San Fernando Excavation Trench

ID: 4823 ~ Source: University of New Orleans Department of Anthropology

This file appears in: Congo Square/Armstrong Park

This photograph provides a sense of the depth and scale of the trenches dug in search of remains of the San Fernando Fort.

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…