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Art & Culture Program
Elizabeth Seleen
Student of Historic Archaeology at the University of N.O. Anthropology Dept. and glass analyst at Earth Search, Inc
Elizabeth Seleen is in the process of collaborating with the Cachet Program on a number of projects. Elizabeth is not only an archaeologist, but also studies historical costume making. Below are images of Elizabeth with captions in her own words.
This is the flyer from the presentation that Elizabeth Williams, Ryan Gray and Jill Yakubik (owner of Earthsearch) and I did at the Mint in fall of 2013.
Storyville taken by hot air balloon 1910s by a Times Pic photographer
Mascot image, it actaully predates Storyville by a few years, but the lewd and abandoned octopus lady is suppose to be Emma Johnson who went on to be one of the most notorious madams of Basin St.
Diagnostic assemblage from Storyville era. In analysis we try to assign a pretty narrow date range and try to make sense of the life of these material remains.
Every step of the way is heavily documented through a combination of standardized dig forms and personal field notes. Archaeology is a destructive science, once features and artifacts are removed, there's no replicating their natural state. The position of artifacts and architectural features have a lot to tell us about how and when things ended up forgotten in the dirt below the city.