Resources
Archaeology Laboratory Library
The Library located in the archaeology lab in Combs Hall is a great resource for anyone who is researching archaeology in general, the history of the greater Fredericksburg area, material culture, and particular archaeological sites of the area, state, or even specific sites located out of the Commonwealth of Virginia for which we have information. Our library contains reference books, identifications guides, scholarly journals, newsletters, and cultural resource management reports. Please feel free to contact us at umwarchaeologylab@gmail.com for specific reference material you may be looking for!
Reference Holdings
The reference section contains numerous books and publications that serve as research resources on particular subjects such as archaeology, material culture and history. We have printed materials related to the following:
- Architecture
- Arms/Artillery
- Sears and Roebuck Catalogs
- Ceramics
- Clay Tobacco Pipes
- Early American Life
- Faunal Identification
- General Archaeological Reference
- Glass
- International Topics in Archaeology
- Metals
- Native American
- Period Tools & Trades
- Underwater Archaeology
- Botany
- Government Publications
- Thesis, Dissertations, and Conference Publications
Professional and Academic Journals and Newspapers
The following is the list of professional and academic journals and/or newsletters that are included in our library.
- American Antiquity
- American Archaeology
- American Journal of Archaeology
- Anthronotes
- Archaeology Assistance Program Technical Briefs
- Archaeology
- Archaeology of Eastern North America (ESAF)
- Archaeology and Public Education
- Athena Review
- The Classical Journal
- Conservation & Management of Archaeological Sites
- Common Ground
- Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology
- CRM
- CRM: The Journal Heritage Stewardship
- Discovering Antiques
- Eighteenth Century Life
- Federal Archaeology Report
- The Germanna Record
- Historical Archaeology
- History: The Journal of the Historical Association
- Journal of African History
- Journal of Anthropology
- Journal of Ceramic History
- Journal of Field Archaeology
- Journal of Garden History
- Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology
- Journal of Roman Archaeology
- The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology
- The Journal of Southern History
- The Magazine of Albemarle County History
- Man in the Northeast
- Maryland Archaeology: Journal of the Archaeological Society of Maryland, Inc.
- Maryland Historical Magazine
- Material Culture
- Northeast Historical Archaeology
- Notes on Virginia (Virginia Department of Historic Resources)
- PAST: Pioneer America Society Transactions
- Popular Archaeology
- Post-Medieval Archaeology
- Quarterly Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Virginia
- SHA Newsletter (Society for Historical Archaeology
- Journal of the Society of Historical Archaeology
- Technology and Conservation
- The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
- West Virginia Archaeologist
- Winterthur Portfolio
Cultural Resource Management Reports
A major portion of our library consists of Cultural Resource Management reports. Several reports are associated with CRM projects conducted by our Center for Historic Preservation between the years of 1993 and 2006. Other reports are related to sites and projects within and outside the state of Virginia. To find out if we have a particular CRM report, please contact us!
Center for Historic Preservation Reports
The following is a list of all of the counties and cities included in the
Center for Historic Preservation CRM Report Collection:
- Botetourt County, Virginia
- Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- Fauquier County, Virginia
- Frederick County, Virginia
- Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Hanover County, Virginia
- Henrico County, Virginia
- King George County, Virginia
- Montgomery County, Virginia
- Orange County, Virginia
- Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Stafford County, Virginia
- St. Mary’s County, Maryland
- Westmoreland County, Virginia
Virginia CRM Reports
The following is a list of the counties, cities, or locations within Virginia that are included in our Virginia CRM Report Collection:
- Albemarle
- Alexandria
- Arlington
- Augusta
- Bath
- Botetourt
- Buckingham
- Caroline
- Charles City
- Charlotte
- Chesterfield
- Clarke
- Craig
- Culpeper
- Dinwiddie
- Fairfax
- Fauquier
- Frederick
- Fredericksburg
- Germanna
- Gloucester
- Halifax
- Hampton
- Hanover
- Henrico
- Highland
- James City
- King and Queen
- King George
- King William
- Leesburg
- Loudoun
- Matthews
- Middleburg
- Montgomery
- Norfolk
- North Hampton
- Orange
- Page
- Prince George
- Prince William
- Richmond
- Roanoke
- Rockingham
- Russell
- Shenandoah
- South Hampton
- Spotsylvania
- Stafford
- Staunton
- Strasburg
- Surry
- Sussex
- Tazewell
- Warren
- Washington
- Waynesboro
- Westmoreland
- Wicomico
- Williamsburg
- Yorktown
Out-of-State CRM Reports
Other than Virginia, our library has a large amount of CRM reports from nearby states. The following is a list of states or countries that are included in the
Out-of-State CRM Report Collection:
- Alabama
- Canada
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
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