Big Oak-Little Oak Islands

Big Oak-Little Oak Islands is located along an old shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain in or near the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge within the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a pre-Columbian site of the Tchefuncte culture, with earth and shell middens, dating from about 2470–2150 B.P. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1971.

Big Oak-Little Oak Islands
Nearest cityNew Orleans, Louisiana
Area140 acres (57 ha)
NRHP reference No.71000357[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1971

References

  • Peregrine, Peter Neal; Ember, Melvin, eds. (2001). Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Vol. 6 : North America. Springer. ISBN 978-0306462603. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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