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June 17, 2022 By Fairfield Foundation

Help Us Enrich the African American Story at Fairfield Archaeology Park

By Sara Lewis, Fairfield Foundation Development Officer The Fairfield Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization in Gloucester, Virginia, has used its flagship Fairfield/Carter’s Creek archaeological site in White Marsh as one of its locations for historic preservation and educational outreach since 2000. The organization is planning to open the site to the public as a place for […]

Filed Under: Education, History Tagged With: African American, Fairfield Archaeology Park, Gloucester History, Juneteenth, Plantation, slavery, Thruston

May 3, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation

Anything But Ordinary

Twenty years ago, two young archaeology students, David Brown and Thane Harpole, surveyed a farmstead site located in Gloucester County, Virginia, dating to the late 17th to early 18th centuries. The property was originally patented in the 1670s by Robert Bryan and was eventually part of the adjacent Belle Farm plantation. After the Civil War, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, Archaeological collections, archaeology, Artifacts, Collections, local history, Plantation, Research, Volunteers

July 20, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

From Picture to Print: Developing a New Model of Fairfield Plantation

We are excited to announce that the Fairfield Foundation, through a generous donation from Harry and Judy Wason, will develop an interactive, 3D printed model of the Fairfield manor house that will be housed at the Center for Archaeology, Preservation, and Education (the CAPE). We will create the model using drone-based photogrammetry and 3D printing […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 3D, 3D printing, archaeology, drone, photogrammetry, Plantation, Virginia

March 29, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation

A Look at Colonial Drains

Archaeologists are always finding remarkable features that provide new insight into the colonial world. One type of feature that shows up with some regularity, yet receives very little attention, is the lowly drain. Serving a strictly utilitarian, though very useful, purpose and intentionally buried upon completion, drains are rarely remembered and generally forgotten. On many […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Colonial Drains, Colonial Williamsburg, Corotoman, excavation, Gloucester County, manor house, Plantation, Research, Rosewell, Tudor Place, Virginia, Westover

March 6, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation

Locating North End Plantation

For several years the Fairfield Foundation and the Middle Peninsula Chapter of the Archeological Society of Virginia (MPCASV) have been slowly compiling research and initiating archaeology on one of the largest historic plantations in Mathews County.  An advertisement for the property in 1830 states that it was “deemed unnecessary to describe this well known estate, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, Artifacts, Historical Documents, John Page, Mathews County, Middle Peninsula Chapter ASV, North End, Page Family, Plantation, Rosewell, Volunteers

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Grounds are open to the public to view our building exterior and signage. The CAPE is open for tours on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at other times by appointment. Lab nights at the CAPE are on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6-9pm.
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