“The Dig” — Washington and Lee University’s Archaeological Field Methods course — starts Monday, April 20th at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Fourteen students and two faculty members will be working with Monticello archaeologists to excavate a site where Jefferson’s overseer, Edmund Bacon, lived c. 1806-1822.
In the long term our archaeological research will address issues of developments of race and class in the United States; in the short term we’ll blog our field experiences and finds — especially (fingers crossed) interesting artifacts!
Copper alloy thimble found at Jefferson's overseer's site, 4/17/09
W&L Archaeology Field Methods Course 