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Current Research: Discovery and Recovery of a 14th Century Dugout
Canoe on the Red River, Caddo Parish, Louisiana2019
Current Research: Discovery and Recovery of a 14th Century Current
Research: Discovery and Recovery of a 14th Century
Dugout Canoe on the Red River, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Dugout Canoe
on the Red River, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Jeffrey S. Girard Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Charles R. McGimsey Louisiana Division of Archaeology
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Current Research: Discovery and Recovery of a 14th Century Dugout
Canoe on the Red River, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Current Research: Discovery and Recovery of a 14th Century Dugout
Canoe on the Red River, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
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