Unearthing a Legacy.
Dig Mitchelville is the official, publicly accessible digital archive of archaeological and historical research at Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park.
Funded in part by Alice L. Walton Foundation
Current Archaeology
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Ghost Structure Archaeology Project:
Connecting the Dots
Before our Ghost Structure Exhibit could be built, we needed to know where Mitchelville buildings were in the past, and were there any clues left behind to help us learn about Mitchelville residents?
ARFA Building Archaeology Project:
Echoes Through Time
The first building we are erecting in the Park is our Archaeological Research Facility and Auditorium. But before laying its foundations, we had to examine the ground beneath it for evidence of past people.
Interpretive Center Archaeology:
Stories Surround Us
The Interpretive Center will be the heart of Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park. welcoming in our visitors and helping tell the story of our past. But it may have been the heart of another community in the past too. Our archaeologists are working to learn more.
Archaeology Collections
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The Praise House Collection: II
Archaeologists returned to our Park in 2019 to pick up their research where they had left off the last season. using evidence they found over the winter, they opened up more excavations. Read this Collection to learn more.
The Praise House Collection: I
In 2018 the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park began the process of building a Master Plan for park development. One of the early goals was trying to locate the first Church or Praise House erected in Mitchelville. Read this Collection to learn more.
The 1980s Collection
In the 1980s the Chicora Foundation did the first archaeology in what would become our Park. This project was the first to document the archaeology of Mitchelville and the researcher’s findings changed the way we understood American history. Read this Collection to learn more.
Community Programs
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