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 | Mar 17, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Delaware, Entertainment, Houston-LeCompt, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Instrument Fragments of Houston-LeCompt By Kerry S. González In the summer of 2012 Dovetail Cultural Resource Group conducted a large-scale excavation at the Houston-LeCompt site in Middletown, Delaware sponsored by the Delaware Department of...
by Amy Simpson | Aug 12, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Delaware, Entertainment, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Brandywine Springs Carousel Ring By Bill Liebeknecht In 1886, Richard Crook rented the Brandywine Springs facilities from the Fell family. Located west of downtown Wilmington, Delaware, Crook envisioned a resort where people would go on weekends...
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...
by Amy Simpson | Dec 21, 2015 | dolls, Entertainment, Household, Toys
Featured Fragment – Houston-LeCompt archaeological site’s dolls For hundreds of years, dolls have been a staple in homes with young children. When discovered archaeologically, these playthings reveal much about the culture of those who played with them. ...