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March 8, 2021 By Fairfield Foundation

The Hall Site, Revisited

Blog post written by Katie Brauckmann, staff archaeologist, Fairfield Foundation. In 2018 , I wrote this blog about our ongoing work at the Hall Site (44MT0173) in Mathews County. Three years later, I’m back again to give an update now that our work in the field and the lab has concluded! Ashley McCuistion excavates the […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, History Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, Artifacts, education, excavation, Mathews County, Research

July 17, 2019 By Fairfield Foundation

Three Weeks as a Fairfield Intern: Rachel Shin, 2019

Guest blog by summer intern Rachel Shin, a high-school student from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Week 1:On the first day of my internship, I got to dive into field work right off the bat. We made the short trip to Tucker Store in Gloucester Courthouse, a lot where a general store once stood. I began excavating a […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, African American history, archaeology intern, Fairfield Plantation, intern, Research, slave quarter

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

March 17, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation

The Hall Site: A “Hallmark” of Mathews County

Guest Blog author Katie Brauckmann has worked with the Fairfield Foundation/DATA Investigations for three years, first as a volunteer and intern, and now as a part-time employee. Katie is a sophomore anthropology major at James Madison University.  The Hall Site (44MT0173) is a predominately 18th-century site located in Mathews County, Virginia. Conrad Hall, former President […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, 19th century, archaeology, Artifacts, education, excavation, Guest Post, local history, Mathews County, Research, survey

November 29, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation

Two New Fairfield Preservation Initiatives: Documenting and Preserving Sites Across the Middle Peninsula

The Fairfield Foundation has long supported preservation efforts on the Middle Peninsula and surrounding areas through public archaeology, historical research, oral histories and preservation advocacy. As our Center for Archaeology, Preservation, and Education (CAPE) nears completion we are redoubling our efforts within the community to broaden our impact and demonstrate the value of historic places. […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, CAPE, Engagement, fairfield foundation, local history, Preservation, Research, Volunteers

November 20, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Mobjack: Starfish, Pickled Herring and Hidden Stories of Mathews County

One of the best parts of our work is the idea that you can discover something new and exciting every day.  Most of you see this excitement from our archaeological excavations, and if you visit our facebook page you can see how frequent these discoveries occur.  But there are other discoveries to be had, ranging from fascinating oral […]

Filed Under: Preservation Tagged With: Architectural Conservation, Engagement, local history, Mathews County, Oral History, Preservation, Research

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

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

February 2, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation

Archaeology in Mathews County: What do we know? Where do we go from here?

“You can’t set foot in Mathews County without tripping over a piece of history.” Many of you have heard this before, and you’d be hard pressed to argue against the sentiment.  Mathews County, along with Gloucester, Middlesex, and perhaps the majority of the Old Dominion is so infused with history that it is an important part of how […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: Archaeological Assesment, archaeology, Artifact assemblage, Artifacts, Community, Engagement, Historic, Inventory, local history, Mathews County, Oral History, prehistoric, public archaeology, Research, Site Visit, survey, Virginia Indian

November 13, 2014 By Fairfield Foundation

New Challenges and New Discoveries at New Quarter Park

Every research excavation has that moment when you must decide whether to keep digging, or focus your energies on the inside work- whether it’s the artifact washing, cataloging, and report writing that accompanies any archaeology project, or potentially pulling together exhibits, lectures, and other outreach to the public.  We say “research excavation” because often archaeologists are salvaging […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Archeological Society of Virginia, Artifacts, ASV, education, Engagement, excavation, fairfield foundation, New Quarter Park, Preservation, public archaeology, Research, Tidewater Virginia Historical Society, Volunteers

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