A Cultural Resources Survey of the St. Charles Parish Hurricane Protection Levee, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Abstract : Cultural resources surveys of five areas along the proposed Hurricane Protection Levee on the east bank of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, were conducted in October and November 1987. Fieldwork within these areas located three archaeological sites (16 SC 65, 16 SC 66 and 16 SC 67). All three sites represent late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, field drainage stations. None of these properties are considered significant in terms of National Register criteria. A series of geological cores made along the project right-way were used to assess and reconstruct the recent geological history of the area. A previously identified natural levee feature, buried approximately 12 ft below the surface, was studied. Radiocarbon dates obtained on samples taken from the cores indicate this buried levee dates circa 2000 to 3400 B.P. and could contain archaeological sites.