by gwffoundation | Nov 5, 2015 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
This cuff link or ‘sleeve button’ – made in the mid 1700s – was recovered by archaeologists from George Washington’s boyhood home at Ferry Farm. It is one of the earliest examples of the Washington family’s resistance to King George III. What makes this sleeve...
by gwffoundation | Oct 7, 2015 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists are always trying to link artifacts with the actual people who lived at the sites we study. As such, we get very excited when we find artifacts with people’s names on them. It makes our job easy, right? So, imagine our elation when a small creamware...
by gwffoundation | Oct 5, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists sometimes recreate technology from the past to understand how people lived. This is called experimental archaeology. In this video, we recreate an earth oven and cook catfish in it. Watch our other experimental archaeology videos: episode one and...
by gwffoundation | Sep 23, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
In our age of weekly farmers’ markets, drive-thru smoothie shops, and 24/7 grocery stores, it can be hard to truly understand the importance of fruit to the average colonial Virginian. They, however, would have been well aware of how rare it was and of what it meant...
by gwffoundation | Sep 10, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Here at Ferry Farm for the last 13 years, professional archaeologists have been exploring the local landscape, digging hundreds of excavation units in their quest to reveal the history of all those who lived here, including, of course, the Washington family. Their...
by gwffoundation | Sep 8, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists spend much more of their time working to determine the significance of an object than actually finding the object through excavation. This analytical work is done in an archaeology lab. First, artifacts must be washed, which you can see here. Then, the...
