by gwffoundation | Nov 28, 2018 | Archaeology, Civil War, Lives & Legacies
Old, crushed, and rusted food cans in and of themselves aren’t terribly interesting, at least not to me. But when the can contains 150-year-old bullets, it becomes very interesting indeed. Recently, while going through our artifact collection database, I came across...
by gwffoundation | Oct 26, 2018 | Archaeology, Foodways, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Twenty years ago, archaeologists digging at George Washington’s Ferry Farm unearthed the remains of a mid-eighteenth century kitchen. It was immediately obvious from the state of the artifacts that this kitchen had not simply fallen into to ruin and been abandoned –...
by gwffoundation | Apr 19, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
“THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE!” ACCOMPLISHED AT LAST! THE EFFICACY OF ELECTRICITY!! Nearly all Diseases Effectually Cured by BOYD’S MINIATURE GALVANIC BATTERY! This is the opening pitch of an 1879 advertising circular for a popular medical medallion called a...
by gwffoundation | Apr 11, 2018 | Archaeology, Furniture, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Let’s do our tacks! I know you’ve been dreading doing your tacks, and putting it off as long as you could, but time is running out. It is time to do our tacks, friends. Whether iron alloy or copper alloy, tacks provide important clues to the presence of upholstered...
by gwffoundation | Mar 30, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Mara Kaktins, archaeology lab supervisor at George Washington’s Ferry Farm, explains the weird patination on some glass artifacts excavated by our archaeologists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZIUGL_kC4?ecver=1 For other “Inside the Archaeology...
