by Amy Simpson | May 26, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Consumption, Eighteenth Century, Fredericksburg, Household, Nineteenth Century, Stoneware
Featured Fragment – Marriott Alphabet Cup By Kerry S. González and Dr. Kerri S. Barile For this month’s blog we are reaching way back into the archives to one of Dovetail’s first large-scale projects. In early 2006, the City of Fredericksburg and the Inns of...
by Amy Simpson | Apr 14, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Clipped Coins, Eighteenth Century, Fredericksburg, George Washington’s Ferry Farm, Real
Featured Fragment – Clipped Coins in Colonial America By Kerry S. González and Mara Katkins For this month’s blog post, we have decided to join forces with Mara Katkins with George Washington’s Ferry Farm to showcase some of the clipped coins found in the...
by Amy Simpson | Feb 17, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Consumption, Eighteenth Century
Featured Fragment – A Lead Cloth Seal from John Lee Pratt Park By Dr. D. Brad Hatch In August 2016, Dovetail conducted archaeological excavations at John Lee Pratt Park on behalf of Stafford County. During these investigations, archaeologists uncovered and excavated a...
by Amy Simpson | Jan 27, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Civil War, Consumption, Eighteenth Century, Fredericksburg, Household, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Archaeology in Downtown Fredericksburg By Joe Blondino and Dr. Kerri Barile In January 2017, the City of Fredericksburg sponsored an archaeological dig at the site of the new Riverfront Park on Sophia Street in the downtown historic district. The...
by Amy Simpson | Nov 16, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Creamware, Eighteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Queen’s Ware By Kerry S. González The image to the below is a creamware plate with a rim pattern known as “Royal Shape.” Creamware was also commonly referred to as “Queen’s Ware” after its creator, Josiah Wedgwood,...
by Amy Simpson | Jul 15, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Civil War, Consumption, Eighteenth Century, Glass
Featured Fragment – Riverfront Bottle By Kerry González Dovetail Cultural Resource Group recovered this hand-finished bottle from a Civil War context (shown to the left) during an excavation in October 2015. The site, 44SP0069-0001, is located in the City of...