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Title
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Archaeology at Gunston Hall
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Description
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Artifacts from the larger of two pits including a bottle seal with George Mason's initials and the date 1760, a cowrie shell from the Caribbean, and pieces of petrified wood found in sub-floor pits where slave dwellings used to stand. Cobbles from the smaller of the two pits set vertically and in a spiral pattern
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Creator
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Photo of Artifacts by Mariam Aburdeineh, archaelogical dig and cobble photo by David Shonyo.
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Spatial Coverage
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Gunston Hall
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Bibliographic Citation
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Mariam Aburdeineh. “From Archaeology to Artistic Representations, Mason Students Help Reveal the Stories of the Enslaved at Gunston Hall.” George Mason University News, February 22, 2023. https://www.gmu.edu/news/2023-02/archaeology-artistic-representations-mason-students-help-reveal-stories-enslaved.
