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Partial List of Publications, Reports, and Presentations Emerging from the Cane River African Diaspora Archaeology Project 2001-2007

Publications

MacDonald, Kevin C. and F.J.L. Handley

2002     The Cane River African Diaspora Project: Introduction and Archival Research. In Archaeology, Interpretation, and Management in Cane River National Heritage Area: Symposium Proceedings, 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, January 8-12, 2002, edited by N. I. M. Morgan and J. Shatwell, pp. 45-54. Cane River National Heritage Area Commission, Natchitoches.

MacDonald, Kevin C. and David W. Morgan

2002     Results of a Geophysical Survey of the Marie Thérèze Coin-Coin Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. In Archaeology, Interpretation, and Management in Cane River National Heritage Area: Symposium Proceedings, 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, January 8-12, 2002, edited by N. I. M. Morgan and J. Shatwell, pp. 68-80. Cane River National Heritage Area Commission, Natchitoches.

MacDonald, Kevin C., David W. Morgan, R. Grant Gilmore, Jason Lott and Fiona J. L. Handley

2002     Melrose Plantation: The Archaeological Geophysics Survey of 2001. In Archaeology, Interpretation, and Management in Cane River National Heritage Area: Symposium Proceedings, 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology, January 8-12, 2002, edited by N. I. M. Morgan and J. Shatwell, pp. 55-67. Cane River National Heritage Area Commission, Natchitoches.

MacDonald, Kevin C., David W. Morgan and Fiona J. L. Handley

2002/2003     Cane River: The Archaeology of "Free People of Color" in Colonial Louisiana. Archaeology International 6:52-55.

2006     The Cane River African Diaspora Archaeological Project: Prospectus and Initial Results. In African Re-Genesis: Confronting Social Issues in the Diaspora, edited by J. B. Haviser and K. C. MacDonald, pp. 123-144. UCL Press, London.

MacDonald, Kevin C., David W. Morgan, Fiona J.L. Handley, Emma Morley and Aubra Lee

2006     The Archaeology of Local Myths and Heritage Tourism: The Case of Cane River's Melrose Plantation. In A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present, edited by R. Layton, S. Shennan and P. Stone, pp. 127-142. UCL Press, London.

Morgan, David W. and Kevin C. MacDonald

in press     Colonoware in Western Colonial Louisiana: Makers and Meaning. In The Historical Archaeology of French America: Louisiana and the Caribbean, edited by K. Kelly and M. Hardy. University of Florida Press, Gainesville.

Morgan, David W., Kevin C. MacDonald and Fiona J. L. Handley

2006     Economics and Authenticity: A Collision of Interpretations in Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana. The George Wright Forum 23(1):44-61.

Reports

MacDonald, Kevin C., David W. Morgan and Fiona J. L. Handley

2002     La Maison de Marie Thérèze Coin Coin: Results of a Geophysical Survey of the Metoyer, Roge, and Bouser Properties (Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana). Final report submitted to the Cane River National Heritage Area, National Park Service, Louisiana Division of Archaeology, and the Metoyer, Roge, and Bouser Families. On file at the Cultural Resource Office, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge. On file at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London and the Cultural Resource Office, Northwestern State University.

MacDonald, Kevin C., David W. Morgan, Fiona J. L. Handley, R. Grant Gilmore and Jason Lott

2002     Melrose Plantation: The Archaeological Geophysics Survey of 2001. Final report submitted to the Cane River National Heritage Area and the National Park Service, Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, and the Melrose Pecan Plantation, Inc. On file at the Cultural Resource Office, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge.

Morgan, David W.

2006     Interim Performance Report for “Creole Identity Formation on the Colonial and Early American Frontiers.” Submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities in partial fulfillment of Collaborative Research Grant RZ-50466, September 29, 2006.

in prep     Final Performance Report for “Creole Identity Formation on the Colonial and Early American Frontiers.” Submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities in partial fulfillment of Collaborative Research Grant RZ-50466, due December 2007.

Morgan, David W., Kevin C. MacDonald and Fiona J.L. Handley

in prep     Final Report of Archaeological Excavations at the Whittington (a.k.a. Coincoin Plantation) Site (16NA241), Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Cultural Resource Office of Northwestern State University of Louisiana and the Institute of Archaeology of University College London.

Morgan, David W., Kevin C. MacDonald, Aubra Lee and Fiona J. L. Handley

2003     Preliminary Report of Archaeological Excavations at Yucca House, Melrose Plantation (16NA591), Louisiana. Submitted to the Cane River National Heritage Area and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology. Report on file with the Cultural Resource Office, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches.

Morgan, David W., Kevin C. MacDonald, Emma Morley, Aubra Lee and Fiona J. L. Handley

in prep     Excavations in 2002 at Yucca House, Melrose Plantation (16NA591). Final report for submission to the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, the Cane River National Heritage Area, and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology.

Presentations

Arntzen, Katherine and David W. Morgan

2007     "Prospection in Depth: The Educational Benefits of Fusing Geophysical Prospection Training with Mature Research Projects." Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Handley, Fiona J.L., David W. Morgan, and Kevin C. MacDonald

2006     "Things and Words--Bringing Together the Material and Historical Records of the Isle Brevelle, Cane River, Natchitoches, Louisiana." Paper presented at the annual Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory conference, Bristol, United Kingdom.

MacDonald, Kevin C., and David W. Morgan

2007     "The Coincoin Plantation and African Architecture in Louisiana." Paper presented at the Abolition 2007: Archaeology and Heritage of Africans in the New World colloquium, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, United Kingdom.

MacDonald, Kevin C., David W. Morgan, R. Grant Gilmore, Jason Lott and Fiona J. L. Handley

2002     "Melrose Plantation: The Archaeological Geophysics Survey of 2001." Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology, 35th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Mobile, Alabama.

Morgan, David W. and Kevin C. MacDonald

2001     "Geophysical Archaeology: Searching for Structures at the Marie Thereze Coin Coin Plantation, Louisiana." Paper presented at the annual Louisiana Archaeology Week meeting, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

2002     "Results of a Geophysical Survey of the Marie Thérèze Coin-Coin Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana." Paper presented at the annual Louisiana Archaeological Society meeting, Leesville.

2002     "Results of a Geophysical Survey of the Marie Thérèze Coin-Coin Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana." Paper presented at the Delta Chapter meeting of the Louisiana Archaeological Society, University of New Orleans.

2002     "Results of a Geophysical Survey of the Marie Thérèze Coin-Coin Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana." Paper presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology, 35th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Mobile, Alabama.

2002     "An Archaeological Mystery on Cane River: The Whittington Site." Paper presented at the monthly meeting of the Lesche Club, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

2002     "Cane River Plantations: Combining Geophysics with Excavation in an Attempt to Locate Vanished Structures." Paper presented at the annual Louisiana Archaeology Week meeting, Minden, Louisiana.

2003     "Recent Work with Cultural Resources in the Park and Cane River National Heritage Area." Lecture presented at the National Park Service's Interpretive Training Workshop, Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Oakland Plantation Unit, Natchez Louisiana.

2003     "Recent Archaeological Investigations within the Cane River National Heritage Area." Paper presented at the annual Louisiana Archaeology Week meeting, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

2003     "Refining Our View of the Creole Landscape: Using Archaeology to Locate the House of Marie-Thérèse Coincoin." Paper presented at the Creole Studies Conference, New Orleans.

2004     "Colonoware in Western Colonial Louisiana: Makers and Meaning." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri.

2004     "Colonoware in Western Colonial Louisiana: Makers and Meaning." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri.

2004     "The Origins of Melrose Plantation: Archaeological Research Meets Oral Tradition." Paper presented at the annual Northwestern State University of Louisiana Research Day, Natchitoches.

2005     "Economics and Authenticity: A Collision of Interpretations in Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Heritage Development Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

2005     "Melrose Plantation and Its Colonial and Nineteenth-Century Historical Contexts." Paper presented at the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Summer Institute: Engineering for Older and Historic Buildings, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

2006     "Multicultural Interpretation and Stakeholder Involvement: The Case of the Coincoin Plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana." Paper presented at the Northwestern State University, Guest Lecture, Heritage Resource Management, HR 5010, “Exploring Heritage Resources,” Natchitoches.

2007     "Plantation Pottery along the Cane River: Colonoware and Ethnicity." Paper presented at the Abolition 2007: Archaeology and Heritage of Africans in the New World colloquium, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, United Kingdom.

2007     "The Architecture of Myth-Building: An Archaeological Perspective on Two National Register Properties Competing for the Same Historical Narrative." Paper presented at the Tulane School of Architecture, Tour Group, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Natchitoches.

2007     "Contemporary Myths: Deconstructing the Late Colonial/Early American Creole Landscape at the Coincoin Plantation." Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Williamsburg, Virginia.

2007     "Contemporary Myths: Deconstructing the Late Colonial/Early American Creole Landscape at the Coincoin Plantation." Paper presented at the Lion's Club lunch lecture series, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

2007     "Archaeology: Creoles of Color and the Rediscovery of Marie-ThérèseCoincoin." Paper presented at the Louisiana Preservation Conference and Honor Awards, Monroe, Louisiana.

2007     "Contemporary Myths: Deconstructing the Late Colonial/Early American Creole Landscape at the Coincoin Plantation." Paper presented at the Cane River Creole National Historical Park Symposium, “From Slavery to Freedom: Africans in the Americas,” Natchitoches Events Center, Natchitoches.

2007     "Colonoware on Cane River, Louisiana: A View of Ethnicity from the Whittington Site." Paper presented at the Caddo Conference, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia.

Morgan, David W., Kevin C. MacDonald and Fiona J.L. Handley

2006     "Relocating the Architectural Roots of a Dynasty: 2005 Fieldwork at the Plantation Home of Marie-ThérèseCoincoin." Paper presented at the annual Louisiana Archaeological Society meeting, Monroe.

2006     "Relocating the Architectural Roots of a Dynasty: 2005 Fieldwork at the Plantation Home of Marie-ThérèseCoincoin." Paper presented at the lunch lecture presentation to the staff of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Cane River National Heritage Area, Cane River Creole National Historical Park, and the Cultural Resource Office of Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches.

2007     "An ICOMOS Ename Charter Perspective on Interpreting the History of the Cane River, Louisiana Region." Paper presented at the George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas & Cultural Sites, St. Paul, Minnesota.