by gwffoundation | May 10, 2017 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
As work continues on the reconstructed Washington family home at Ferry Farm, we archaeologists are continuing to identify items that were owned by the Washingtons so we can eventually fill the reconstructed house with plates, bowls, glasses, and many other objects...
by gwffoundation | Feb 8, 2017 | Archaeology, Foodways, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Fads come and go. Such is life. Eighteenth century colonists were not immune to flash-in-the-pan trends. However, given that information traveled a bit slower before the digital age, in the 18th century a ‘quick trend’ may have lasted 10 or 20 years, instead of 10...
by gwffoundation | Feb 1, 2017 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
For the past year or so my focus here at George Washington’s Ferry Farm has been determining what types of ceramics were owned by the Washington family. Once we have this information we want to acquire accurate examples to place in the reconstructed house for all to...
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...
