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Abigail Phelps-If at First You Don’t Succeed: Type, Type Again!
An archaeological lab can be a fascinating place to work. Much of my time in lab has been spent taking heaps of dirty, unidentified artifacts from an excavation and making them clean, labeled, and carefully stored. In the midst of … Continue reading
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Lizzie O’Meara- Field School 2018: A Retrospective
This summer, I had the opportunity to join the University of Mary Washington on my very first field school under the guidance of Dr. Lauren McMillan. We partnered up with St. Mary’s College of Maryland working on the Rappahannock Indigenous … Continue reading
Jessica Roberts – Past, Present, and A Shark’s tooth
Over the past five weeks, the UMW archaeology field school, under the direction of Professor McMillan, has been conducting Phase I and II survey work with Dr. Julia King and her crew from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. While we … Continue reading
Delaney Resweber – Schnitting isn’t a Baked Good (although I wish it was)
In the wise words of Dr. McMillan, what separates an archaeologist and a random guy digging holes is the process of diggings and documenting the units properly in order to make interpretations about the site; “our interpretations are only as … Continue reading
Archer Long – Thriving and Striving at Stratford Hall
Signing up for field school this summer has led to many amazing opportunities. One of the biggest surprises was the opportunity to stay at Stratford Hall Plantation. Stratford Hall, built in 1738, is best known as the birth place of … Continue reading
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Lilly Salamone – This first week of field school was a ton of fun!
I had some experience volunteering in the UMW archaeology laboratory beforehand, but I was excited to expand it by working in the field. I did not really know what to expect, as the only experience with archaeology I had before … Continue reading
Lizzie O’Meara – Archaeology: Can you dig it?
The week of May 21st, 2018 marked my first week of field school with the University of Mary Washington. While the thought of getting to experience actual real world archaeology was an exciting one, I could not help but feel … Continue reading
Caleigh Sullivan – The Story Behind the Stone
A cemetery, representing the material culture of death, reflects change in style, ideology, and identity of individuals and of societies. Researchers perform cemetery analyses to determine spatial organization, questions of religion, class, status, ethnicity, and the rise and fall of … Continue reading
Olivia Larson- Hard Work and Self Medication on a Jim Crow Era Farm
When viewing an artifact for the first time, often it looks like nothing too special. However, after further investigation (and a lot of cleaning) something that once appeared insignificant can create an interesting story. One such artifact is a small … Continue reading
