Excavation in Action

ID: 6583 ~ Source: University of New Orleans Department of Anthropology ~ Date: 1985

This file appears in: Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2

A man with a shovel in a construction zone. Yellow flags separate the sidewalk from the road under construction; above ground tombs from Greenwood Cemetery are in the background.

A member of the excavation team lies on his stomach as he works on a unit in the South bound lane area.

This file appears in: Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2

Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2

By By Elizabeth Williams and Ethan Ranck, edited by D. Ryan Gray, Charlotte Willcox, and Elizabeth Williams

By some estimates, nearly 50,000 burials lie beneath Canal Boulevard, originally Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2. Almost forgotten since Canal Boulevard's addition to the city's roadways in 1937, road…