Cultural Resources Survey of Five Mississippi River Revetment Items.

Remote Sensing Survey and Evaluation of the American Pass and Blue Point Chute Weirs, Atchafalaya Channel Training Project, Louisiana

“…Other vudies resulting from cultural resources management projects provide information on the history of the basin and the surrounding area (e.g., Goodwin et al 1985Goodwin et al , 1986. In addition, a large literature is available that deals with the Acadians of south Louisiana.…”

“…However, a number of historical and archaeological studies of the region, particularly Bayou Teche, do provide some information on navigation, boat use and shipwrecks in the basin (e.g. Gibson 1982; Goodwin et al 1985;Goodwin et al 1986;Pearson et al 1987). …”

Cultural Resources Survey of the Burnside Revetment Item, Ascension and St. James Parishes, Louisiana.

“…Total investment in a sugar plantation could exceed $200,000.00 (Taylor 1976:65); therefore, cane cultivation was impractical for small farmers. Economic practices related to the sugar industry are detailed elsewhere (Goodwin, Yakubik, Selby et al 1985;Goodwin, Yakubik and Gendel 7983;Goodwin, Yakubik, Stayner and Jones 1984).…”

Between Two Levees: Archeological Testing and Evaluation of the National Register Eligibility of the Bayou Goula Landing Site, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

“…New River Bend and White Castle Areas Goodwin, Yakubik, Stayner, and Jones (1984) reported on a cultural resources survey of the New River Bend Revetment Item located on the east (left descending) bank of the Mississippi River in Iberville Parish. Three sites were recorded during that survey: the Hard Times Plantation Batture Surface Scatter (16 IV 143) , the Carville Dump site (16 IV 144) ,and the New River Bend site 1 (16 IV 145) .…”

“…During analysis of artifacts from Elmwood Plantation (16 JE 138) , it was noted that relatively little glass was recovered from late eighteenth and early nineteenth century components (Goodwin, Yakubik, and Goodwin 1984) .…”