TULSA, Okla. – Archaeologists have documented 26 previously unmarked and unrecorded graves during the current season of excavations at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.
Crews are continuing their search in additional areas, including beneath a recently removed sidewalk.
Excavation expands beyond cemetery fence line
Crews have been using a backhoe to remove overburden, or soil covering the excavation area, as they search for additional graves.
Work has now expanded west of a former fence line, where a sidewalk was removed earlier in the week to provide access to the ground beneath it…