Archaeology Program at Sweet Briar College

Lecture: Oct 3 at 6pm (Tyson Auditorium)

A Sweet Survey: archaeological investigations at the Sweet Briar Plantation
Given by Dr. Lynn Rainville

Learn more about a multi-year project to survey archaeological sites located on the Sweet Briar Campus (formerly an ante-bellum plantation landscape).

Left and above: A campus map depicting archaeological sites discovered during the survey (mapped using a GIS program, after taking coordinates in the field with a hand-held GPS unit).
 
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