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{{History of Louisiana}}
The history of the area that is now the US state of [[Louisiana]] began roughly 10,000 years ago. The first traces of permanent settlement, ushering in the [[Archaic period in the Americas|Archaic period]], appear about 5,500 years ago.
The area formed part of the [[Eastern Agricultural Complex]]. The [[Marksville culture]] emerged about 2,000 years ago out of the earlier [[Tchefuncte site#Tchefuncte culture|Tchefuncte culture]]. It is considered ancestral to the [[Natchez people|Natchez]] and [[Taensa]] peoples. About 1,000 years ago, the [[Mississippian culture]] emerged from the [[Woodland period]]. The emergence of the [[Southeastern Ceremonial Complex]] coincides with the adoption of [[maize]] agriculture and [[chiefdom]]-level complex social organization beginning in c. 1200 AD. The Mississippian culture mostly disappeared around the 16th century, with the exception of some Natchez communities that maintained Mississippian cultural practices into the 18th century.
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