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We’re Digging!: A Preview of This Year’s Archaeology Excavation at Ferry Farm

We’re Digging!: A Preview of This Year’s Archaeology Excavation at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

It’s that time of year again! Actually, it’s past that time of year but better late than never! The annual summer archaeological dig at George Washington’s Ferry Farm – delayed like so many other things by the COVID-19 pandemic – has finally begun!  Ferry Farm’s...
We Really Dig History!: Summer 2019’s Excavation at Ferry Farm

We Really Dig History!: Summer 2019’s Excavation at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Sep 26, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

From late May through early August of 2019, archaeologists at George Washington’s Ferry Farm were busy working in the field again, excavating a block of 18 5’x5’ units located on the east side of the Washington house. It’s not obvious today, but the area...

Digging Ferry Farm – Laying in the Grid [Video]

by gwffoundation | Jun 3, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

Before digging, archaeologists must survey the land and place a grid on their dig site so they can locate artifact discoveries on the landscape and make maps and other records. In this video, Archaeologist Joseph Blondino of Dovetail Cultural Resource Group explains...
Archaeologists Dig History! [Photos]

Archaeologists Dig History! [Photos]

by gwffoundation | Sep 17, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

This summer out on the dig site, one of our archaeology interns sometimes wore a t-shirt that read “archaeologist (n): one who digs history.” In this album, you’ll see this year’s excavation crew — field director Steve Lenik, assistant...
We Really Dig History!: This Summer’s Excavations at Ferry Farm

We Really Dig History!: This Summer’s Excavations at Ferry Farm

by gwffoundation | Aug 22, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

Archaeological excavations at George Washington’s Ferry Farm have occurred nearly every summer since The George Washington Foundation purchased the property in 1996. The summer of 2017, when the majority of the replica Washington house construction was underway, was...
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