Friday, February 15 2013 7:14 PM EST2013-02-16 00:14:35 GMT
By Valencia Wicker vwicker@abcnews4.com CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – The cemetery where 27 people were buried near the Gaillard Auditorium leaves few clues as to the people laid to rest. " Unfortunately…More >>
The cemetery where 27 people were buried near the Gaillard Auditorium leaves few clues as to the people laid to rest.More >>
Friday, February 8 2013 6:53 PM EST2013-02-08 23:53:56 GMT
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) - A search of property records dating back to 1818 shows that the site that is now the Gaillard Auditorium was never a recorded cemetery, the mayor's office said FRiday evening.More >>
A search of property records dating back to 1818 shows that the site that is now the Gaillard Auditorium was never a recorded cemetery, the mayor's office said FRiday evening.More >>
Wednesday, February 6 2013 9:14 PM EST2013-02-07 02:14:51 GMT
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- Bones were found earlier today under eight to ten feet of dirt at the Gaillard Auditorium construction site. An archaeologist has been called in to study the bones. Stay withMore >>
Bones were found Tuesday under eight to ten feet of dirt at the Gaillard Auditorium construction site. According to a police report, a skull, jaw and teeth were found.More >>
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) - The bones found under the Gaillard Auditorium during a recent renovations project probably date back to colonial times, the mayor's office said Wednesday in a letter to Charleston City Council.
The mayor said archaeologists have determined there are probably 29 graves at the site.
Research into the city's past indicated the area had been developed in the early 1800s, meaning the bones would have to predate that time.
Riley's office said that archaeologists did not find any evidence of headstones are grave markers in the disrupted soil that would allow researchers to determine the exact time period the bodies were buries.
"We hope to be able to better document the age, and potentially the sex and ethnicity, of the remains with testing," the mayor said in the statement.
Riley has planned to run an ad letting the public know of the find and then let city council take 30 days to approve the removal of the graves and relocate them to another cemetery.
The discovery of the graves has not altered the timeline for the Gaillard Auditorium construction project, the mayor said.
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