by Amy Simpson | Oct 17, 2019 | Archaeology, Artifact, Cowrie, Eighteenth Century, Fredericksburg
Featured Fragment – Cowrie Shell By D. Brad Hatch This month’s artifact began its life somewhere in the Indian or Pacific Ocean, likely made its way to the west coast of Africa, crossed the Atlantic, then traveled up the Rappahannock River before ending up in...
by Amy Simpson | Jul 24, 2019 | Archaeology, Artifact, Creamware, Eighteenth Century, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Riverfront Park, Household
By Kerry S. González For our devoted followers, you may remember seeing a blog post back in 2015 on the creamware fragment below, found in 2013 during our Phase I survey of the Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Virginia (Photo 1). We are revisiting this piece because...
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 | Jun 23, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Delaware, Eighteenth Century, Medical, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Fleam Cover By Kerry S. González In the fall of 2012 Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a data recovery excavation on a mid-eighteenth through late-nineteenth century domestic site (7NC-F-135/Armstrong-Rogers) in New Castle...