OTHER HELPFUL LINKS:

Louisiana Regional & Station Archaeologists

Contracting Archaeologists List

Native American Contacts

Louisiana Cultural Economy

 

The Louisiana Division of Archaeology has state and federal roles relating to recording, protecting, and distributing information about the state's archaeological sites. The office provides:

• Free booklets about Louisiana archaeology:
  
  
• Free information about archaeology for teachers who write on school letterhead: Classroom Archaeology (activity guide for middle school teachers); Indians of Louisiana (picture book for lower elementary teachers); classroom exhibits on Poverty Point and El Nuevo Constante
  
  
• Information about Louisiana Archaeology Month



• Information about the Mardi Gras Shipwreck



• Assistance with recording and protecting sites on private or state property, through the Regional Archaeology Program



• Research about and interpretation of Poverty Point State Historic Site through the Station Archaeology Program



• Care of artifacts from state lands or those donated to the state



• Assistance to archaeologists and agencies who need site information for planning, management, and research purposes



• Review of plans for federally sponsored, licensed, or assisted projects to consider their effect on archaeological sites



• Information about state law protecting unmarked burial sites



• Information about state law protecting sites and artifacts on state land and underwater




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