Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission Anthropological Study No. 6 LOUISIANA PREHISTORY [Illustration: A hunter using an atlatl.] Baton Rouge, Louisiana STATE OF LOUISIANA 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. LOUISIANA PREHISTORY [Illustration: Replica of a Mississippian effigy pipe.] Robert W. Neuman Museum of Geoscience, Louisiana State University Nancy W. Hawkins Division of Archaeology Editor’s Note