The northeast facade of the Fairfield manor house, as it looked shortly before it burned in 1897 (image courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society). Why are you preserving these old […]
Bricks and Mortar: Using archaeology and preservation to save the past
Chocolate and Peanut Butter. Peanut Butter and Chocolate. These are undeniably two great things that go great together. The same should be true of archaeology and architectural conservation. Excavations frequently […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Rebecca Guest
Here at the Fairfield Foundation, we embrace the fact that we would be nothing without our dedicated volunteers. But we could definitely stand to recognize them publicly far more often […]
Lithic Analysis at Fairfield: Chris Godschalk’s Summer Fellowship
Hello everyone. My name is Christopher Godschalk. I am a rising senior at the College of William & Mary majoring in Anthropology. This summer, with generous funding from a Chappell Undergradute […]
Mapping Buildings and Burials at Gloucester Town
What happens to archaeological collections and associated documentation when the dig is over? Two weeks ago, fellow Colleen Betti wrote about her analysis of collections from the large slave quarter yards […]
Fairfield Fellow Check-In: Colleen Betti
Hi, my name is Colleen Betti and I am a rising senior at the College of William and Mary. I am excited to be back with the Fairfield Foundation for […]
We Need To Talk: The Importance of Oral History
The following is a guest blog by Jessica Taylor, doctoral candidate at University of Florida, and Lead Interviewer on our project to record oral histories about the Edge Hill Service Station […]
Fairfield Foundation Launches The Center for Archaeology, Preservation and Education (CAPE)
This week a plumbing leak in our long-time lab facility covered the floor with an inch of water, making the space temporarily unusable. Although we were better prepared for this lab flood than an […]
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