Saturday, December 10, 2005

A grave discovery 32 unmarked graves found in excavation

Thirty-two unmarked graves have been discovered in a pre-Civil War-era family cemetery in Virginia where a Kohl's department store is to be built.
Archeologists with Fredericksburg, Va.-based Engineering Consulting Services have been at the site since November and expect more graves to be found.
Chief archaeologist Chip Houston said he is hoping to conduct tests on the bodies found in Culpepper, Va., to determine sex and age, but the high levels of acidity in the soil will make it hard, the Culpepper Star Exponent reports.