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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

April 26, 2016 By Fairfield Foundation

Tales from the ground at Rosewell

Over the past year and a half we have been doing limited archaeological testing around the Rosewell ruin in preparation for the installation of new interpretive signs as well as for tree plantings. We do this work because the Rosewell site is under a protective historic easement held by the Department of Historic Resources, and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 18th Century, archaeology, colonial, Rosewell, tobacco pipes, Virginia

June 4, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation

Finding a 17th-century farmstead in Mathews County

The 17th century was a dynamic time in Virginia history.  The arrival of English settlers at Jamestown in 1607 initiated a massive transformation of the landscape, both natural and cultural. The constant influx of European immigrants from the 1620s onwards resulted in large amounts of land opened for settlement.  As the colonists pushed the local Virginia Indian tribes out […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, archaeology, Artifacts, Early Colonists, excavation, local history, Mathews County, 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

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