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May 9, 2012

A New Discovery on Mulberry Row (Slightly Wonkish)

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Earlier this year, Monticello's archaeology team located the remains of a previously undocumented building on Mulberry Row. The new find consists of a brick paving that served as the floor of a log structure whose walls have left no visible trace. Only the northern edge of the paving has been excavated. Archaeologists unearthed it at the bottom of a 20-foot long test trench excavated across Mulberry Row to establish the depth of the Jefferson-era ground surface.more »

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Hi, We advertise all openings in the archaeology department here on the Monticello website: http://www.monticello.org/site/about/jobs . Our most frequent openings are for experienced...more »

Fraser D. Neiman – Director of Archaeology, Monticello Staff
August 3, 2011, 12:17 pm on Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies
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Hi Jeff, You are absolutely right – the walls around the Rachel Levy grave site were several feet taller in 1984, when the photo of archaeological excavations at the site was taken, than they are today. How come? The story starts in 1809 when Thomas Jefferson built a house for...more »

Fraser D. Neiman – Director of Archaeology, Monticello Staff
June 27, 2011, 1:02 pm on A Housing Revolution