ABSTRACT
Urban growth covered the Alameda-Stone cemetery within 20 years of its closure by the City of Tucson. Being located between the existing edge of the built town and the new railroad, the Alameda-Stone cemetery occupied an area that was rapidly transformed from a space beyond the edge of town to a space ripe for urban growth, which is typical in the southwestern United States, where development tends to be rapid and occurs in bursts of commercial expansion. Most interesting from an anthropological perspective was the mixing of symbols, time periods, and emotions. The Arizona Department of Veterans' Services and the Historical Soldiers Relocation Project coordinated the event at Sierra Vista, Arizona, in a military cemetery adjacent to Fort Huachuca. The Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project has been an excellent example of how reburial can be accomplished with community engagement and in coordination with repatriation and simultaneously provides important historical and scientific information.
