by Amy Simpson | Aug 21, 2020 | Archaeology, Artifact, Cemetery, Nineteenth Century, Stafford County
By Kerry S. González and Sara Rivers Cofield In the late winter of 2020, PQ (Pre-Quarantine), Dovetail conducted an archaeological excavation of a family cemetery associated with a branch of the Embrey family in Stafford, Virginia. The small plot contained the graves...
by Amy Simpson | Jun 5, 2020 | Archaeology, Cemetery, Coffin Hardware, Nineteenth Century, Stafford County
By Melissa Butler In death, as in life, mass-marketed applied ornaments allow individuals to customize their belongings. This month’s artifact is one such decoration. Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) recently completed an archaeological excavation and...
by Amy Simpson | Jan 25, 2019 | Archaeology, Artifact, Household, Nineteenth Century, Stafford County, Stoneware
By Reagan Andersen In this month’s blog, we are highlighting a whiteware basin with a flow blue Scinde pattern from the mid-nineteenth century. The object was brought to the Dovetail lab by a curious owner from Stafford County. The vessel had once been broken into...