION, CONSTRUCTION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Humanities and History, Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Keyword(s):
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH(LOUISIANA)
Report Date:
1993 Jul 01