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| Field crew excavating a trench in 2004 |
Soil stains of graves in a 2004 trench |
A grave, in a 2004 trench, disturbed by grading during construction of the gas station |
George Washington University/Alexandria Archaeology Field School students excavating a trench floor |
GWU/Alexandria Archaeology Field School students excavating a unit through the buried cemetery surface |
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| Outline of the tops of the sides of a hexogonal coffin |
Oyster shells decorating the surface of a grave |
Volunteers and field crew excavating near identified and outlined graves |
Volunteers excavating a buried cemetery surface near the center of the site |
Rows of graves uncovered along the southside of the cemetery |
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| A public tour of the excavation |
Field crew recording graves parallel to South Washington Street |
The tops of the sides of two hexagonal coffins, outlined with string for recording |
The outlines of two rectangular coffins |
Broken cinder blocks and gray roofing slate from construction of the gas station pressed into three grave shafts |
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| An in situ coffin lid screw, a drawing showing placement from the Quaker Burying Ground Site and an excerpt from a 19th-century catalog |
Coffin lid thumb screw |
Coffin lid thumb screw and 1871 hardware catalog page (AA) |
A coffin hinge in situ, a drawing of it, and hinges in an 1865 catalog |
A coffin hinge in situ |
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| In situ coffin hinge fragments and similar hinges in 1871 catalog |
Coffin hinges in situ at the shoulders of a hexagonal coffin used for opening the top part to view the deceased |
A coffin with exposed headboard wood and six bail-type handles, disturbed by gas line |
Ceramic buttons found in 1999 in a grave disturbed by grading (URS Corp.) |
19th-century pearlware, stoneware and whiteware ceramics and clear glass |
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| Piercy slipware earthenware, ca. 1792-1809 (AA) |
Coal fragments (AA) |
Oyster shells |
Three Civil War-period Minnie balls found in cemetery surface soil |
Metal boot spur |
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| Fragments of a canning jar, dating after 1858, possibly used as a grave decoration |
A fragment of an unmarked marble gravestone found during excavations |
Quartz fragments from prehistoric tool making, called debitage |
Prehistoric stone tools |
A backhoe filling in an excavated trench after fencing has been placed |
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| City surveyors determining the depth of fill (required to be a minimum of 2 ft.) after excavation was completed |
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