This Collection documents the work of The Chicora Foundation in Historic Mitchelville. The first archaeological work done at the Park was done in the 1980s at the request of the then property owners. (Trinkley 1986, 1990). In 1981, after a local contractor, John Crogan, purchased the land, he began excavating it for development. He and his supervisor Gerry Weckhorse quickly realized they were uncovering archaeology as they prepared the site for development. They knew the huge pieces of pots they were looking at were probably hundreds, if not thousands of years old, and it felt was much more important to have archaeologists come look at the site than to develop it. Below features images project researchers found in the course of their work, or images from their work, a community friendly report of their work, and highlights from their archival work. To read the report click below.
Chicora Image Collection
1980s Chicora Archaeological Research - Image Collection
Report on The Chicora Foundation Work
This is a report describing Chicora’s work and findings. This report is a synthesis of the long-form, scientific report the Chicora archaeologists wrote in the 1980s.
