Can You Dig It? Archaeology at Mount Vernon
2,008 views · Published 14 May 2013 · 3:06 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: George Washington's Mount Vernon · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism
The Mount Vernon Archaeology Department hosted students from Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, OH for a special, one-time program on April 25-26, 2013. This program represented the culmination of a semester long class in which students read about and were tested on archaeology around the world as far back in time as ancient Egypt. Through a series of early morning Skype sessions, PowerPoints, videos, and written assignments Mount Vernon archaeologists introduced the Hoban High seniors to the nuts and bolts of how historical archaeology gets done. During their visit to Mount Vernon, these seniors took part in the beginning stages of a multi-year archaeological dig in the South Paddock - the fenced in area located just south of Mount Vernon's Lower Garden - where records indicate it was not only the site of an 18th century carpentry shop and a 19th century ice house but other structures as well.
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