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Abstract

This project addresses the structural violence inherent in the lack of preservation of the unmarked enslaved burial ground at the Rural Hill Plantation in Huntersville, North Carolina. When burial grounds of the enslaved are unmarked the legacy of those interred are forgotten with time. This can be addressed by carrying out the archaeological work necessary to locate and mark these sites. The work in the project utilized archaeological and geophysical techniques to locate the unmarked enslaved burial ground at Rural Hill Plantation in Huntersville, North Carolina. Stemming from the Updated Master Plan of the Historic Rural Hill Board of Directors and its desire to find and mark the enslaved burial ground, this research focused on using aerial photography and topographic maps to remotely isolate areas of interest that meet certain criteria of historic unmarked burial areas on the Rural Hill property. Once a specific area that met the physical criteria was isolated, several site visits and investigative techniques were employed to assess the physical characteristics present. After a final site visit with a geophysical geologist and metal detectorist, it was determined that the isolated site was, in fact, not a burial site. Personal communication with a neighboring landowner has provided the project team with additional information that has led to new direction for future research for the Rural Hill enslaved burial ground.

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