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21 relations: Archaeological site, Chunkey, Coles Creek culture, Greenstone (archaeology), James A. Ford, Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University, Meander, Mississippi River, Mississippian culture, Mississippian culture pottery, Natchez, Mississippi, Plaquemine culture, Plaquemine, Louisiana, Platform mound, Plaza, Sea level, Smithsonian trinomial, Type site, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Works Progress Administration.
Archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.
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Chunkey
Chunkey (also known as chunky, chenco, tchung-kee or the hoop and stick game) is a game of Native American origin.
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Coles Creek culture
Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland archaeological culture in the Lower Mississippi valley in the southern United States.
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Greenstone (archaeology)
Greenstone is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed igneous rocks and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of hardstone carvings such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other artifacts.
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James A. Ford
James Alfred Ford was an American archaeologist.
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Louisiana Geological Survey
The Louisiana Geological Survey is a state geological survey established by the Louisiana legislature by Act 131 in 1934 to serve the citizens Louisiana by collecting, preserving, and disseminating impartial information on the geomorphology, hydrogeology, geology, paleontology, economic geology, and geological resources of Louisiana.
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Louisiana State University
The Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
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Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally.
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Mississippian culture pottery
Mississippian culture pottery is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast.
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Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez is the county seat and only city of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.
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Plaquemine culture
The Plaquemine culture was an archaeological culture (circa 1200 to 1700 CE) centered on the Lower Mississippi River valley.
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Plaquemine, Louisiana
Plaquemine is a city in and the parish seat of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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Platform mound
A platform mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity.
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Plaza
A plaza, pedestrian plaza, or Place is an open urban public space, such as a city square.
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured.
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Smithsonian trinomial
Smithsonian trinomials are unique identifiers assigned to archaeological sites in many states in the United States.
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Type site
In archaeology a type site (also known as a type-site or typesite) is a site that is considered the model of a particular archaeological culture.
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West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Parish (Paroisse de Bâton Rouge Ouest) is one of the sixty-four parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medora_Site
