By Jordan Knepper, Fairfield Intern The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson (Hurst & Co Publishers, New York, 1880). Written in the back is “Tennyson died in 1892 at the ripe age of 85.” It was given to Mattis C. Harwood by L.T. Jones, December 21st, [18]’84. Jordan Knepper was a digital intern with The […]
Decoding the Midden: Revealing the Secrets of the Most Complicated Context at Fairfield Plantation
This research stems from collaboration between The Fairfield Foundation, UNC Chapel Hill graduate student Colleen Betti, and the DAACS Research Consortium based at Monticello. Our DAACS (Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery) colleagues are currently in Seattle for the Society for Historical Archaeology‘s Annual Conference, hosting a session of papers to provide updates on the research projects […]