Holt Cemetery in New Orleans was the site for an applied archaeology project led by Dr. Shannon Dawdy of the University of Chicago because ______
a. there were important trade relations between the Great Lakes region and New Orleans in the early 17th cenutry. Much of this can be documented from cemetery artifacts
b. the cemetery was built on top of an Indian mound dated at more than 5,000 years before present and thus, is historically significant
c. it was historically important in the celebration of All Souls’ Day and was damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
d. this cemetery is the primary urban cemetery in New Orleans and contains the burials of many important historical figures, whose markers and graves must be preserved.
e. it is a central location for Haitian voodoo celebrations and is a public park today.
ANSWER:
c
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