The digging crew has found things including a stone arrowhead left by a hunter as early as 5,000 years ago.
Jan. 21, 2023, 10:32 a.m.Redstone Arsenal Cultural Resource Manager Ben Hoksbergen, left, watches volunteers excavate an archaeologically significant property on the military base. The site will ultimately house new construction on the growing arsenal, but not before its history is mined and preserved.
The property was subdivided and sold in the early 20th century, Redstone Arsenal Cultural Resource Manager Ben Hoksbergen said Friday. Hoksbergen leads a crew of 10 contracted excavators and several trained volunteers working at the site just east of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center headquarters. The area being excavated was bought in 1919 by Moses Love, a local African-American farmer. Love sold the land to the U.S.
Modern digs start with ground-penetrating radar to find those buried cellars and other “features,” or areas worth exploring, archeologist Anne Dorland said. Archeologists and volunteers carefully remove the dirt to see what’s been left behind. It can be buttons, nails, belt buckles or porcelain - all found at this site. Key finds have ranged from an early 19th century spoon to a Stone Age arrowhead.
The team found more “features” than expected so the dig will continue for some time. After that, artifacts and documents related to the dig will be permanently curated at the Erskine Ramsay Archaeological Repository in Moundville, Alabama. “Efforts will be made to put significant artifacts and information from the site in an interpretive display somewhere on the Arsenal or surrounding community,” Hoksbergen said.
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