Excavation Site Map

ID: 4824 ~ Source: Shenkel, Richard, R. Sauder, and E.R. Chatelain (1979). Archaeology of the Jazz Complex and Beauregard (Congo) Square, Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, Louisiana. Submitted to the City of New Orleans. ~ Creator: Shenkel, Richard, R. Sauder, and E.R. Chatelain ~ Date: 1979

This file appears in: Congo Square/Armstrong Park

This is the site map of the 1977 Congo Square and Jazz Complex excavation. The pentagonal boundaries of Fort St. Ferdinand overlay the 1977 Congo Square map. The thick, bold black lines represent the excavation trenches and the black squares are the excavation units.

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…