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- Title
Recovering a Black Cemetery: Automated Mapping of Hidden Gravesites Using an sUAV and GIS in East End Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
- Authors
Spera, Stephanie A.; Franklin, Matthew S.; Zizzamia, Elizabeth A.; Smith, Ryan K.
- Abstract
Estimates suggest that over 15,000 people are buried at East End Cemetery, a historic African American cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, that until recently received no public funding for upkeep. Here, we present a case study analysis and potentially replicable methodology for counting and locating unmarked burial depressions in non-forested areas using a low-cost sUAV (drone) and simple, hydrology-based geographic information systems analyses. Upon visual inspection of 12% of our final 8,000 burial site dataset, we find our dataset is a plausible representation (75% accuracy) of potential grave locations. We hope that the methods presented below can be implemented to assist in reclaiming historically underfunded Black cemeteries across the American South.
- Subjects
EAST End (London, England); RICHMOND (Va.); VIRGINIA; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; BLACK people; INSPECTION &; review; CEMETERIES; MOUNDS (Archaeology)
- Publication
International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2022, Vol 26, Issue 4, p1110
- ISSN
1092-7697
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10761-021-00642-3