posting a couple things to this empty account as notes for myself
#pubarch = u know
#scicomm = a broader scientific version of the above
#digiarch = digital method and practice in archaeology
#indigarch = Indigenous critiques of and Indigenous-centered approaches to archaeology
#histarch = archaeology of the historic period
#crmarch = contract/cultural resource management archaeology
#femarch = feminist perspective in archaeology
Montpelier's archaeology lab is open to the public Mon- Fri. throughout September.
Guests can talk with our expert #archaeologists, see real #artifacts found at Montpelier, and learn how instrumental #archaeology is to everything we know about Montpelier.
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
Ever want to participate in a real #archaeology dig?
Join Montpelier's Archaeology Dept. Oct.15-20 for our #publicarchaeology program!
You will work side-by-side with professional #archaeologists on actual #archaeological research sites at Montpelier.
Experience the excitement of uncovering #artifacts & features that have been buried for 2+ centuries! This is a perfect program for #families to experience together.
Learn more, https://www.montpelier.org/visit/excavate-field-expedition
This morning, while digging a pod of shovel test pits at the Overseers House on the Home Farm, one of our field interns Alyssa came upon this great example of a coat button with the shank still intact!
#digmontpelier #historicarchaeology #virginiaarchaeology #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
Greenstone projectile point identified from the Overseer's House site.
A small number of #ProjectilePoints have been recovered this season, (including those crafted of quartz, flint, and greenstone) revealing how much of Montpelier's #landscape was integral to life in the #Manahoac and #Monacan nations before #colonization.
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
Wet plate #photographer Greg Farley visited @montpelier_Arch!
He stopped by the #Archaeology site & took a #photo of the #DigMontpelier field crew.
Greg will be at Montpelier for #ConstitutionDay this Sept!
#archaeologist #wetplatephotography #Photography #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
Ever want to participate in a real #archaeology dig?
Join our incredible Archaeology Dept. this Oct. for our #publicarchaeology pgrm!
While digging through Madison-era deposits, you will experience the excitement of uncovering #artifacts & features that have been buried for 2+ centuries!
This is a perfect program for #families to experience together.
#pubarch #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
#sschat #histodons @academicchatter
The Memorialization Project was featured this morning on #7newsdc!
View the full interview with Rev. Larry Walker, President of the Montpelier Descendants Committee, here https://wjla.com/good-morning-washington/montpelier-memorialization-project
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch #Descendants
What types of #artifacts can be found through #MetalDetecting?
Here is a #collection of artifacts found during #surveys at Montpelier.
This helps locate & refine sites for #excavations, date sites & understand how ppl used them in the past.
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1. Two large cent coins c. 1793-1798
2. A sherd of combed Staffordshire Slipware
3. A fancy brass alloy buckle
4. The bowl of a lead spoon
5. Hand wrought nail, rose head, pointed tip
6. Brass alloy watch key with anchor decoration
This 18th-century chess set was added to the decorative art collection after Montpelier's #archaeology team uncovered tiny fragments of similar #chess pawns in the South Yard.
They closely match pawns from types of sets sold during ca. 1780-1810, including this ‘Washington Pattern” set (named because George Washington owned one!)
#InternationalChessDay #Chess #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch
#Archaeology has helped us learn much of what we know about the people who lived at #Montpelier.
But how do #archaeologists know where to #dig?
Read what methods archaeologists use to identify where to dig & learn how you can uncover #artifacts at Montpelier with the Archaeology Department!
➡️https://digitaldoorway.montpelier.org/2020/02/11/how-do-you-know-where-to-dig/?utm_content=bufferdfb84&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
Next week is the highly anticipate historic cooking prgrm with nationally-renowned culinary expert, Jerome Bias!
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Tune into our Stories & socials April 12-15 & plan to visit Montpelier for a live cooking demonstration on April 15!
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
In the late summer '19, the Montpelier #Archaeology Dept began #excavations at a 19th-c Overseer's House site within James Madison's Montpelier.
Learn more about the Overseers site, here https://buff.ly/439YLDo
This project is funded by a National Endowment for Humanities Collaborative Research grant.
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
Join us for the April Lunch & Learn with #archaeologist Dr. Terry Brock!
Terry is the Dir. of CHARG & works at Wake Forest U. as the Mgr of Archaeology & Research at the Wake Forest Historical Museum & is a Part Time Asst.Teaching Prof. w
The Cultural Heritage & Preservation Prgm.
Join us for “We have enriched it with our blood and tears” Debating Citizenship and Colonization, and Archaeology at Montpelier"
https://buff.ly/3ztqwsP
⭐ WE’RE HIRING!⭐
Join this award-winning team of dedicated #archaeologists at Montpelier.
You will be a part of a mission & value driven #team, carrying out all elements of the archaeological process to improve the understanding of the cultural resources of Montpelier- the home & #plantation.
Learn more➡️https://buff.ly/3lXUSgv
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
🙌 WE’RE HIRING!🙌
Join this award-winning team of dedicated #archaeologists at Montpelier.
This #paidinternship includes housing on site at Montpelier + an opportunity to apply for the yr-long #internship prgrm w. the Montpelier Archaeology Deptt.
➡️https://www.montpelier.org/jobs
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
#hiring #hiringnow #newjob #nowhiring #Community #museums #Virginia #WorkVA #Jobs #FindAJob #JobOpening #WorkWithUs
#OTD in 1797, James Madison wrote to his father, “I hope Moses has finished my Waggon: if not pray instruct him to do so.”
Learn more about Moses & his work as a blacksmith at Montpelier’s Naming Project,
https://buff.ly/3aOVvTy
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
An enslaved worker at Montpelier left his or her fingerprints on this brick.
The small size of fingerprints typically found on bricks suggests that women or children were among the enslaved brickmakers.
A number on the brick shows that it was the end of a day’s run.
📸 by staff member, Zeb Gray
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #AmericanHistory #OurHistory
Montpelier's #Archaeology Field School application deadline is March 1st!
Apply today!
https://www.montpelier.org/archaeology/field-schools
#pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch #Internship #paidInternship
#sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter
Save the date! 🗓️
The next Archaeology Lunch & Learn will be on Feb. 15 at noon.
This month, join University of Maryland Ph. D. candidate and former Montpelier employee Elizabeth McCague, to discuss "The Search for Historic Horses in the Archaeological Record."
#archaeology #horses #record #history #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch #crmarch #femarch
