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A collection of Park Service reports and supporting documents from archaeological work done at the African Burial Ground National Monument in lower Manhattan, New York, New York.
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Bibliography (2006)
References cited in the draft recommendations.
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 1. Purpose and Need for the Report (2006)
Chapter 1 of the draft report: Through the survival of the African Burial Ground in the heart of New York City, the past reaches across time to teach the present. The lives of those interred “outside the wall” of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New York City remind the living of the ever present struggles for human freedom and dignity. Examination of the human remains reveals how resolutely the burial ground occupants resisted injustice, even when faced with the inhumanity of forced...
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 2. Historic Background of the African Burial Ground (2006)
Chapter 2 of the draft recommendations: The African Burial Ground is a deeply buried archeological site in Lower Manhattan, New York City, the remains of a cemetery used for free and enslaved Africans primarily during the eighteenth century. The site covers approximately seven acres bounded by Duane Street on the north, Chambers Street on the south, Centre and Lafayette Streets on the east and Broadway to the west. It is located in Block Numbers 153, 154 and 155 in the Borough of Manhattan in...
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 3. Civic Engagement (2006)
Chapter 3 of the draft recommendations: Effective public participation was required to accomplish the tasks assigned to the National Park Service by the interagency agreement between the GSA and the NPS.
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 4. Elements Underlying Interpretation and Education (2006)
Chapter 4 of the draft recommendation: This chapter serves as the foundation for those that follow. It includes a suggested mission statement for use by the managers of the site, the reasons for the African Burial Ground’s national significance, the basic elements and values of the site, suggested primary interpretive themes, and other factors that influence planning and operations. These underlying elements, as a whole, are suggested as the touchstone for future management policies and...
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 5. Mission Goals (2006)
Chapter 5 of the draft recommendations: his chapter sets forth suggested mission goals (those goals to be achieved by managers) for the African Burial Ground. Mission goals broadly articulate the ideals the manager will strive to attain at the burial ground. They are expressed as the desired conditions for resources, visitor experience, facilities and visitor use, and partnerships. Mission goals and the methods for achieving them will shape the look and feel of the site and the way it will...
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 6. Choices for the Future (2006)
Chapter 6 of the draft recommendations: This chapter examines alternative futures for the African Burial Ground. It describes four possible management scenarios, along with facilities and staffing requirements. Expanded programming from that currently offered is assumed in all alternatives, and estimated costs are discussed for each. Costs include facilities and associated staffing, and are expressed in 2005 dollars. The NPS technical assistance team conducted a charrette with architects,...
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Chapter 7. Long-Term Interpretative Plan Summary (2006)
Chapter 7 of the draft recommendations: A long-range interpretive planis a framework for an effective interpretive program. It identifies appropriate services and desired experiences for audiences, and it addresses management challenges.
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Cover Pages (2006)
First two pages of the management recommendations report.
Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground. Table of Contents and Summary (2006)
Front pages plus table of contents for the draft recommendations report.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 2. Descriptions of Burials 1 Through 200. Burials 1 Through 50 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of Burials 1 through 50.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 2. Descriptions of Burials 1 Through 200. Burials 101 Through 150 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of burials 101 through 150.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 2. Descriptions of Burials 1 Through 200. Burials 151 Through 200 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of burials 151 through 200.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 2. Descriptions of Burials 1 Through 200. Burials 51 Through 100 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of burials 51 through 100.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 3. Descriptions of Burials 201 Through 435. Burials 201 Through 250 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of burials 201 through 250.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 3. Descriptions of Burials 201 Through 435. Burials 251 Through 300 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of burials 251 through 300.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 3. Descriptions of Burials 201 Through 435. Burials 301 Through 350 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, 6and some photographs of burials 301 through 350.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 3. Descriptions of Burials 201 Through 435. Burials 351 Through 400 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, and some photographs of burials 351 through 400.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 3. Descriptions of Burials 201 Through 435. Burials 401 Through 435 (2006)
Descriptions, drawings, 6and some photographs of burials 401 through 435.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix A Documents (2006)
A.1. Memoranda of Agreement regarding the African Burial Ground A.2. National Historic Landmark Nomination for the African Burial Ground
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix B Site Datum Points (2006)
Table of site datum points.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix C Basic Burial Data (2006)
Table of basic burial data.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix D Site Excavation Forms (2006)
Blank copies of the site excavation forms.
New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Final Report, Volume 4. Appendices. Appendix E Inventory of Non-Skeletal Material from Graves and Grave Shafts (2006)
Tables with non-skeletal material from graves. E.1. Inventory of Artifacts Catalog # -B Artifacts in direct association with skeletal remains Catalog # -CH[A, B, etc], -CW[A, B, etc.], -CL Coffin material, including hardware (H) and wood (W), and items from coffin lids Catalog # -GF Items from grave shaft fill Catalog # -SA[H, L], -SB, etc. Material recovered from soil samples, including heavy (H) and light (L) fractions E.2. Inventory of Shell and Coral E.3. Inventory of Seeds...