Grave Marker Relocation at Evans Cemetery in McDowell County, West Virginia

This project, conducted on behalf of Potesta & Associates, Inc., consisted of the relocation of 106 historic and modern graves that dated circa 1875 through 1988 from the Evans Cemetery (46Md62) in McDowell County, West Virginia. Fifteen graves were subjected to full archaeological excavation and analysis. Working closely with a funeral director, the remaining historic-period graves (i.e., pre-1956) were disinterred by funeral home personnel, and the recovered materials were analyzed in the field by CRA’s bioarchaeologist. All graves were reinterred at modern cemeteries, most of which were in the newly established Relocation Evans Cemetery in Bradshaw, West Virginia.