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 […]

By: Bella Kilper This past summer I had the pleasure of serving as the Summer Research Intern for the archaeology department at Poplar Forest. Having just graduated with my Bachelor […]

By: Erin Schwartz On July 14, Poplar Forest’s 32nd Annual Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology drew to a close. While students had learned many valuable skills in the field and […]

By: Alyssa Moorman Week 6 has come to an end, and the Poplar Forest Archaeology Field School 2023 has officially been completed. The week started with a lecture on Industrial […]

By: Taylor Gantzert At the beginning of the fifth week of Poplar Forest’s field school, students learned about the tools that archaeologists use to categorize and analyze the data collected […]

A Trip to Colonial Williamsburg and Historic Jamestowne By: Nicole Finnigan While the focus of the first half of the week was on digging our units and learning about flotation, […]

By Rose Hill (the happy Texan): In this week of the field school, we began each morning with a series of lectures by Dr. Proebsting on the topics of landscape […]

By: Gill Batt This week, field school started with a tour of Monticello on Monday. The group listened to a lecture and toured the house along with the grounds. The […]