Mapping Gloucestertown

Summary

Decades of primarily compliance-driven archaeology at Gloucester Point has turned up dozens of buildings, hundreds of postholes, and numerous cultural features that document the rise and fall of this colonial port town and scene of two major military encampments and fort-building episodes. But this evidence has been recovered piecemeal, and it has been difficult to relate individual buildings and sites to town lots and their owners. Our current research involved extensive excavations along with mapping and integration of many previous archaeological projects in a GIS in order to better place the historic town on the landscape. By mapping the town, we can chart its rise and fall, uncover the major players in its development, and understand the impacts from two major military occupations.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• A Port Town in Conflict and Peace: Gloucester Town and the Forty-Third Year of Increasingly Complex Archaeology at Gloucester Point, Virginia   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2018

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 894