by Kerri Barile | Jan 18, 2024 | Archaeology, Artifact, Glass
By Colleen Betti When you think about artifacts associated with schoolhouses, slate pencils, writing slates, ink bottles, and marbles come to mind. But when I excavated at three 1880s–1950s African American schoolhouse sites in Gloucester County, Virginia for my...
by Kerri Barile | Dec 7, 2023 | Archaeology, Artifact, Glass
By Lee Priddy and Bill Liebeknecht The start of the 19th century saw the transition from powdered wigs as the fashionable hair accessory to flawlessly groomed, short hairstyles for men. The popularity of neatly trimmed hair and facial hair, the preference for brown...
by Amy Simpson | Mar 13, 2023 | Archaeology, Architecture
By Casey Squyres, Architectural Historian Dovetailers love their history! Although our blogs usually focus on a neat find from one of our company projects, this post focuses on a passion project of one of our architectural historians, Casey. Kudos to Casey for her...