by Georgia Delamar Public archaeology was the topic this week for field school students at Poplar Forest. The students were able to gain first hand experience in public archaeology during […]

This week’s lessons focused on the landscape of Poplar Forest Field. Field school students had lectures and readings on various topics related to understanding and interpreting Thomas Jefferson’s retreat home […]

By Katie Harris This week’s lectures and field work have revolved around the ways archaeology can fill the holes in our knowledge regarding the culture and personal lives of those […]

By Savannah Weaver This week’s topic for the Field School students at Poplar Forest was material culture. Material culture deals with artifacts, landscapes, buildings, and even words, all of which […]

By Adam Macbeth 2017 Summer Research Intern   Poplar Forest’s 2017 field school began on a rainy June 5th. The students spent the first day receiving a tour of the […]

By J. Ogborne When Poplar Forest archaeologists excavated the area that had once been the kitchen in Jefferson’s Wing of Offices, they found two cast iron grates. The kitchen, and […]

By: Joshua Ritzman and Anne Poulos This week we continued working at Sites A and B, the potential location of a slave cabin and a stable. Remains of the building’s […]

My name is Amanda Phelps, and I am the archaeology lab intern for January 2014. I am a senior at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, with a major in Anthropology […]

By: Keisha Stoots On a sunny June morning, the 2014 Archaeology Field School students began our six week course at Poplar Forest. During this initial week, we focused on locating […]

by Samantha Fagone Week 2 of the Archaeology and Field school was full of new material as well as excitement for the upcoming field trip to Monticello that was to […]

By Emily Patton Smith Week 3 has seen an end to our relatively agreeable weather, as both heat and humidity—and an occasional afternoon thunderstorm—become more commonplace. However, our efforts are […]

By: Ryan Hodges Field Work: As we continue to uncover more of the carriage turnaround we are revealing much more of the area where we may potentially be able to […]