Forensic analysis will continue over the coming weeks, but state archaeologists Friday said they have completed excavation work on a section of cemetery that could hold unidentified remains of Tulsa
By: Amy Slanchik
TULSA, Oklahoma -
The initial groundwork at Rolling Oaks Memorial Gardens Cemetery wrapped up Tuesday in the search for mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
It’s the first step in deciding whether any digging will happen at the south Tulsa cemetery.
Archaeologists spent Monday and part of Tuesday working at the cemetery, which was closed to the public during that time.
The City of Tulsa took pictures showing the Oklahoma Archeological Survey team doing its initial scanning work with the ground penetrating radar and other equipment.
The site was one of several locations listed in the 2001 state-commissioned report about the massacre as a potential location where victims could be.
TULSA – Another 15 coffins have been discovered in a Tulsa cemetery as archeologists resume excavation work on a mass grave believed to hold the remains of unidentified Tulsa Race
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