Archaeology and Ceramics at the Marksville Site

Download or read book Archaeology and Ceramics at the Marksville Site written by Alan Toth and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Marksville site, which is believed to be contemporaneous with and connected to Hopewell sites in Ohio and Illinois, is in Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana, in the Lower Mississippi Valley. In this volume, Alan Toth compiles information drawn from three early archaeological excavations at Marksville. The excavations were led by Gerard Fowke in 1926; Frank M. Setzler and James A. Ford in 1933; and Robert S. Neitzel and Edwin B. Doran in 1939. Includes a ceramic analysis for all three excavations, black and white photographs of ceramics, and 14 tables of ceramic counts.