Where Did the Bayogoula Dance; Why Do They Sing No More: A Reexamination of the Archaeology of the Bayou Goula Area, Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Author

• Glen G. Fredlund, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Date of Award

8-1983

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Anthropology

First Advisor

M.B. Newton

Abstract

Two objectives are undertaken. The first is the identity of the two 18th century archaeological sites at Bayou Goula. A reexamination of the ethnohistorical and -archaeological records of the area reveals that the Bayou Goula site traditionally accepted as an aboriginal village is actually the site of an early French settlement. A second archaeological site recently discovered is hypothesized to be the 1699 village of the Bayogoula and Mugulasha.

The second objective was a methodological study of aboriginal ceramics from this recently discovered site. The type-variety system is rejected in favor of an attribute or "modal" analysis in evaluating competing hypotheses of ceramic stylistic significance.

Recommended Citation

Fredlund, Glen G., "Where Did the Bayogoula Dance; Why Do They Sing No More: A Reexamination of the Archaeology of the Bayou Goula Area, Iberville Parish, Louisiana" (1983). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 8424.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/8424