Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

6/1/1990 - 5/31/1991

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$86,500.00 (approved)
$86,500.00 (awarded)


Archaeology of the Landscape Design and Labor Community at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

FAIN: RO-22121-90

Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest (Forest, VA 24551-0419)
William M. Kelso (Project Director: October 1989 to September 1991)

To support the excavation and analysis of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Plantation, 1773-1823, 90 miles from Monticello. This project will compare questions of landscape design and labor systems in the two estates.