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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...
by gwffoundation | Sep 24, 2019 | Archaeology, Foodways, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
In this video, curator Meghan Budinger and archaeologist Laura Galke discuss how small things like eating utensils recovered archaeologically reveal big things about the Washington...
by gwffoundation | Sep 19, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Porcelain is the king of all ceramics. As resilient as it is beautiful, porcelain has long fascinated many people. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), the Chinese began exporting porcelain to Europeans, who coveted the precious dishes to the point that porcelain...
by gwffoundation | May 9, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Washington family
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, Archaeologist Mara Kaktins, Ceramics & Glass Specialist at The George Washington Foundation, presented a lecture titled “Drinking with the Washingtons: Archaeological Evidence of Colonial Imbibing at Ferry Farm.” Mara explored a wide...
by gwffoundation | Apr 17, 2019 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Recently, archaeologists at George Washington’s Ferry Farm came across an odd glass fragment in our collection. We poured over it, passing it from person to person trying to figure out what it was. Then came the ‘ah-ha’ moment: it was a gun barrel. That’s odd,...
