I-10 Mobile River Bridge Archaeology Project
The I-10 Mobile River Bridge (MRB) Archaeology Project is the biggest project conducted by the Center for Archaeological Studies. We excavated 15 sites along the new from November 2021- June 2023 in partnership with . These sites span the entire history of Mobile Bay, ranging from Native American occupations from 2,000 years ago to the homes, businesses, and waterfront industries of the last 300 years. The Down the Bay Oral History Project, conducted by the McCall Library Oral History Team, includes over with community members to record a more recent story of the neighborhood. Together, these data sources tell a more complete history of the Mobile Bay area.
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The I-10 MRB Archaeology project is interdisciplinary and includes artists, educators, geographers, geologists, historians, oral historians, and others. Archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Studies and excavated the 15 sites in the field and continue to analyze artifacts in the lab. Our historical researchers are providing insights into past lifeways through maps, city directories, census data, and other documents. Oral historians from the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the African-American Studies program conducted over 100 with community members from Down the Bay to understand the recent history of the neighborhood.
The I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project is conducted by the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard. The project also involves input from Native American Tribes, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Alabama Historical Commission, and local governments and historical organizations.