Plan of Excavated Area in 2011

ID: 5728 ~ Source: Courtesy of UNO Department of Anthropology and Sociology. ~ Creator: Created by Earth Search, Inc, from map by Ryan Gray. ~ Date: August 2011

This file appears in: Archaeology of the St. Peter Street Cemetery

Excavations in an area of about 3 m by 6 m in 2011 identified no less than 20 burials, and archaeologists recovered remains of at least 15 individuals. Many identified burials were left interred because they were not going to be disturbed by the planned development.

This file appears in: Archaeology of the St. Peter Street Cemetery

Archaeology of the St. Peter Street Cemetery

By D. Ryan Gray

The St. Peter Street Cemetery served as the City of New Orleans’ primary burial ground through most of the Colonial era, from 1724 (and possibly earlier) until 1789, when it was officially replaced by…