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AN INTRODUCTION TO LOUISIANA ARCHAEOLOGY
and clay-tempered wares of the succeeding Tchefuncte Culture. Many of the techniques for making the Poverty Point chipped-stone tool assemblage survived, as did the custom of making baked-clay objects, although fewer were made and their variety was limited. We have no evidence of climatic fluctuation nor of any other natural phenomena that would have disrupted the culture. Likewise, there are no archaeological remains indicative of warfare or of conquering legions. The only thing we can say with certainty is that whatever socioreligious aggregates held the Poverty Point Culture together in a viable, integrated unit gradually disintegrated. By the very nature of archaeology, where the only clues are accidentally preserved remains, some important questions must remain unanswered.