by gwffoundation | Nov 16, 2016 | Archaeology, Behind the Scenes, Collections Management, Lives & Legacies
Here on Lives & Legacies we’ve shown you a variety of important tasks that take place inside the Archaeology Lab at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. You’ve seen how we wash, catalog, label, and then mend vessels with archival glue. One goal of all this work is to...
by gwffoundation | Nov 10, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington, Lives & Legacies
Tantalizing evidence of historic furniture use exists within the soils of George Washington’s Ferry Farm and that evidence gives us a more complete view of how the Washington family lived in the 1700s. The hundreds of items archaeologists and students have uncovered...
by gwffoundation | Oct 31, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
The use of folk magic may seem foreign and exotic to many of us in the 21st century. If we look closer, though, it is apparent that some modern Americans still practice it today – even if they don’t realize it. Have you ever hunted for a four-leaf clover? Have you...
by gwffoundation | Oct 14, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
When you enter a museum you’re surrounded by cool stuff. Be it paintings, fossils, or ancient artifacts, they’re all special items that you’d be hard pressed to find elsewhere. But what if I told you that the cool objects you see on display in a museum are a mere...
by gwffoundation | Oct 4, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Sputniks and mutniks, flying through the air, Sputniks and mutniks, flying everywhere, It’s so ironic. Are they atomic? Those funny missiles have got me scared. -Lyrics from “Sputniks and Mutniks” by Ray Anderson and the Home Folks (1958) “Beep, Beep, Beep…”...
by gwffoundation | Sep 21, 2016 | Archaeology, Fashion in History, Lives & Legacies
The majority of what crosses my desk everyday as I catalog artifacts are items that would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascribe to any one person who lived on the land we call Ferry Farm. Architectural debris (brick, mortar, plaster, nails), food remains (oyster...
