STATE OF LOUISIANA
Reading edition
Edwin W. Edwards Governor
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM
Noelle LeBlanc Secretary
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ANTIQUITIES COMMISSION
Ex-Officio Members
Dr. Kathleen Byrd State Archaeologist Mr. Robert B. DeBlieux Assistant Secretary, Office of Cultural Development Mr. B. Jim Porter Secretary, Department of Natural Resources Ms. V. Elaine Boyle Secretary, Department of Urban and Community Affairs
Appointed Members
Dr. Charles E. Orser, Jr. Mr. Brian J. Duhe Mr. Marc Dupuy, Jr. Dr. Lorraine Heartfield Dr. J. Richard Shenkel Mrs. Lanier Simmons Dr. Clarence H. Webb
First Printing June 1982
Second Printing, with revision April 1987
This public document was published at a total cost of $7,520.00. 8,800 copies of this public document were published in this second printing at a cost of $3,419.25. The total cost of all printings of this document including reprints is $7,520.00. This document was published for the Division of Archaeology by Bourque Printing, Inc., P.O. Box 45070, Baton Rouge, LA 70895-4070 to make available to the citizens of Louisiana information about prehistoric and historic archaeology under authorization of La. R.S. 41:1601-1613. This material was printed in accordance with standards for printing by state agencies established pursuant to R.S. 43:31. Printing of this material was purchased in accordance with the provisions of Title 43 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. This publication has been funded in part by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund.
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LOUISIANA PREHISTORY
Replica of a Mississippian effigy pipe.
Robert W. Neuman Museum of Geoscience, Louisiana State University
Nancy W. Hawkins Division of Archaeology
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