Virginia Archaeology Month 2010

1. Calendar of Events
Virginia Archaeology Month
October 2010
Sponsored by: Co-sponsored by:
Virginia Department of Council of Virginia Archaeologists
Historic Resources
Archeological Society of Virginia

2. Virginia Archaeology Month October 2010
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NORTHERN REGION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1- TRIANGLE Speaker(s): Melanie Marquis, Archaeology Lab Supervisor,
will be leading the tour of Ferry Farm. Dr. Pia
Site Tour Cemetery Hike: Hike into history with Ranger Taavila, CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) will
Stephanie! Join us on a journey through the lead tours in ASL (American Sign language)
history of two families buried in Prince William together with Dr.Pia Taavila, CODA (Child of
Forest Park. Bring a flashlight, closed toed Deaf Adults).
shoes and your imagination!
Location: George Washington's Boyhood
Speaker(s): Stephanie Pooler Home at Ferry Farm
268 King's Highway
Location: Prince William Forest Park Visitor Center Fredericksburg, VA 22405
18100 Park Headquarters Road
Triangle, VA 22407 Time: 2:00 PM
Time: 7:00 PM
Contact: Paula Raudenbush (540) 373-381 Ext.54
Contact: (703) 221-7181 Raudenbush@gwffoundation.org
Web: www.nps.gov/prwi Web: www.ferryfarm.org
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2- ALEXANDRIA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9- ALEXANDRIA
Open- Archaeology Scavenger Hunt: The hints to Open- 15th Annual Alexandria Arts Safari: The
House, Kid's the hunt are found in the museum exhibits of House, Kid's Potter's Art The Potter's Art activity presented
Program & excavated artifacts which include a very Program, & in the Alexandria Archaeology Museum is
Hands-On interesting pet dog burial. Hands-On designed for kids of all ages! Learn to identify
Archaeology Archaeology Alexandria's 19th century potters from the
designs applied to salt-glazed stoneware pottery
Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology Museum and create your own take-home drawing.
Location: Alexandria Archaeology Museum Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Alexandria, VA 22314
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Location: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
105 N. Union Street, #327
Contact: Ruth Reeder (703) 746-4399 Alexandria, VA 22314
ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov Time: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Web: www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org
Contact: Ruth Reeder (703) 746-4399
ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3- FREDERICKSBURG Web: www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org
Site Tour Tour for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Community: Tours of the archaeology lab, dig
site, museum gallery exhibits and 18th century SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 - STANARDSVILLE
demonstration garden will be conducted for the Lecture and Preserving Your Family Papers &
Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities using Workshop Photographs: Overview for the layman on
American Sign Language. Refreshments will preserving important documents, the process
be provided. No reservations are necessary. and material sources. Attendees should bring
Regular admission fees apply. See our website one item for evaluation. Information on
for more information. cemetery research plus 3-vol. county records
Sponsor: The George Washington Foundation for sale. Franklin A. Robinson, Jr. and Eugene
and Roger Powell will be speaking.
Sponsors: Greene County Historical Society and Greene
County Library
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3. Location: Greene County Library of the interior of the building. Anyone
222 Main St., Stanardsville 22973 interested in the history of Falmouth or
(434) 985-5227 archaeology in general is encouraged to attend.
Time: 3:00 PM
Sponsor: Moncure Conway Foundation
Contact: Jackie.Pamenter@gmail.com
Location: Magistrate's Office/Falmouth Historic District
Web: http://www.jmrl.org/br-greene.htm; 123 Cambridge Street
http://www.greenehistory.org Falmouth, VA 22405
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10- FREDERICKSBURG Time: Saturday & Sunday
Lecture The Mother of the Father of Our Country: 8:00am to 4:30pm
Mary Washington's Fashion-Conscious Contact: Anita Dodd or Kerri Barile
Household: The first lecture in a series about info@moncureconway.org
archaeology at Ferry Farm, George Web: www.moncureconway.org
Washington's Boyhood Home.
Sponsor: The George Washington Foundation
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17- FREDERICKSBURG
Speaker(s): Laura Galke, Artifact Analyst for The George Lecture Lincoln's War at Washington's Boyhood
Washington Foundation Home: The second lecture in a series about
Location: George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry archaeology at Ferry Farm.
Farm Sponsor: The George Washington Foundation
268 King's Highway
Fredericksburg, VA 22405 Speaker(s): Paul Nasca, Staff Archaeologist
Time: 2:00pm Location: George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry
Farm
Contact: Paula Raudenbush (540)-373-3381 Ext. 54 268 King's Highway
Raudenbush@gwffoundation.org Fredericksburg, VA 22405
Web: www.ferryfarm.org
Time: 2:00pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16- ALEXANDRIA Contact: Paula Raudenbush (540)-373-3381 Ext. 54
Kid's Family Dig Day: Help City archaeologists Raudenbush@gwffoundation.org
Program & screen and bag artifacts from excavated soil
Hands-On from a real dig! Reservations required. $5.00 Web: www.ferryfarm.org
Archaeology per person. Children younger than 16 years of
age must be accompanied by a participating
OCTOBER 21-24-ALEXANDRIA
adult.
Hands-On Alexandria Archaeology Institute: Gain
Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology Museum Archaeology hands-on experience in site-excavation methods
& Institute and record keeping. Learn how to use a transit;
Location: Shuter's Hill Excavation Site process and catalog artifacts in the laboratory;
101 Callahan Drive and interpret the information. Accessible by
Alexandria, VA 22301 Metro. $475.00 per person. Applicants must be
Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm at least 16 years old. The field hours (approx.
15 hours) and laboratory (approx. 5 hours) may
Contact: Ruth Reeder (703) 746-4399 be counted toward the Virginia Archaeological
ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov Technician Certification Program requirements.
Registration fee includes morning coffee each
Web: www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org day, and opening reception on Thursday
evening, three box lunches, and a closing
reception Sunday evening.
OCTOBER 16 AND 17-ALEXANDRIA
Site Tour Archaeological Excavation of the Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Magistrate's Office: This archaeological
excavation around the Magistrate's Office has Location Shuter's Hill excavation site and Alexandria
uncovered much needed information on the Archaeology Museum
building's past. The event is open to the public 101 Callahan Drive &
and includes the opportunity to explore the 105 N. Union St. #327
archaeological site as well as self-guided tours Alexandria, VA 22301 & 22314
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4. Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm daily WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27 -ALEXANDRIA
Contact: Ruth Reeder (703) 746-4399 Lecture Excavations at the Contrabands and
ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov Freedmen's Cemetery and the Concept of
Web: www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org the Proper Coffin in the Mid-Nineteenth
Century: A series of four archaeological
excavations were conducted here to prepare for
OCTOBER 23 & 24- HERNDON developing the property by the City into a
Free Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation & Memorial Park. Excavation and documentary
Seminar Restoration Seminar, featuring Robert Mosko, research results indicate that there was an idea
Mosko Cemetery Monument Services, of what a "proper" coffin was like in mid-
specializing in preserving, conserving, restoring nineteenth century America. The history of the
and rehabilitating historical cemeteries and cemetery, some results of the excavations and
monuments & Aimee Wells, Fairfax County the idea of a "proper" coffin will be presented
Park Authority, Archaeologist. in a PowerPoint lecture by one of the project
researchers, Dr. Steven J. Shephard, an
Sponsor: The Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation archaeologist with Alexandria Archaeology.
Association, Frying Pan Farm Park & the
Friends of Frying Pan Farm Park Sponsor: Alexandria Historical Society
Location: Frying Pan Farm Park Speaker(s): Dr. Steven J. Shephard, Presenter and Francine
2709 West Ox Road W. Bromberg
Herndon, VA 20171
Location: Lyceum
Time: Saturday: 8:30am to 4:00pm Alexandria's History Museum
Sunday: 12:30pm to 4:00pm 201 South Washington Street
Schedule: Saturday: Presentations, networking, survey, Alexandria, VA 22314
assessment and field work. (Morning Time: 7:30pm
hospitality and lunch included)
Sunday: Field work & demonstrations Contact: Bob Schurk (703) 746-4994
First come-First served bob.schurk@alexandriava.gov
Contact: Register at (703) 437-9101 Web: www.alexandriahistorical.org
Web: www.honorfairfaxcemeteries.org
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 -ALEXANDRIA
Exhibit & Ofrenda - Art for the Dead is an exhibition of
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 -FREDERICKSBURG Open-House local artists' shrines, altars, paintings,
Lecture The Search for George Washington- Boy Reception photography, music dancing, magic, and
Adventurer: The third and final lecture in the spoken word based on the Dia de los Muertos
series about archaeology at Ferry Farm, George (Day of the Dead) tradition. Artist-made Dia de
Washington's Boyhood Home. los Muertos altars and ofrendas will draw the
Sponsor: The George Washington Foundation beloved dead to visit their loved ones, feast on
their favorite food, and drink and listen to their
Speaker(s): David Muraca, Director of Archaeology favorite music. The event will include multiple
performances, special activities, parade, masked
Location George Washington's Boyhood Home at Ferry ball, and reception. No Cover, Cash Bar.
Farm
268 King's Highway Sponsor: Torpedo Factory Art Center
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
Time: 2:00pm Location: Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 North Union Street
Contact: Paula Raudenbush (540)-373-3381 Alexandria, VA 22314
Ext. 54
Raudenbush@gwffoundation.org Time: 4:00pm to 10:00pm
Web: www.ferryfarm.org Parade 7:00pm to 7:45pm
Contact: Ruth Reeder (703) 746-4399
ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov
Web: www.torpedofactory.org
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5. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 -ALEXANDRIA Web: www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org
Guided Bike Forgotten Cemeteries Heritage Trail Bike
Ride Ride: A 14-mile guided loop of Alexandria's
forgotten burial sites. Ride includes hills and
street cycling at a leisurely pace with frequent
interpretive stops. Children under 16 years of
age must be accompanied by a participating
adult. Helmets and signed waiver required.
Bring drinks and snacks. Please arrive by bike,
if possible, as parking is limited.
Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology
Location: 101 Callahan Drive
Alexandria, VA 22301
Time: 10:00am - 2:00am
Contact:
Web: www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org
NORTHERN REGION ONGOING EVENTS
ONGOING IN ALEXANDRIA
Kid's Time Travelers Passport Guide to Virginia
Program & Museums & Historic Sites: Learn about
Hands-On people, places, and events that have our world
Archaeology today. Visit six museums and become an
official Virginia Time Traveler - more than six
and you become a Master Traveler! Passports
are available for $6.00.
Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Location: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
105 N. Union Street #327
Alexandria, VA 22314
Time: Ongoing
Contact: Ruth Reeder (703) 746-4399
ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov
Web: www.TimeTravelers.org &,
www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org
ONGOING IN ALEXANDRIA
Exhibit A Community Digs Its Past: The Lee Street
Site: An exhibit exploring the archaeology and
history unearthed during the excavation of a
city block in Old Town Alexandria.
Sponsor: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Location: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
105 N. Union Street #327
Alexandria, VA 22314
Time: Ongoing
Contact: ruth.reeder@alexandriava.gov
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6. TIDEWATER REGION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 - FORT EUSTIS
Lecture The Archaeology Program at Fort Eustis will
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2- PORTSMOUTH share what they do and how they manage,
Fee-free Adventures in Archaeology: Join us for our protect and preserve the 230 archaeological
Day and October First Weekend. Come celebrate sites on an active US Army installation.
Kid's Virginia Archaeology Month with us by Speakers: Christopher L. McDaid, Cultural
Program enjoying hands-on archaeological activities. Resources Manager; Patrick Barry, Field
Learn about artifacts, play the seriation game, Director; Courtney Birkett, Field Archaeologist.
and experience a simulated archaeological dig.
Then make your way over to the Lightship Sponsor: Fort Eustis Archaeology Program
Portsmouth, and step on board to delve into the
exciting field of marine archaeology! As with Location: Community Center
all our First Saturday programs, admission will 126 Madison Ave.
be FREE to both the Portsmouth Naval Fort Eustis, VA 23604
Shipyard Museum and Lightship Portsmouth! Time: 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Sponsor: The Virginia Department of Historic Resources Contact: (757) 878-4123 x295
Location: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
2 High Street & London Slip (Foot of London OCTOBER 16 & 17 - STRATFORD
Street) Site Tour Learn about Archaeology at the Oval Site at
Portsmouth, VA 23704 Stratford Hall Plantation, a mid-18th-century
farm quartering complex. Tour by Prof.
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm Douglas Sanford, Univ. of Mary Washington,
includes many show-and-tell artifacts.
Contact: Katie Barnes (757) 393-8591 Sponsor: Robert E. Lee Memorial Assn, Stratford Hall
barnesk@portsmouthva.gov Plantation
Web: www.portsnavalmuseums.com Location: Stratford Hall Plantation
483 Great House Road
Stratford 22558
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2- JAMESTOWN Westmoreland Co.
Site Tour, Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Day Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Exhibit, Public archaeology at the original 1607 James
Kid's Fort site by Preservation Virginia Contact: (804) 493-8038
Program & archaeologists. Archaeology walking tours
Hands-On conducted by staff archaeologists who tell the
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 - FORT EUSTIS
Archaeology story of the rediscovery of the James Fort site.
Open House The Fort Eustis Archaeology Program will
Simulated archaeology for kids in our Dig Box
share what they do and how they manage,
program. Artifact Quest keeps kids busy in the
protect and preserve over 200 archaeological
Archaearium archaeology museum as they
sites on an active US Army installation.
locate and identify specific artifacts.
Speakers: Christopher L. McDaid, Cultural
Sponsor: Preservation Virginia and the National Park Resources Manager; Patrick Barry, Field
Service Director; Courtney Birkett, Field Archaeologist.
Location: Historic Jamestowne
Sponsor: Fort Eustis CRM Program
1368 Colonial Parkway
Jamestown, VA 23081 Location: Mathew Jones House
Fort Eustis, VA 23604
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Time: 12 noon to 4:00 pm
Contact: Tom Patton (757) 229-0412
tpatton@preservationvirginia.org Contact: Time: (757) 878-4123 x295
Web: www.historicjamestowne.org
OCTOBER 28-31 - WILLIAMSBURG
Joint Annual Eastern States Archeological Federation and
Meeting Archeological Society of Virginia:
presentations, Jamestown and Chippokes S.P.
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7. tours, business meetings, banquet (keynote Contact: (888) 593-4682 toll-free
speaker Dr. Doug Owsley, NMNH, (757) 253-4838
Smithsonian Institution) Web: www.historyisfun.org
Time: Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning
Location: Clarion Hotel Historic District ONGOING IN WILLIAMSBURG
351 York St., Williamsburg 23185 Exhibit Werowocomoco: Seat of Power: Artifacts
757-229-4100 spanning 10,000 years from Werowocomoco,
Sponsor: Archeological Society of Virginia site of the capital of the Powhatan Indian
chiefdom at the time English colonists arrived
Web: www.asv-archeology.org , http://www,esaf- in Virginia in 1607, are on exhibit for the first
archeology.org time in a museum setting. A selection of
archaeological objects from the collections of
TIDEWATER REGION ONGOING EVENTS the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
ONGOING IN WILLIAMSBURG complements the Werowocomoco material.
Exhibit Jamestown Settlement Galleries Chronicle The importance of this location, which has been
the nation's 17th-century beginnings in Virginia the subject of archaeological research since
in the context of its Powhatan Indian, English 2001, in Virginia Indian history and its role in
and African cultures. On exhibit is early contact between Powhatan and English
archaeological material from Paleo- to cultures is explored in the exhibition.
Woodland-period Virginia Indian sites, Sponsor: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
including an early 17th-century Paspahegh
town in close proximity to the English Location: Jamestown Settlement
settlement at Jamestown, and from 17th-century Route 31 South & Colonial Parkway
colonial sites, including possibly the earliest (GPS: 2110 Jamestown Road)
slave quarter found in Virginia. Williamsburg, VA 23185
Sponsor: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Jamestown Settlement Contact: (888) 593-4682
Route 31 South & Colonial Parkway (757) 253-4838
(GPS: 2110 Jamestown Road) Williamsburg, Web: www.historyisfun.org
VA 23185
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm daily
Contact: (888) 593-4682 toll-free
(757) 253-4838
Web: www.historyisfun.org
ONGOING IN YORKTOWN
Exhibit Yorktown's Sunken Fleet features the Betsy, a
ship sunk during the 1781 Siege of Yorktown.
The Betsy, a British troop transport, was the
subject of an underwater archaeological
excavation in the 1980s. Among objects
exhibited courtesy of the Virginia Department
of Historic Resources are regimental buttons
that led to the identity of the ship. Items
ranging from barrel parts to dining utensils
provide insight into daily life and work on
board a ship during the Revolution.
Sponsor: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Location: Yorktown Victory Center
Route 1020 & Colonial Parkway
(GPS: 200 Water Street)
Yorktown, VA 23690
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm daily
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8. WESTERN REGION Forest, VA 24551
Time: Tours begin at 11:15, 12:15, 1:15 and 2:15
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13- ROANOKE
Lecture Community Action, Archaeology and Oral Contacts: Jacl@poplarforest.org ;
History: Collective Efforts to Document the Octavia@poplarforest.org
Slave Cemetery at Kentland Plantation. 434-525-1806; 434-534-8105
Web: www.poplarforest.org
Sponsor: The Roanoke Chapter of the Archaeological
Society of Virginia
Speaker: Tom Klatka, Archaeologist with the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources
Location: Hollins Branch Library
6624 Peter's Creek Rd.
Roanoke, VA 24019
Time: 7:00pm
Contact: Joey Moldenhauer (540) 397-5639
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28- ROANOKE
Lecture Archives, Graves and Bulldozers: Tips for
Finding, Documenting and Protecting
Cemeteries: Audiences will learn about a
regional survey of cemeteries, as well as tips for
documenting and protecting cemeteries. We
will also explore the value of cemetery records
for tracing family histories and learn about
Dead on the Web, an online research tool
available to anyone. This is a free event with
light refreshments.
Sponsor: History Museum of Western Virginia
Speaker(s): Tom Klatka, Archaeologist with the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources
Location: One Market Square SE, 3rd Floor
Center in the Square
Roanoke, VA 24011
Time: 7:00pm
Contact: Manager Carolyn Payne
(540) 342-5770
& Jeanne Bollendorf
(540) 342-5570 (Museum)
(540) 224-1229 (Jeanne)
manager.hswv@cox.net
Web: www.history-museum.org
OCTOBER 9 - POPLAR FOREST
Tours: Tours of the archaeological site and lab will be
led by Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
archaeologists Jack Gary, Eric Proebsting and
Lori Lee. They will share their latest
discoveries.
Location: Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
1542 Bateman Bridge Rd.
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9. guide visitors to sites where we have worked
CAPITAL REGION during several past summers, including a slave
cemetery, and will discuss our archaeological
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2- RIDGEWAY understanding of the dynamics of Jefferson's
Monticello plantation
Hands-On Gravely Graves: Kids and adults can join a
Archaeology VMNH educator at the Gravely Nature Sponsor: Monticello
& Kid's Preserve. Participants will hike on the Jone's
Program Cliff trail through the preserve to the Burgess Speaker(s): Walking Tours: Fraser Neiman, Director of
Family Cemetery located on the property. The Archaeology; Sara Bon-Harper, Archaeological
group will do a cemetery "scavenger hunt" Research Manager; Derek Wheeler, Research
using the information on the headstones. Archaeologist; Don Gaylord, Archaeological
Participants should meet at the picnic shelter at Analyst
3:00pm. There will be a fee of $5.00 each. Lab Open House: Karen Smith, Curator of
Archaeological Collections and Beth Cities &
Sponsor: Virginia Museum of Natural History Archaeological Analyst
(Partnering with the Dan River Basin
Association) Location: Monticello's Archaeology Lab
Route 53/Thomas Jefferson Parkway
Speaker(s): Robin Jensen, Youth Education Coordinator at Charlottesville, VA 22902
the Virginia Museum of Natural History
Location: Gravely Nature Preserve Time: Walking Tours: 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm
Eggleston Falls Road Lab Open House: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Ridgeway, VA 24148 Contact: Karen Smith (434) 984-9871,
ksmith@monticello.org
Time: 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Web: www.Monticello.org
Contact: Educator (276) 634-4188
Tena Bullins (276) 634-4185 CAPITAL REGION ONGOING EVENTS
discover@vmnh.virginia.gov
(No phone on location) ONGOING IN RICHMOND
Web www.vmnh.net &, Exhibit Story of Virginia: Come and see Virginia's
www.danriver.org/Recreation/Parks-GNP.htm History at the Virginia Historical Society
Exhibit. Free guided tours are available. Please
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2- PALMYRA book inn advance for guided tours.
Exhibit Old Farm Day is a condensed annual county
fair. FCHS will have a tent/display; Sponsor: Virginia Historical Society
archaeology will be highlighted with a display
concentrating on cemeteries this year. Rain date Location: Virginia Historical Society
is October 3rd. 428 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220
Sponsor: FCHS (Fluvanna County Historical Society)
Contact: (804) 358-4901
Location: Pleasant Grove Farm
Route 53 Web: http://www.vahistorical.org/storyofvirgiinia.ht
Palmyra, VA 22963 m
Contact: (434) 589-9405
ONGOING IN RICHMOND
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm Hands-On History Box Programs The "History of
Archaeology Boxes" contain reproductions of artifacts,
diaries, letters, documents, and photographs
OCTOBER 22 & 23- PALMYRA found in The Story of Virginia: An American
Open-House Monticello Archaeology Lab Open House Experience exhibit.
& Walking and Plantation Landscape Walking Tour:
Tour The lab will feature displays of recently Sponsor: Virginia Historical Society
excavated artifacts with interpretations of our
Contact: Caroline Legros, school programs coordinator
current work. Interpretive walking tours of
(804) 342- 9652
Monticello's vanished plantation landscape will
clegros@vahistorical.org
last about an hour and a half and cover some
Web: http://www.vahistorical.org/education/educatio
rough terrain. Monticello archaeologists will
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