Jul 28, 2025

2025 Field School Week 6

By: Bethany Byrd and Aurora Summerlin As all good things must come to an end, this week was the final week of field school here at Poplar Forest. We spent […]


Jul 24, 2025

2025 Field School Week 5

By: Felix Haase and Thomas Hayman   Independence Day at Poplar Forest   This week at the Poplar Forest Field School was quite an eventful one, as most of them […]


Jul 21, 2025

2025 Field School Week 4 (Part Two)

By: Sam Brown and Quinn Fergusson Hi everyone! This past week, after many days hard at work on the grounds of Poplar Forest, the archaeology field school went on a […]


Jul 16, 2025

2025 Field School Week 4 (Part One)

By: Ben Solomon and Andrew Lineberry Ben and Andrew here! The topic of this week was landscape and environmental archaeology, which is the study of how humans shape and are […]


Jul 10, 2025

2025 Field School Week 3

By: Matthew Marsden & Wallace Payne Week 3 at the 2025 Poplar Forest Field School is complete, with a whole host of experiences to reflect on. From touring Monticello, Thomas […]


Jun 23, 2025

2025 Field School Week 2

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 […]


Jun 17, 2025

2025 Field School Week 1

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 […]


Jul 25, 2024

2024 Field School Week 6

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 […]


Jul 17, 2024

2024 Field School Week 5

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 […]


Jul 15, 2024

2024 Field School Week 4 (Part Two)

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 […]


Jul 9, 2024

2024 Field School Week 4 (Part One)

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 […]