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A students records the location of artifacts found while working at the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Ryan Carrion carefully removes dirt from an excavation pit on the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A student sifts through dirt for artifacts while working at the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Joesph Diamond, associate professor of anthropology at New Paltz, talks to some of his students as they work at the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Alec Murillo sifts through dirt for artifacts while working at the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Students including Maddy Thomas, right, work at the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A student holds up what is likely a coffin nail found at an ongoing excavation at the site of an African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A tombstone bearing the name of Caezer Smith and dated 1839 is displayed on the site of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Students working at the site of an African burial ground, backfilling a hole they had dug, in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)