A state filled with so much captivating and significant history, Louisiana is currently falling victim to rising sea levels and sinking marshlands. As more and more pieces of history begin to wash away, locals struggle to find a way to save what’s left down in Adams Bay and other places along the coastline.
Quickly washing away at a heartbreaking rate, Louisiana’s coast is disappearing as sea levels rise.
Google Maps While officials have been doing their best to rebuild the sinking marshlands and wetlands, sadly the majority of the coast can’t be saved.
While this issue is affecting much of Louisiana’s coast, it’s down in the area of Adams Bay that we’re seeing our history literally wash away.
NOAA Photo Library/Flickr Sacred trees on Native American sites have now been left to wither away as the Gulf of Mexico’s saltwater has invaded our freshwater marshes. Richie Blink of the National Wildlife Federation (raised in Plaquemines Parish) stated that the trees in Adams Bay have long been important to people in the area, with many growing up hearing legends of how you’re to leave sacrifices for the sacred trees.
With the coast rapidly deteriorating, ancient Native American pottery has begun to show up all over this area of the coast.
Todd Huffman/Flickr Determined to be anywhere from 300 to 500 years old, ancient Native American pottery has begun to cover what’s left remaining of the coast. Those who have examined the area speculate that the pottery shards are coming from an ancient trash pile, where significant pieces of Native American history may be remaining.
As the ocean continues to take a harsh toll on Adams Bay, archaeologists work toward finding a way to make an emergency excavation. Hoping to salvage whatever is left of the ancient Plaquemine culture, those who care about this part of our history are racing against the clock. Those who have studied the area believe that this history and land will be completely swallowed up by the ocean within the next ten years.
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While officials have been doing their best to rebuild the sinking marshlands and wetlands, sadly the majority of the coast can’t be saved.
NOAA Photo Library/Flickr
Sacred trees on Native American sites have now been left to wither away as the Gulf of Mexico’s saltwater has invaded our freshwater marshes. Richie Blink of the National Wildlife Federation (raised in Plaquemines Parish) stated that the trees in Adams Bay have long been important to people in the area, with many growing up hearing legends of how you’re to leave sacrifices for the sacred trees.
Todd Huffman/Flickr
Determined to be anywhere from 300 to 500 years old, ancient Native American pottery has begun to cover what’s left remaining of the coast. Those who have examined the area speculate that the pottery shards are coming from an ancient trash pile, where significant pieces of Native American history may be remaining.
As the ocean continues to take a harsh toll on Adams Bay, archaeologists work toward finding a way to make an emergency excavation. Hoping to salvage whatever is left of the ancient Plaquemine culture, those who care about this part of our history are racing against the clock. Those who have studied the area believe that this history and land will be completely swallowed up by the ocean within the next ten years.
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