Thomas Jefferson Poplar Forest Group
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Site Name Keywords
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest •
Site 37 •
Bateman Bridge Road
Site Type Keywords
Garden
Other Keywords
Charcoal Identification •
AMS Radiocarbon Analysis •
Phytolith Analysis •
Thomas Jefferson •
AMS Radiocarbon Dating •
14-093 •
15-022 •
15-075 •
16-010 •
12-061
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Woodland •
Late Woodland •
Euroamerican
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Ethnohistoric Research
Material Types
Dating Sample •
Charcoal •
Sediment •
Wood
Temporal Keywords
HISTORIC CONTEXT
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
Virginia (State / Territory) •
Bedford County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Bedford city (County) •
Bedford (County) •
Roanoke city (County) •
Botetourt County (County) •
Buena Vista city (County) •
Lynchburg city (County)
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CHARCOAL AND BOTANIC IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SAMPLE FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE/BATEMAN BRIDGE ROAD AT THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA (2016)
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The Front Entrance Survey, conducted in 2009 on Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest property in Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, detected an area with high concentrations of prehistoric artifacts. Charred nutshell and charcoal fragments collected from Feature E, exposed in Unit ER5700/1, were submitted for identification and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination.
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CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITE 37 AT THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA (2015)
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Site 37 lies on the property of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in the city of Forest, Bedford County, Virginia. Prior to construction of a new entrance road a site was detected on the western bank of Machine Branch, a small drainage that runs between the Upper and Middle Fields (Jack Gary, personal communication July 29, 2015). Three charcoal samples from two test pits were submitted for identification and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination.
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CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A SAMPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHWEST CURTILAGE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA (2015)
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Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is located in Forest, near the city of Lynchburg in Bedford County, Virginia. The current archaeological investigation of an area adjacent to the northwester quadrant of the curtilage (a 61-acre fenced space Jefferson built around his retreat house) was conducted prior to the construction of a new entrance road into the grounds. A single charcoal sample, collected from Layer C in the shovel test pit (ER7323) outside the curtilage, was submitted for identification...
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CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A SAMPLE FROM THE CARRIAGE TURNAROUND AT THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA (2014)
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Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is located near the city of Lynchburg in Bedford County, Virginia. Jefferson began construction of his private retreat house in 1806, finishing the octagonal portion of the house in 1809. The house is situated on the top of the hill and is surrounded by an ornamental landscape that was designed and planted by Jefferson. The current archaeological investigation within a carriage turnaround on the north side of the house is part of the landscape restoration (Jack...
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PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF JEFFERSON-ERA SEDIMENT FROM THE ORNAMENTAL LANDSCAPE AND CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A PREHISTORIC FEATURE AT POPLAR FOREST PLANTATION, BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA (2012)
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Ten phytolith samples were examined from a Jefferson-era layer in an area believed to be associated with a clump of ornamental trees and bushes planted in 1812 at the northeast corner of the octagonal house located at Poplar Forest plantation in Forest, Virginia. An oval flower bed planted with dwarf roses was established nearby. Four additional phytolith samples were taken from features directly associated with the ornamental tree clump and flower bed. For this study, phytolith analysis was...
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PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM GARDEN SPACES WITHIN THE CARRIAGE TURNAROUND IN FRONT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST RETREAT HOUSE, BEDFORD, VIRGINIA (2014)
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Outside of the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson constructed his Poplar Forest retreat house near the center of his Bedford County plantation in 1806. A large carriage turnaround in front of the north side of the main octagonal portion of the house, as well as the surrounding five acres of grounds, were planted with ornamental landscaping. A circular road lined with trees bounded the property. Archaeological investigations of the turnaround have exposed various features associated...