It's the last week of the season for our Plantation Archaeology Walking Tour! Join us for a 90-minute walking tour to explore how we use archaeology to better understand the plantation and the lives of those who lived and labored at Monticello: bit.ly/3FHsZDd

Missed last week's Site 30 livestream update? You can watch it (again and again!) at the link below! 👇

Hosted our 1st of many Digital Learning Experiences! Great to talk w/ 3rd-6th graders about our work at Mcello, share how we do archaeology, & how it helps us understand the past! Educators, go here to learn about upcoming DLE's for your school groups bit.ly/3NtIbIg.

Come work w/ us! We're looking for an archy lab intern this Spring semester. This will be a paid, 12-wk. internship, 6-10 hrs/wk, $15/hr. This internship is geared towards undergrads pursuing a career in archaeology. Find more info and apply: bit.ly/3GZvocV

📣 Job announcement! Come work with us in the field this summer!

Looking to take an archaeological field school this summer? The Monticello-UVA Field School will be held from June 3-July 12. Undergrads, grads, and postgrads welcome. Deadline is April 8. Come learn with us! Check out info here: bit.ly/3EfuYy9

Archaeology at Monticello reconstructed these two mugs from broken sherds found during the 1980s excavations in the Dry Well. Made between 1720-1805 in Staffordshire, England and then imported to the colonies, the vessels were likely used as chocolate mugs. ☕ ❄️

Join us this summer for our annual archaeological field school! Monticello will offer successful applicants half-tuition scholarships and $1,000 stipends. Deadline to apply is April 8, 2024. Learn more: monticello.org/fieldschool

Like other enslaved field laborers at Monticello, Minerva Granger and the details of her life were left out of the documentary record. As a result, we use archaeology to learn more about the individuals who labored on Jefferson's 5,000-acre plantation: bit.ly/3UFNWqS

📣We're hiring in the field and lab! Check out the details here: monticello.org/thomas-jeffers…