Dust pan, whisk broom, Marshalltown trowel, ca. 1971-1980

Taft Kiser and Charley Hodges excavate the Bake Oven feature, 44PG82

Leverette Gregory investigates a delicate feature at the fort site, ca.1974

Sifting (dry screening) dirt for beads at the fort site, ca. 1979

Field school students record details of a feature, ca. 1973-1975

William and Mary student Jim Miller shovels at the fort site, ca. 1974

Tools of the Trade

Shown above are examples of some of the tools and instruments used by archaeologists during their excavations at Flowerdew Hundred in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the tools are different from what archaeologists use today; others have changed very little. Contemporary archaeologists use trowels, shovels, picks, toothbrushes, and screens, in much the same way as seen in these images to remove dirt carefully and investigate changes in soil color and texture.