La. Public Archaeology Lab (2023)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2023-10-20
Duration: 00:05:14
Subjects: Kisatchie National Forest (La.) | Archaeology | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Scientific research
Contributors:
- LeBlanc, Karen Host
- Church, Gloria Interviewee
- Helmer, Matt Interviewee
- Rees, Mark Interviewee
- Johnson, Erland Interviewee
Description
This segment from the October 20, 2023, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Karen LeBlanc’s visit to the Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) where 30,000 artifacts from a recent archaeological dig at Kisatchie National Forest are being cleaned and catalogued. She interviews: Gloria Church, anthropology and archaeology student at ULL; Matt Helmer, forest archaeologist at Kisatchie National Forest; Mark Rees, lab director; and Erlend Johnson, project director at ULL.