• Lives Beneath the City: Archaeology at Indianapolis’ Greenlawn Cemetery

    Butler University Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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    Construction of the Henry Street Bridge brought renewed attention to portions of Indianapolis’ historic Old and New Burying Grounds, later known collectively as Greenlawn Cemetery. Archaeologists documented more than 1,700 burial shafts within the project area, revealing a complex landscape shaped by nineteenth-century burial, earlier relocation efforts, and more than a century of urban development. […]