

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Archaeological Investigations of Louisiana's Sugar Industry
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Don't miss this fascinating talk about Louisiana's sugar industry with archaeologist Paul Jackson. With over 36 years of experience in the field of Cultural Resource Management (CRM), participating in hundreds of projects across the Southeast, and as an Associate Director of Archaeology and Senior Archaeologist for Edwards-Pitman, Jackson oversees all aspects of archaeological investigations, specifically focusing on Late Woodland cultures across the Southeast. 

In the past six years, Mr. Jackson has been Principal Investigator and lead archaeologist for nine mitigations across the Southeast. These excavations included Fort Butler, a Civil War Fort, a sugar mill plantation main house complex in Saint James Parish, three antebellum sugar houses in Ascension Parish, a plantation in Baton Rouge with the largest collection of gunflints ever recovered on one site, a twentieth century farmstead in north Alabama, and a large Archaic and Woodland Indian village in Tennessee, a 12.5-acre Coles Creek site in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. 

Throughout his career, Mr. Jackson has directed and managed intensive surveys with sites up to 50,000 acres and overseen survey,  testing, and excavation projects in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Mr. Jackson has worked with numerous federal agencies, including the NPS, USACE, and DOTs, and has facilitated consultations with Federally Recognized Tribes. Mr. Jackson received his B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Alabama. 

This event is free, and open to the public. There is limited parking in our Roy House lot. Spillover parking is available after 5 in Martin Hall Circle. There are ParkMobile lots walking distance from the Roy House along University Avenue.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lafayette/archaeological-investigations-of-louisianas-sugar-industry/200029772207434
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit, kentucky-derby
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 70

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Lafayette
- **state**: LA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1204 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA, United States, Louisiana 70503
- **lat**: 30.21742
- **long**: -92.01965
- **full address**: 1204 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA, United States, Louisiana 70503

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- **organizer**: Center for Louisiana Studies (https://allevents.in/org/center-for-louisiana-studies/4045207)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1204 Johnston St., Lafayette, LA, United States, Louisiana 70503
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Center for Louisiana Studies
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit, kentucky-derby
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Archaeological Investigations of Louisiana's Sugar Industry ?
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