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After Digging: What Happens in the Archaeology Lab?

After Digging: What Happens in the Archaeology Lab?

by gwffoundation | Sep 10, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies

Here at Ferry Farm for the last 13 years, professional archaeologists have been exploring the local landscape, digging hundreds of excavation units in their quest to reveal the history of all those who lived here, including, of course, the Washington family.  Their...

Video: Inside the Archaeology Lab – Cataloging Artifacts

by gwffoundation | Sep 8, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies

Archaeologists spend much more of their time working to determine the significance of an object than actually finding the object through excavation. This analytical work is done in an archaeology lab. First, artifacts must be washed, which you can see here. Then, the...

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