ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — St. Petersburg leaders have approved archaeological digs at a parking lot near Tropicana Field after radar scans detected what could be several graves beneath the surface.
Researchers using ground-penetrating radar previously detected seven to 10 possible graves at what was once the site of Oaklawn Cemetery.
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City council approved the next phase of the investigation Thursday, allowing archaeologists to excavate select areas of the property to determine whether the radar signals are actual burial sites.
“The purpose of phase three … is to now do the archaeological investigation, go down, see what are these anomalies,” said Derick Kilborn, the city’s planning director…