Where Are the Human Remains?: The Washington Family

by gwffoundation | Oct 31, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

Ferry Farm’s tens of thousands of years of human habitation has provided archaeologists with nearly 800,000 artifacts to date, consisting of discarded items left by the people who lived on, worked, or visited this land. A question we often receive from visitors is...

Five Cool Ancient Artifacts Found at Ferry Farm [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Oct 21, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Native American

Fredericksburg is famous for its colonial and Civil War history – but what about before that history?  Decades of archaeological excavations at George Washington’s Ferry Farm have revealed millennia of human development and technology from pre-historic Native American...

When Games are Serious Business: Chunkey

by gwffoundation | Oct 17, 2019 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies, Native American

Sometimes games are just fun but sometimes games can make you or break you. This is the case with chunkey, a Native American game.  Invented around 600 AD by indigenous peoples of the Cahokia region (near modern day St. Louis, Missouri), chunkey was a popular game...

The Brick Building Where George Didn’t Sleep: A History of Ferry Farm’s Visitor Center

by gwffoundation | Oct 10, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

The Visitor Center at George Washington’s Ferry Farm is a lovely red brick colonial revival building with towering white columns and cool architectural details built in the 1960s.  What’s not to love?  The only problem with having a 20th century building that looks...

Experimental Archaeology: Making Cordage [Video]

by gwffoundation | Oct 7, 2019 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies, Native American

In this video, archaeologist Mara Kaktins demonstrates how Native Americans used plant fibers to make rope. See other experimental archaeology demonstrations during “ArchaeoFest: Exploring Ancient Technology” at George Washington’s Ferry Farm on...

Little George Goes to London [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Oct 4, 2019 | Lives & Legacies, Washington in the World

A staff member who works at George Washington’s Ferry Farm and Historic Kenmore recently vacationed in London.  Little George accompanied her and visited places related in some fashion to George Washington and his era as well as the city’s most popular tourist sites. ...