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Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission
Anthropological Study No. 2
THE CADDO
INDIANS
OF LOUISIANA
Green Corn Ceremony of prehistoric Caddo Indians.Presumed village, dress, and utensils about A.D. 1000 as reconstructedfrom archaeological findings. Mural in Louisiana State Exhibit Museum,Shreveport.
Clarence H. Webb
Hiram F. Gregory
August 1978
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Edwin Edwards
Governor
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM
Dr. J. Larry Crain
Secretary
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ANTIQUITIES COMMISSION
Ex-Officio Members
| Dr. Alan Toth | State Archaeologist |
| Dr. E. Bernard Carrier | Assistant Secretary, Office of Program Development |
| Mr. William C. Huls | Secretary, Department of Natural Resources |
| Mr. Leon Tarver | Secretary, Department of Urban and Community Affairs |
Appointed Members
| Mrs. Lanier Simmons | Mrs. Dale Campbell Brown | Mr. Thomas M. Ryan |
| Mr. Fred Benton, Jr. | Dr. Clarence H. Webb | Dr. Jon L. Gibson |
| Mr. Robert S. Neitzel |
Editor’s Note
More than 10,000 years of human settlement in Louisiana have left acultural heritage that is both rich and informative. With the publication of“The Caddo Indians of Louisiana,” the Department of Culture, Recreationand Tourism is pleased to continue the series of Anthropological Studies thatwill illuminate some of the major episodes in Louisiana’s past.
The two authors of the present study are eminently qualified authoritieson the Caddo Indians. Dr. Clarence H. Webb, a well-known Shreveportphysician, is equally distinguished by his pioneer archaeological efforts in theCaddoan area. For more than four decades, he has led the professionalcommunity in the illumination of Caddoan prehistory. Dr. Hiram F. Gregoryis Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern State University and also aveteran of many years of Caddoan archaeology. His professional career,which began with an exhaustive study of the Spanish presidio of Los Adaes,has acquired a pronounced ethnohistoric orientation in recent years as theresult of his close cooperation with the Caddo and other living Indian groups.
Recognizing that the past belongs to everyone, and not just to a handful o