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 | Oct 21, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Folklore, Household, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Salubria’s Hidden Shoe By M. Chris Manning The slipper shown to the left was recovered from an ‘excavation’ in the attic at Salubria, a mid-eighteenth-century Georgian home in Culpeper County, Virginia. This shoe is believed to have been...
by Amy Simpson | Sep 16, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Civil War, Consumption, Glass, Household, Nineteenth Century
Featured Fragment – Nineteenth-Century Pickle Bottles By Kerry González Recent excavations by Dovetail, conducted on behalf of Stafford County, recovered two cathedral-style pickle bottles (displayed below). They were located within two separate trash pits at a Civil...
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 | Jun 10, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Consumption, Historic Tudor Place and Gardens, Household, Nineteenth Century, Stoneware
Featured Fragment – Stoneware Sleuthing By Joe Blondino During the summer of 2015, Dovetail conducted exploratory excavations on the grounds of Tudor Place, a historic Federal-style mansion in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The excavations focused on...
by Amy Simpson | May 13, 2016 | Archaeology, Artifact, Nineteenth Century, Political
Featured Fragment – Political Puzzler By Kerry S. González During the winter of 2015 and 2016 Dovetail conducted archaeological excavations on Greenfield Plantation in Botetourt County, Virginia. Over 3,000 artifacts were recovered as part of this study, many of which...