Recent Archaeological Discoveries at James Monroe’s Ash Lawn-Highland
Author(s): Benjamin P Ford; Nick J Bon-Harper
Year: 2016
Summary
Longstanding questions about the main house at Ash Lawn-Highland prompted a Phase I archaeological study of the plantation’s domestic core and adjacent hilltop in 2014. This work revealed an area of interest just east of and adjacent to the 1870s wing. Phase II testing of this area in 2015 identified a substantial masonry foundation with partial basement. Associated material culture suggests that the structure dates to the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The projected architectural footprint broadly conforms with Monroe-era insurance policy descriptions. Current and future research on this early nineteenth-century structure may offer a revised understanding of the Monroe domestic complex.
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Recent Archaeological Discoveries at James Monroe’s Ash Lawn-Highland. Benjamin P Ford, Nick J Bon-Harper. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434626)
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Keywords
General
Ash Lawn-Highland
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James Monroe
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1793-1828
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 548