By: Charlotte Niblett & Ali Tierney This week at Poplar Forest, we’ve been busy with digging, lab work, and a public archaeology day! Last week, our work was at the […]

By: Abby Bonner & Angie Saenz Hey everyone! It’s Abby and Angie, checking in from Week 1 of Poplar Forest’s Archaeological Field School! This week has been a whirlwind of […]

Earlier this summer, Poplar Forest’s Department of Archaeology and Landscapes had the pleasure of hosting two interns as part of our Summer Research Internship in Historical Archaeology, Luke Garden and […]

By: Natalia Donia and Faith Jacob This week, students have been working on finishing their units to prepare for the end of field school. This included finishing up layers, collecting […]

By: Molly Young and Sarah Karhan This week was centered on public archaeology, with everyone eagerly anticipating the Fourth of July on Thursday. Starting on Monday, we began the day […]

By: Grayson Ross and Izzy Coupe At the end of the fourth week of classes, students went to Williamsburg and Jamestown to learn about other sites in Virginia. We began […]

By: Holly Bailey This week, the field school students received some fascinating lectures by Dr. Eric Proebsting and Karen McIlvoy about landscape archaeology, zooarchaeology, and the history and process of […]

By: Josie Schreiber and Collyn Fritz The archaeology of slavery was the main topic of our readings and lectures this week. We had a few brief lectures given by Poplar […]

By: Sarah Robinson and Colin Winner The beginning of this week saw the fourteen field school students arrive at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello early Monday morning. After a lecture on geoarchaeology […]

By: Emily Brophy This week, the 2024 field school at Poplar Forest is in full swing! Week 2 saw the completion of all of our units for this summer as […]

By: Ryan Guard and Jonathan Mayes On June 3rd 2024, fifteen enthusiastic students arrived for the beginning of the 2024 Poplar Forest Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology. After a […]

By: Brooks McCabe During this summer’s excavations at the 1857 Slave Dwelling, Poplar Forest archaeologists unearthed what looked like an indistinguishable iron fragment. After some cleaning, the artifact had recognizable […]