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Archaeological Field School at Work

  The 2009 Field School in Historical Archaeology is currently exploring the field near the Oval excavations in hopes of locating additional structures associated with the farm site there. Thirteen...

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2009 Field School Findings

  The 2009 Field School students departed on June 19 after 5 weeks of excavating in the field west of the Oval. Most of the test units are now backfilled, leaving just a few open for future study. The...

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Archaeology Intern

  Material culture, or the artifacts recovered from archaeological excavations, act as windows into the lifeways and mentalities of those who came before us. The act of unearthing something that hasn’t...

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Archaeology Field School at Stratford Hall

For five weeks in May and June, Stratford Hall is once again hosting a Field School in Archaeology in cooperation with the University of Mary Washington’s Department of Historic Preservation. Under the...

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What’s Cooking in the Kitchen?

  Well, there may not be anything stewing on the coals (yet!), but the kitchen is getting a makeover! I’m Brenda Hornsby Heindl, summer intern and recent graduate of the Winterthur Program in American...

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The curator takes Manhattan

  Greetings from New York City (above, a view of Rockefeller Center ice rink from my hotel).  I am currently on a scouting trip to New York during Americana Week – the time in late-January when all the...

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Summer camps at Stratford

Are you one of 70 million grandparents in the U.S. today? The average age of first-time grandparents is only 47, old enough to appreciate the rich heritage of our country and young enough to take an...

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2012 University of Mary Washington Field School in Archaeology at Stratford...

After 10 weeks in the field, another successful season of archaeology at Stratford Hall wrapped up earlier this month. Under the direction of Professor Douglas W. Sanford and assistants Andrew Wilkins,...

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