Congo Square Excavation Trench

ID: 4809 ~ Source: University of New Orleans Department of Anthropology

This file appears in: Congo Square/Armstrong Park

The excavation crew uses a backhoe to dig excavation trenches to look for evidence of Fort St. Ferdinand.

This file appears in: Congo Square/Armstrong Park

Congo Square/Armstrong Park

By Allison Robin & Charlotte Willcox, editor

During 1977 and 1978, the University of New Orleans conducted an archaeological project within what is now Armstrong Park. It focused on two areas, the Jazz Complex, a small area around what had been…