Archaeologists document cemeteries in Mobile’s Africatown: ‘A learning laboratory’

Originally Published: Jul. 02, 2024, 6:25 a.m.

Archaeologists, volunteers and Africatown community residents the past two weeks have braved the heat walking through Old Plateau Cemetery and New Plateau Cemetery, taking pictures of each gravesite, and recording information about the graves. The information will be uploaded to an online map that anyone can access and locate their loved one.

“It’s empowering to teach a community to do their own historic preservation,” said Alexandra Jones, an archaeologist who leads the project.

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