The University of Mississippi Medical Center halted construction on three building projects after ground-penetrating radar surveys showed about 2,000 unmarked graves on the sites.
Jackson-based UMMC has long been known to house graves because it had been the site of the former Mississippi State Insane Asylum and a potter’s field, according to spokesman Jack Mazurak. It’s also possible that an African-American church and a Civil War burial area were also on the land.