by gwffoundation | Jun 5, 2015 | Archaeology, Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Each summer, archaeologists from across the United States come to George Washington’s Ferry Farm for about two months of excavations on and around the site of Washington’s boyhood home. These are their stories. On weekdays, see Ferry Farm’s...
by gwffoundation | Apr 24, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists sometimes recreate technology from the past to understand how people lived. This is called experimental archaeology. When archaeologists at George Washington’s Ferry Farm found glue residue on sherds of Mary Washington’s china, they...
by gwffoundation | Mar 18, 2015 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
At George Washington’s Ferry Farm we’ve just wrapped up a ceramic mending project. We explain how and why we undertake these mending projects in this post. Our most recent effort focused on Westerwald stonewares owned by the Washington family. Stoneware is a...
by gwffoundation | Feb 25, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
What do archaeologists do with the broken ceramic and glass artifacts after these objects have been excavated, cleaned, and catalogued? They are cool to look at but what do these little pieces actually tell us about the past? How can we use them to understand the...
