by gwffoundation | Aug 14, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Native American
Many visitors to George Washington’s Ferry Farm are surprised to learn that about a quarter of the 750,000 artifacts excavated by Ferry Farm’s archaeologists were created by Native Americans. However, given that indigenous people were living in the land we call...
by gwffoundation | Nov 23, 2015 | Archaeology, Lives & Legacies
Archaeologists at Ferry Farm regularly find evidence of ‘expedient’ tool making by Native Americans. These quickly-made tools were created for a single, immediate job and, once used, just discarded. In this video, we break off a flake of obsidian and use...
