by Amy Simpson | Dec 22, 2017 | Archaeology, Artifact, Cage Crinoline, Civil War, clothing, Fredericksburg, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Cage Crinoline Fragments By Kerry S. González In January 2017, Dovetail conducted excavations at the site of a proposed Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This was the third time Dovetail visited the area along Sophia Street in downtown...
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 | 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...