Public invited to witness installation of interpretive
panels
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Students at the Mississippi State University
Archaeological Field School conducted research in June 2022 on the grounds of
Concord Quarters. |
Debbie said the event will include a walking tour that will
feature critical points throughout the property, which is located at 301 Gayoso
St. Specifically, the tour will focus on the excavation sites that
revealed the location of the “Big House” or mansion, a kitchen, cistern, and smoke
house, among other things.
Concord Quarters is an original free-standing slave
quarters built in the 1820s. At one time, the property where it resides was
home to three primary buildings, which included a mansion that was built by
Natchez Spanish Manuel Gayoso in the 1700s. However, the mansion burned down in
1901, and today, only the slave quarters remain.
Archeological research was
conducted on the property in June under the supervision of Dr. Shawn
Lambert, professor of Anthropology at Mississippi State University. He and Jessica
Crawford, director of the Southeast Division of the Archaeological Conservancy,
will be the special guests at Sunday’s installation.
“We are officially an archaeological site, and we now
know where various structures and other important things were located,” said Debbie,
who noted she was excited about the archaeological dig and the research
conducted by the students. It is because of their findings that the panels were
created, she said.
“Thanks to them, we now know more about this property,”
Debbie said. “We’re free-standing here. We’re all that’s left to interpret this
significant history. We now know what we didn’t know before.”
Sunday’s event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 601-493-3018 or send email to concordquarters@gmail.com.
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