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October 19, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation

Successful Event at Cappahosic

The Fairfield Foundation held its annual Historic House Party at Cappahosic House in Gloucester County on October 2. This year’s event was one of our most successful, with over 140 attendees who together raised more than $18,000! The funds raised from this event help support the restoration of the Timberneck House at Machicomoco State Park, […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, History, Preservation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cappahosic, education, Engagement, Preservation, public archaeology, Volunteers

November 15, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

A Long-Lost Site Reveals Many Stories at York County’s New Quarter Park

By guest blogger Sara E. Lewis If you’ve never joined the Fairfield Foundation for a public dig at New Quarter Park in York County, then you’re missing out on some exciting finds! In the most recent round of excavations, a young volunteer was excited to find this Very Cool Artifact: a locally-made tobacco pipe stem […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, archaeology, Armistead, Artifacts, Bookbinder, Burwell, education, Engagement, excavation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, tobacco pipes, Volunteers, York County

August 30, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

Preserving Fairfield from the Ground Up!

Last week we hosted our second Adventures in Preservation (AiP) workshop of 2017 and made great progress at Fairfield Plantation. We opened a new excavation block on the south end of the house foundation, and continued work around a collapsed chimney that we’ve been excavating for the past two summers. The AiP participants (aka “Jammers”) started […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 3D model, Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Burwell, drone, education, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Preservation, public archaeology

November 1, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeological Journey to Chincoteague

There are many great reasons to take a trip to Chincoteague. This barrier island holding out against the Atlantic Ocean has its own storied history and unique culture, attracting visitors from far and wide who want to experience its solitude and seaside, its salt marsh and sunsets, and its quiet charm. We came for the […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: archaeology, Artifacts, education, Engagement, excavation, public archaeology, Volunteers

October 20, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Discovering history at Mathews Market Days

The Fairfield Foundation hosted a very successful public outreach excavation during Mathews County’s annual Market Days festival in September. More than 40 eager kids and adults helped us excavate four 5′ square units in two days. These units helped investigate the site of a former hotel located along Main Street, providing more clues about how this area was […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, Hotel Site, Mathews County, Mathews Market Days, public archaeology

September 20, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Extraction and Excavation: Archaeology of a Collapsed House Ruin

The house is magnificent.  It is everything that you would want in an 18th-century Virginia manor- symmetry, mass, rhythm- and it sits boldly on an elevated landscape surrounded by extensive cropland rimmed with forest and descending towards complex terraced gardens and a wide creek in the distance. It also stands out in the Flemish-bond land of Tidewater, with its rough, […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, education, Engagement, excavation, Preservation, public archaeology, Research, Restoration

May 30, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology in Search of Thomas Carter

     When you mention the Carters of Lancaster County, or Virginia in general, the typical Virginia history buff thinks of the remarkably wealthy and powerful Robert “King” Carter, wealthiest man in Virginia at the beginning of the 18th century. Unbeknownst to most, though, is an unrelated but important family of Carters who also settled in Lancaster, not […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, Carter Society, Engagement, Lancaster County, local history, public archaeology, survey, Thomas Carter, Volunteers

February 15, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Fairfield Foundation: 15 Years and Going Strong

In 2015, the Fairfield Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary as a non-profit dedicated to archaeological research and education at Fairfield Plantation in Gloucester County and at historic sites across the Middle Peninsula and beyond. In January and July of 2015, we shared in the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal a selection of our favorite artifact finds and a sample […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Abingdon Glebe, archaeology, Artifacts, ASV, CAPE, Edge Hill Service Station, education, excavation, fairfield foundation, field trip, gloucester, history, intern, interns, Mathews, Middlesex, Preservation, public archaeology, Volunteer

September 7, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation

Toddsbury: Rediscovering a Lost Plantation Landscape

Five buildings in one day. Not even a full day – maybe half a day. In the span of about four hours our entire perspective of Toddsbury, one of Gloucester County’s best known and most beloved historic properties, changed completely. Alongside residents Mollie, Mary and Carter (grand-daughter, mother and grand-mother), whose personal history at this […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, education, excavation, fairfield foundation, Gloucester County, interns, local history, public archaeology, Toddsbury

May 14, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation

New Quarter Park: Award-Winning Volunteer Involvement in Archaeology!

Following our fourth public archaeology dig at New Quarter Park in York County, we are as excited as ever about the amazing archaeological discoveries that volunteers are helping reveal at this site. At New Quarter Park we have enjoyed tremendous success excavating and finding remarkable things, partnering with several community organizations (including New Quarter Park, York County […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, Burwell family, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, Public Artifact Washing, TVHS, Volunteers, York County, York County Historical Museum

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