Dig Mitchelville Digital Archive
Our official digital archive documents archaeological discoveries on this sacred ground, making Mitchelville’s story accessible to audiences worldwide.
Stories Surround Us
Thanks to the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Dig Mitchelville has launched a groundbreaking community archaeology program that embeds community members directly into the scientific process.
Archaeological Research Facility
Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park recently broke ground on a state-of-the-art archaeological research facility that will serve as the permanent home for ongoing research and community programming.
Mitchelville’s First Church
Search for Mitchelville’s First Church: After using Ground Penetrating Radar to narrow down where the first Church or Praise House might have been, Binghamton Students spent the summer of 2018 excavating in the park.
Remote Sensing Begins
Binghamton University Students take first Ground Penetrating Radar scans of the park. They were hoping to find evidence of the first church or Praise House.
1980’s The Chicora Foundation
In the 1980’s The Chicora Foundation did the first archaeology work in what would become Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park : This is a photograph from the original archaeology showing the base of a chimney.
Artifacts and Features
Archaeology isn’t just artifacts: This is a photograph of the cross section of a hearth, or a cooking fire. When past human activities leave stains or scars in the soil archaeologists call these “Features”, and features are often more important than artifacts themselves.
Native American ceramic sherd
Archaeology Volunteer holding Native American ceramic sherd: During the construction of the Ghost Structure, archaeologists encountered many artifacts from the Indigenous people who used the park as their home long before Mitchelville.
Artifacts Recovered
Artifacts Spanning the Years : artifacts recovered from recent archaeological work spanning the Early Woodland period (2000-1000 BC) to the 1980’s
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