Preliminary Agenda

Friday, February 23, 2024

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• 3:00 – 6:00pm - REGISTRATION Pre-Function room of the Holiday Inn & Suites North

• 5:00 – 6:00pm - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Ballroom of the Holiday Inn & Suites North

Saturday, February 24, 2024​

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• 8:00 – 9:00am - REGISTRATION Pre-Function room of the Holiday Inn & Suites North Morning Presentations Ballroom of the Holiday Inn & Suites North

• 8:40 – 9:00am - Opening remarks and State of the State Chip McGimsey

• 9:00 – 9:20am - Maybe Mound, Maybe Not: Preliminary Findings from Coring and Test Excavations at Spanish Mound (16GR03) in Kisatchie National Forest, Grant Parish, Louisiana Matthew Helmer, Erlend Johnson, Mark Rees, and John Mayer

• 9:20 – 9:40am - Pailet Levee Phase II in Barataria, Louisiana at Bayou Villars (16JE68-69) Christopher Wilson and Justin Daley

• 9:40 – 10:00am - Bayougoula Revisited Kevin A. Rolph

• 10:00 – 10:20am - BREAK

• 10:20 – 10:40am - Yucatecan and Central American Influences on Taino Ceremonial Iconography Jesse O. Dalton and F. Kent Reilly, III

• 10:40 – 11:00am - Inland Trails and Coastal Villages: Investigating Ancient Settlements in Louisiana Elizabeth Haire

• 11:00 – 11:20am - An Examination of Tchefuncte Culture Settlement Patterns in Louisiana Emily Dale and Paul D. Jackson

• 11:20 – 11:40am - Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail Justin Lemoine

• 11:40am – 12:00pm - Some Highlights from the Past Two Decades of Archaeological Research in New Orleans Nathanael Heller

• 12:00 – 1:20pm - CATERED LUNCH

• 1:20 – 1:40pm - Old Andrus Place, a Late Troyville – Early Coles Creek Site in St. Landry Parish James Fogleman

• 1:40 – 2:00pm - Untangling the Plantation Landscape: Phase II Investigations at the Wilderness Plantation (16EBR244) in Baton Rouge Steven J. Filoromo

• 2:00 – 2:20pm - A Matter of Correction: Setting the Lithic Record Straight James A. Green II and James (Jim) R. Morehead

• 2:20 – 2:40pm - Material Culture in Educational Spaces: A Peek Into 20th Century Teaching Environments Steven J. Filoromo and Cristyn Maxey

• 2:40 – 3:00pm - BREAK

• 3:00 –3:20pm - Preliminary Analysis of the Turkey House (22 Fr 1716) Phase II Excavation Adam Fuselier

• 3:20 – 3:40pm - The Battle of Lafourche Crossing – The Archaeological Record Robert F. Westrick

• 3:40 – 4:00pm - Archaeological Investigation of a Possible Pit-Mound Structure: “Mysterious Feature Baffles Archaeologist” Diana M. Greenlee

• 4:00 – 4:20pm - With a View to the East: Excavation of a Weeden Island Village in Gadsden County, Florida Nathanael Heller

• 4:20 –4:40pm - The Original Vermilionville Mark A. Rees

• 4:40 - 5:10pm - BUSINESS MEETING

• 5:30 – 7:30pm - RECEPTION AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER Archaeology in Louisiana and 50 Years of the Louisiana Archaeological Society Richard Weinstein

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Sunday, February 25, 2024

Tours: To Be Announced