By Jordan Knepper, Fairfield Intern Jordan Knepper was a digital intern with The Fairfield Foundation in the summer and fall of 2020. He recently completed his undergraduate degree in history from Regent University. I have spent several weeks this past summer exploring a collection of books owned by the Thruston family of Gloucester. The Thrustons […]
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 […]
