by Amy Simpson | Aug 22, 2019 | Archaeology, Artifact, Brick Foundation, Central Chimney, Civil War, Creamware, Eighteenth-century dwelling, Entertainment, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Riverfront Park, Household, Nineteenth Century, Stoneware
This month celebrates our 50th blog post and in honor of this anniversary we will be revisiting our top three most-popular blogs. To see which blogs made the cut, please follow the links below. To date, our most popular blog, reaching almost 7,000 people on Facebook...
by Amy Simpson | May 23, 2019 | Archaeology, Artifact, Eighteenth Century, Eighteenth-century dwelling, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Riverfront Park, Household
By Kerry S. González and D. Brad Hatch This month we are once again highlighting an artifact recovered from our Riverfront Park excavations in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The candlestick fragment pictured below is made of brass and is typical of the late Georgian/early...
by Amy Simpson | Feb 15, 2019 | Aquia Sandstone, Archaeology, Artifact, Brick Foundation, Central Chimney, Eighteenth Century, Eighteenth-century dwelling, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Riverfront Park, Household, Nineteenth Century
By Kerri Barile One of the most exciting finds on an archaeological site are the remains of a building or structure—evidence of people modifying their natural world to create a controlled space. Whether it is a dwelling, store, barn, or other building, the activity of...
by Amy Simpson | Nov 24, 2017 | Archaeology, Armstrong-Rogers, Artifact, Consumption, Delaware, Eighteenth Century, Eighteenth-century dwelling, Houston-LeCompt
Featured Fragment – Eighteenth-Century Forks By Kerry S. González Dovetail Cultural Resource Group recently installed two exhibits highlighting archaeological finds on behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration: one at...
by Amy Simpson | Feb 24, 2016 | Eighteenth-century dairy, Eighteenth-century dwelling
Featured Fragment – The Armstrong-Rogers Well Pump By Joseph Blondino and Kerry S. Gonzalez During a data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site, a mid-eighteenth through late-nineteenth century domestic site in Delaware, Dovetail Cultural Resource Group excavated a...
by Amy Simpson | Jan 21, 2016 | Eighteenth-century dwelling, Entertainment, Household, Uncategorized
Featured Fragment – Archaeology in historic Salubria’s attic On August 23, 2011, 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Virginia with its epicenter in Louisa County. The earthquake caused massive damage to eighteenth-century Salubria, a Georgian home...