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period	Areas	of	Significance—Check and justify below
____X prehistoric	archeology-prehistoric ______community planning _________landscape architecture_______religion
____ 1400-1499	____archeology-historic _________conservation	____law	----science
____ 1500-1599	____agriculture	____economics	____literature	----sculpture
.___ 1600-1699	____architecture	____education	____military	----social
.___ 1700-1799	____art	____engineering	____music	humanitarian
____ 1800-1899	____commerce	____exploration settlement______philosophy	----theater
____ 1900-	____communications	____industry	____politics government ---------transportation
___invention	----other (specify)
Specific dates 1500 B.C.-800 B.C. Builder Architect N/A Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)
The Claiborne Site (22 Ha 501) still retains the potential to provide valuable information, especially as it relates to subsistence patterns during the Poverty Point Period in a coastal situation. Test excavations conducted during the late spring and early summer of 1982 (Lauro, n.d.) have provided a large sample of faunal materials from a black earth midden. Preliminary analysis of these remains indicate a variety of species being exploited in a riverine situation. These include white tail deer, squirrel, rabbit, crane, turkey, racoon, opossum, catfish, drum, clam, and oyster. Three pieces of human crania were also recovered. Further testing should be conducted utilizing water screening techniques through fine mesh screens to recover any floral remains that may possibly be located in the midden.
Several features were recorded that have been interpreted as cooking hearths or fire pits. This fact coupled with the evidences of butchering techniques and possibly food preparation (some bone is badly charred) strengthens the value of this site regarding several aspects of the subsistence system as it relates to the Poverty Point culture in a coastal situation.