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Artifacts Unearthed
Students
in Longwood Seminar joined students from introductory and honors anthropology
courses in the dig. They marked the area into 40 by 4 foot trenches
then began the meticulous process of "lifting" four inches of soil,
carrying it to screens and sifting for artifacts. Archaeology Field
School Director Dr. Brian Bates and Professor of Anthropology Dr. Jim
Jordan supervised the process.
The
"first lift" uncovered square nails and other artifacts related to the
building. The "second lift" the next four inches of soil
yielded personal artifacts including a gold brooch, a silver thimble,
part of the porcelain face of a doll, metal buttons and tumbler glass,
common in drinking glasses of 100 years ago.
Plans
for the artifacts include a presentation in February during a Longwood
alumni event at the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts.
Treasures from the past: left - a sterling silver thimble; right - a pin with a decorative gold overlay. Photographs © Dennis Sercombe
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For
almost 100 years, students walked on the crushed shell, then gravel,
then concrete walkway from High Street to the Rotunda. 
