2020 Virtual Field School
Every day during the 2020 Virtual Field School, from June 1 to 30, we will post pictures from that same day from the past 19 summers at the Berry site. We will also include some special features throughout the month, so keep an eye out for those. Check out the Berry Site Field School Facebook Page to leave comments and memories!
2010. Emma Richardson, Kate Lane, and Merritt Eller removing backfill to begin new excavation.
2010. Dave Moore teaching field school students how to “throw dirt.”
2012. Kathryn Kipfer just dumped sifted dirt on the backdirt pile.
2012. Abra Johgart removing fill from previous years’ excavation.
2012. Henry and Erik Rodning hiding in the grass during a field trip to Caldwell County.
2015. Field School students practicing their dirt-throwing technique.
2015. The field school crew removing grass from new excavation units.
2015. Michael Thorpe posing with wheelbarrow.
2015. Kathryn Kipfer beginning to remove plowzone from a new square on the first day of field school.
2015. Dave Moore setting up a new excavation unit with Eddie White.
2015. Green-glazed Spanish potsherd.
2019. EJF volunteers removing plowzone before the field school starts.
2019. Some of the wonderful EJF volunteers who work at the Berry site during the fall and spring.
EJF volunteer holding a pipe fragment.
2010. Ally Gardner, Maureen Vaughan, and Ashley Raines screening dirt.
2010. Maureen Vaughan holding a projectile point.
2010. Emma Richardson cutting a profile.
2010. Casey Monahan holding an axe preform.
2014. Katheryn Kipfer and crew measuring a unit.
2014. The crew eating popsicles during a break from the heat.
2014. Crew working over the fort.
2014. Travis Williams cutting a profile and Kathryn Kipfer screening in the foreground. Lots of hard work happening in the background.
2015. Kastyn Matheny, Michell Gilman, Erin Bloodgood, and Hannah Hoover screening for artifacts.
2015. Lizzie Kidwell and Caroline Borders digging plowzone.
2015. Caroline Loveland, Susanna Pyatt, Brenda Hughs, Ross Campbell, and Ryan Westerbeck screening.
2015. Jamie Adair, Allyson Lohaus, and Eddie White digging plowzone.
2015. Michael Thorpe and Hannah Hoover viewing the rainbow outside the Wall Center.
2010. Danica Sagona digging plowzone under David Heavner’s supervision.
2014. Field School students practicing synchronized dirt throwing.
2010. Plowzone excavation near the Spanish houses.
2010. Emma Richardson, Merritt Eller, and Dub Hord excavating plowzone.
2010. Virginia Hamilton and Rachael Bissell taking elevations with the transit.
2010. Casey Monahan, Kate Lane, Ashley Raines, and Danica Sagona screening.
2013. Cori Hill holding a stone drill.
2013. Students learning the dirt throwing technique.
2013. Dave Moore holding a possible Spanish nail.
2014. Rob Beck shows students the previous year's moat excavation.
2014. Clare Rasmussen tossing dirt into the screen.
2014. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2014. Abbey Kathan holding a large lead shot.
2015. Rachel Briggs teaches about pottery at the Wall Center.
2015. Students washing artifacts on a rainy day.
2019. Jules Harper-McCombs, Robert Mills, Lia Purdy, Nathaniel Glasgow, and Alex Ardagna excavating plowzone.
2013. Dave Moore teaching new students the art of throwing dirt.
2015. Erin Bloodgood holding a clay disk.
2015. Jamie Adair and Michell Gilman washing artifacts at the Wall Center.
This day in field school history:
Today was the first day of field school in 2018. It was not the first day of field school in 2001, but the start of the second week. According to Chris Rodning's notes from 2001, "It was warm today, and a quick rainstorm gave us a chance to huddle under the tent right after lunch until it passed."
2001. Dave Moore troweling a unit.
2001. Chris Rodning spraying a unit for a photograph.
2015. Allyson Lohaus and Hannah Hoover digging plowzone.
2018. Tom Green screening with Erik and Leif Rodning.
2019. Clay pipe fragment.
2001. Caroline Ketron digging with Will Spoon and Jeremy McFalls screening.
2010. Kate Lane and Danica Sagona troweling.
2010. Helen Albea, Maureen Vaughan, and Jackie Kauza cutting profiles with Candy Wilson and Casey Monahan screening.
2010. Crew photo at the end of week 1!
2013. Dave Moore & Fern Hoffmann holding clay pipe fragments.
2013. Crew excavating over the mound.
2014. Kathryn Kipfer and Cori Hill digging plowzone.
2014. Jessica Titlebaum digging trench 2 in the Spanish moat.
2014. Clare Rasmussen and Caroline Borders screening.
2015. Caroline Loveland holding two pieces of carved soapstone.
2018. Erik Rodning holding a projectile point.
2019. Jules Harper-McCombs, Lia Purdy, & Silvia Tecum digging with Nathaniel Glasgow, Henry Rodning, Alex Ardagna, & John Brigandi screening
2001. Students covering a unit with plastic.
2001. Crew taking notes in the shade.
2001. Crew troweling.
2003. The crew eating under the lunch tents.
2003. The crew finding shade for lunch.
2012. Dave Moore orienting students to the Berry site.
2012. The crew is happy to be troweling!
2013. Josh Strickland and Elizabeth Greer digging plowzone.
2013. Crew excavating plowzone.
2014. Clare Rasmussen, Caroline Borders, & Jessica Titlebaum screening.
2014. Bruce & Darren Harris cutting profiles.
2014. Rob Beck inside trench 2 of the Spanish moat.
2015. Austin Chatillon-Reed holding a projectile point.
2015. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2017. David Watt and Katie DeMarrais flatshoveling.
2017. Hannah Hoover, Tony DeVita, Ashley Coke, & Kathryn Kipfer cutting profiles.
2017. Lyn Howe & Mark Hendrick digging, Michelle Pigott, Ryan Wallace, & Isaac Davis screening.
2018. Rachel Briggs holding a celt fragment.
2018. Jane Geiger holding an iron nail.
2012. Dave Moore showing students the corner of Structure 3 and a large feature outside the structure.
2018. Students excavating plowzone over the fort.
2012. Lauren Williamson cutting a profile.
2017. Ryan Wallace, Lyn Howe, and Isaac Davis removing plowscars over the Spanish moat.
2019. Nicole Bagley, Jenna Bracas, and Michelle Call digging plowzone and Tom Green screening.
2001. Chris Rodning ready at the screen.
2001. Emily Dale and Rachel Horne troweling.
2001. Watermelon break!
2003. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2011. Dylan Lynch holding a projectile point.
2011. Micah Spencer holding a projectile point.
2012. Kayla Lozy holding a clay disk.
2013. Caroline Loveland, Fern Hoffmann, and Dave Moore troweling.
2013. Kathleen Sipe digging plowzone with Chris Lee and Cori Hill screening.
2013. Josh Strickland and Carmon Schietzelt sorting artifacts at the Wall Center.
2014. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2014. Potsherd with handle.
2016. Dave Moore orienting students to the midden between the fort and the Spanish houses.
2017. Excavating over the mound/midden (not sure exactly where this is).
2018. Mandy Posgai, Keith Donahoe, Jane Geiger, and Julian Shagene washing artifacts at the Wall Center.
2018. Lead shot found during washing at the Wall Center.
2019. Michelle Call, Michelle Pigott, Erik Rodning, and Linda Finley screening.
2001. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2001. Dave Moore photographing a unit.
2002. The Berry site field.
2002. The edge of Structure 1.
2010. Casey Monahan holding a soapstone disk.
2010. Rachael Bissell excavating a posthole filled with potsherds.
2011. Kathryn Kipfer holding a clay disk.
2011. Soapstone disk.
2012. Kayla Lozy, Dub Hord, and Jean Bruce screening.
2012. Crew excavating plowzone.
2013. Bailing water after a storm.
2013. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2016. Excavating plowzone.
2016. Pam Orita, Jalynn Stewart, Caroline Borders, and Chelsea McGuinn screening.
2017. Decorated pipe bowl fragment.
2018. Julian Schagene, Isaac Davis, and Rob Beck digging with Denise Folz, Robert Mills, and Mandy Posgai screening.
2018. Robert Mills holding a piece of a celt.
2018. Jane Geiger, Guinevive Halstead-Johnson, and Scott McRae screening.
2019. Students sorting and washing artifacts during a rainy Friday.
2019. Group photo outside the Wall Center at the end of week 1!
2010. Ally Gardner & Helen Albea removing a plowscar.
2009. Corey White, Abra Johgart, and Dave Moore lay unit nails.
2017. Crew troweling the north side of the fort and moat.
2018. Morgan McKinney and Rachel Briggs digging plowzone over Structure 9.
2001. Rachel Horne and Zoe Kieffer-Norris excited about a potsherd.
2009. Crew excavating plowzone.
2009. Crew screening.
2010. Emma Richardson, Kate Lane, and David Heavner triangulating a unit.
2010. Merritt Eller excavating Feature 145.
2010. Feature 145, a posthole filled with potsherds and 1 large rock.
2011. Ally Gardner and Emma Richardson troweling.
2012. Kathryn Kipfer and Erik Bolling removing plowscars while Abra Johgart measures a balk.
2012. Jean Bruce holding a clay pipe stem fragment.
2015. Kathryn Kipfer, Michael Thorpe, and Kim Mendala examining an artifact.
2015. Caroline Loveland and Ryan Westerbeck cutting a profile.
2015. It's pizza night! and Ryan Westerbeck's birthday!
2016. Pam Orita holding a projectile point
2016. Projectile point.
2017. Ashley Coke and Keith Donahoe screening.
2018. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2019. Weekend hike on a drizzly day.
2003. Structure 1, Zone 2, Level 2.
2003. Top of Feature 25, a trash pit.
2009. Emma Richardson instructing plowscar removal.
2010. Danica Sagona tossing dirt into the screen.
2010. Emma Richardson and Candy Wilson excavating postholes.
2010. Jaimie Lux and Rachael Bissell screening.
2011. Shaun Lynch mapping.
2011. Ally Gardner, Micah Spencer, and Dylan Lynch with transit.
2014. Crew excavating plowzone over the fort.
2014. J.D. Kurman holding a soapstone pipe stem.
2014. Check out the depth of the Spanish moat! That's over 2 meters, or almost 7 feet!
2015. Crew excavating over the fort.
2015. Kim Mendala, Kathryn Kipfer, and Michael Thorpe troweling over Feature 226, the faint circular stain in the middle of the photo.
2016. Crew excavating north of the fort.
2016. Beautiful chert projectile point.
2017. Crew working over the north end of the fort.
2017. Liam Gardiner holding a clay pipe fragment.
2009. Three projectile points and a carinated vessel fragment.
2014. Rob Beck taking a break from cleaning inside the Spanish moat.
2015. Kastyn Matheny troweling over the clay pad in the fort; Allyson Lohaus, Kim Mendala, Hannah Hoover, & Rachel Briggs screening.
2009. Corey White, Travis Williams, and Ally Gardner removing backfill over Structure 5.
2010. Candy Wilson mapping the plan view; Emma Richardson teaching Jackie Kauza, Helen Albea, and Maureen Vaughan about mapping profiles.
2013. Projectile point.
2016. Jamie Adair and Kathryn Kipfer flat shoveling over Structure 8.
2019. Robert Mills, Michelle Pigott, and Jules Harper-McCombs setting up the total station.
2019. Crew excavating plowzone 1 (light colored dirt) and plowzone 2 (dark colored dirt) over Structure 9.
2003. Structure 1, Zone 2, Level 3. This is the same unit photographed June 9th, but there are more burned timbers and a potsherd visible.
2009. Crew removing backfill over Structure 5.
2010. Danica Sagona holding a projectile point.
2011. This unit has two concentrations of burned corncob, several interesting postholes, and a large feature in the bottom left corner.
2011. Crew photo at the end of week 1!
2013. Dave Moore holding a piece of drilled soapstone and a large potsherd.
2014. Rob, Chris, and Dave need some shade! J.D. Kurman and Jessica Titlebaum hold a shade sheet.
2014. Megan Gray holding a projectile point.
2014. J.D. Kurman and Jessica Titlebaum using the transit to take elevations.
2014. Emily King holding a clay pipe bowl.
2015. Kathryn Kipfer presents info about the fort during a rain day.
2016. Crew excavates plowzone north of the fort.
2016. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2017. Projectile point.
2017. Group photo at the end of week 1!
2019. Shannon Boyne and Malik Frost cutting a profile.
2019. Nathaniel Glasgow, Lia Purdy, Alex Ardagna, and Abra Johgart troweling for a photo.
2001. Crew at work over the Spanish houses.
2001. Crew excavating plowzone.
2003. Rob Beck and Caroline Ketron mapping Structure 1.
2003. Students with an iron nail.
2003. Karla Evans and Crickett Hefner troweling a unit.
2003. Digging plowzone over Structure 3.
2009. Welcome Back! sign with the old field house in the background.
2009. Eating dinner at the Wall Center.
2010. Dave Moore talking about Structure 4.
2010. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2012. Kathryn Kipfer and Henry Rodning with a snake.
2012. Shaun Lynch cutting a profile.
2013. Caroline Loveland, Elizabeth Greer, and Fern Hoffmann screening.
2013. Clay disk.
2014. Stephen McKee holding a small lead shot.
2014. Small lead shot held by Stephen McKee.
2017. Melissa Timo holding a quartz projectile point.
2018. Robert Mills, Matt, Julian Schagene, and Katherine Matthews excavating plowzone.
2018. Yaohan Wu, Regina Boroch, Sterling Hall, and Scott McRae digging plowzone 1 over Structure 9.
2019. Emma Bilski cutting a profile with Jeff Koch and Melissa Grijalva-Foreman screening.
2019. Chris Harrison holding a clay pipe.
2015. Kenna Libes holding the rim of a pot.
2001. Scott Ashcraft, Will Spoon, & Caroline Ketron troweling.
2001. Crew working in various locations.
2002. Emily Dale and Caroline Ketron troweling the corner of Structure 1.
2002. The corner of Structure 1.
2003. Feature 25, sections 1 & 2 excavated.
2007. Annie Blankenship and Lotte Govaerts excavating Structure 5.
2007. Johanna Vasek and Caroline Ketron with a potsherd from Structure 5.
2009. Jessica Dalton-Carriger and Abra Johgart cutting a profile.
2012. Crew finishes up troweling.
2012. Abra Johgart, Nate Horne, Kathryn Kipfer, and Lauren Williamson learning how to map on the new Toughbooks.
2013. Chris Lee, Kathleen Sipe, and Johnny Steinbock troweling over the moat.
2014. Clare Rasmussen & Travis Williams cutting profiles.
2014. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2015. Kastyn Matheny, Jamie Adair, Katie DeMarrais, & Hannah Hoover troweling.
2015. Jill Elfers, Kastyn Matheny, and Michell Gilman playing with stone axes.
2015. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2017. Flying a drone over the site.
2017. David Watt and Mark Hendrick digging plowzone.
2018. Heather Lapham and Steve Davis excavating inside the fort.
2019. Alex Ardagna, Jules Harper-McCombs, Lia Purdy, & Nathaniel Glasgow troweling.
2019. Michelle Pigott, Charlie Patton, Jim Hunt, & John Hambrick troweling the top of Structure 9.
2002. Eastern edge of Structure 3.
2013. Iron nail.
2014. Clare Rasmussen & Emily King washing artifacts at the Wall Center.
2017. Michelle Pigott and the total station.
2001. Unit with the south half of Feature 23.
2007. Crew excavates Structure 5.
2008. The crew meets in the shade.
2008. Preparing to photograph the corner of Structure 1.
2011. Crew excavating plowzone.
2011. Eli Clare holding a projectile point.
2012. Claire Woerner, Nate Horne, and Lauren Williamson troweling.
2013. Carmon Schietzelt, Abra Johgart, Josh Strickland, & Claire Woerner finishing up troweling.
2016. Amanda Bates holding a clay pipe.
2017. Drone picture of plowzone excavation.
2018. Sterling Hall, Steve Davis, and David Heavner waterscreening.
2018. Heather Lapham and Abra Johgart examine artifacts at the waterscreening station.
2018. Michelle Pigott tossing dirt into the screen.
2019. Flatshoveling over Structure 9.
2019. Melissa Grijalva-Foreman, Shannon Boyne, John Sims-Jones, Malik Frost, & Jess Reid troweling over the fort.
2002. Group photo!
2010. Danica Sagona & Dub Hord excavate plowzone while the Western Piedmont students get oriented to the site.
2010. Emma Richardson, Jackie Kauza, and David Heavner excavating plowzone.
2011. Dave Moore cutting a watermelon.
2011. Crew at work excavating postholes, flat shoveling, and screening.
2011. Projectile point.
2012. Jean Bruce, Claire Woerner, Lauren Williamson, and Jessica Dalton-Carriger excavating postholes.
2012. Group photo with the newly delivered Fort San Juan stone!
2013. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2013. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2016. Chris Rodning spraying unit for photograph. Notice the interesting feature and the surrounding stains.
2016. Chris Dunn, Becca White, and Kathryn Kipfer working over Structure 8.
2016. Setting interior unit nails.
2017. Structure 7 and the northern section of the moat as seen from the air.
2018. Scott McRae and Brooke Buchelle waterscreening.
2018. Excavating plowzone.
2018. Group photo at the end of week 2!.
2019. Excavating over Structure 9.
2019. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2001. Scott Ashcraft spraying Structure 1.
2001. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2009. General work photo.
2009. Western Piedmont students removing backfill over Structure 5.
2009. Casey Monahan, Travis Williams, and Ally Gardner flat shoveling.
2009. Corey White holding a projectile point.
2010. Andy Whitener tossing dirt into the screen, Wesley Whisnant and Candy Wilson screening.
2010. Danica Sagona, Helen Albea, and Merritt Eller troweling.
2010. Group photo for week 3!
2011. Kathryn Kipfer and Dylan Lynch excavating postholes.
2011. David Heavner and Micah Spencer washing artifacts.
2012. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2015. Kim Mendala and Michael Thorpe excavating Feature 226.
2015. Hannah Hoover & Lane Ledford digging, and Allyson Lohaus, Kastyn Matheny, & Rachel Briggs screening.
2016. Chris Rodning measuring unit.
2016. Becca White holding 2 projectile points.
2017. Ashley Coke and Kathryn Kipfer mapping the north end of the moat.
2018. Ryan Wallace preparing the drone.
2018. Matt and Scott McRae digging plowzone over Structure 9.
2018. Pipe stem.
2007. Merritt Eller & Johanna Vasek excavating Structure 5.
2012. Dave Moore, Erik Bolling, Shaun Lynch, and Kayla Lozy troweling.
2008. Annie Blankenship and Andrea Glenn using the total station.
2011. Kathryn Kipfer excavating a cluster of burned corncobs.
2016. Amanda Bates and Michael Thorpe removing a large carinated potsherd.
2003. Week 2 group photo!
2008. Emma Richardson and Lorie Hansen digging, Elizabeth Martin and Robert Paganuzzi screening.
2010. Emma Miller holding a clay pipe.
2010. Caroline Ketron and Dustin McConnell digging plowzone.
2010. Sara Byerly and Ramona Williams washing artifacts.
2010. Joy Laws and David Heavner washing artifacts.
2011. Natasha Vang and Dylan Lynch troweling.
2011. Mapping and posthole excavation.
2014. Cutting profiles, mapping, and excavating plowzone over the fort.
2014. Excavations over the fort.
2014. Lane Ledford, Katherine Matthews, Tyler Smith, and Sara Ma screening.
2015. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2015. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2015. Kastyn Matheny, Chris Rodning, and Ryan Westerbeck mapping.
2016. Chelsea McGuinn, Caroline Borders, and Meta Daniel troweling.
2016. Henry Nimey, Hannah Hoover, and Katherine Matthews troweling over the clay pad inside the fort.
2016. Large carinated bowl fragment.
2002. Edge of Structure 1.
2003. Top of a pit feature, Feature 38.
2008. Merritt Eller, Elizabeth Martin, and Trevor Martin digging.
2008. Elizabeth Martin and Robert Paganuzzi digging.
2009. Chris Bridgeman digging, Jessica Dalton-Carriger, Amanda, Kate Lane, and Rita Yeada screening.
2009. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2010. Captain Ahab and the crew move Moby Dick.
2010. David Williams holding a projectile point.
2010. Excavating near Structure 4.
2011. Ally Gardner, Shaun Lynch, and Kathryn Kipfer troweling, Micah Spencer digging plowzone.
2011. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2013. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2013. Caroline Loveland and Fern Hoffmann mapping postholes south of the fort.
2014. Abra Johgart and Caroline Borders flat shoveling.
2014. Pieces of cut mica.
2015. Hannah Orr holding a projectile point.
2016. Jamie Adair holding a lead shot.
2016. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2019. Crew troweling over Structure 9.
2019. The troweling crew with Structure 9.
2019. University of Michigan students screening.
2002. Structure 1 entrance trenches.
2003. Caroline Ketron troweling Structure 1.
2008. Plowzone excavation.
2009. Shawn Massey holding a rim sherd.
2009. David Cranford holding the pump hose.
2010. Merritt Eller, Kate Lane, Rachael Bissell, Danica Sagona, and Helen Albea troweling.
2010. Three projectile points.
2010. Caroline Ketron tossing dirt up to Dub Hord at the screen.
2012. Cydney, Erik Bolling, and Jason starting a new unit.
2012. Fort San Juan Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century: plaque dedication.
2012. The Berry family during the Colonial Dames dedication ceremony.
2013. Caroline Loveland and Fern Hoffmann mapping a profile.
2014. Excavations over the fort.
2015. Rachel Briggs, Hannah Orr, and Hannah Hoover troweling.
2017. Group photo at the end of week 2!
2018. Michelle Pigott and Isaac Davis removing plowzone over Structure 9.
2018. Abra Johgart and Denise Folz mapping fort unit, Heather Lapham and Steve Davis starting new fort unit.
2019. Excavating over Structure 9.
2019. Jenna Bracas, Michelle Pigott, and Kaitlyn Lowrance holding copper bangles found in plowzone over Structure 9.
2008. Alex Griswold holding a stone drill.
2001. Will Spoon spraying Structure 1.
2003. Pumping water out of the units.
2006. Stomping down the back dirt pile.
2006. Excavating plowzone over the structures.
2007. Troweling Structure 5.
2007. Rob Beck, Linda Wall, and Linda Hall discussing Structure 5.
2008. Group photo at the end of Week 3!
2009. Excavating plowzone near structures.
2012. Katie Wilson, Erik Bolling, Jean Bruce, & Carol screening.
2013. Three projectile points.
2013. Kathryn Dunn, Lane Ledford, & John Frelick digging plowzone.
2014. Megan Gray, Clare Rasmussen, & Dave Moore flat shoveling over moat.
2014. Plowzone excavation near the fort.
2015. Savannah Mandel, Hannah Hoover, Jill Elfers, Caroline Loveland, & Abra Johgart troweling over the moat.
2015. James Skidmore, Katherine Matthews, & Allyson Lohaus troweling inside the fort.
2015. Troweling over the southwestern corner of the moat.
2017. Cutting profiles.
2017. Crew cutting profiles.
2018. Rachel Briggs, Liam Gardiner, & Randall Eskew digging plowzone over Structure 9, Laurie & Matt screening.
2018. Heather Lapham and Steve Davis excavating inside the fort.
2018. Brooke Buchelle & Liam Torres digging plowzone, Isaac Davis & Rebecca Eskew screening.
2019. University of Michigan field school!
2019. Martin and Celia measuring the depth of a unit inside the fort.
2019. Erik Rodning, Dexter Carhart, Jenna Bracas, & Jules Harper-McCombs screening.
Today, June 20, 2020, was scheduled for the 20th Annual Field Day. While we can't have field day at the Berry site this year, we are still posting pictures of excavations from the past 20 years, as well as a special feature from our site directors.
This day in field school history:
Today was Field Day in 2015.
2001. Caroline Ketron excavating Feature 20.
2007. Lotte Govaerts, Merritt Eller, & Crickett Hefner mapping Structure 5.
2007. Hannah Humphrey holding an iron nail.
2001. Group photo at the end of week 4!
2002. Group photo!
2003. Troweling subsoil.
2003. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2008. Crew troweling Structure 1.
2008. Crew troweling Structure 1.
2011. Eli Clare spraying a profile.
2012. Lauren Williamson, Kathryn Kipfer, & Jessica Dalton-Carriger excavating a pit feature.
2013. Iron clothing fastener.
2013. Excavating plowzone.
2014. Group photo at the end of Week 3!
2015. Rob Beck shows the fort to visitors on Field Day.
2015. Dave Moore talks to visitors on Field Day.
2016. James Skidmore holding a projectile point.
2018. Heather Lapham and Steve Davis excavating a fort unit.
2018. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2019. Alex Ardagna and Martin excavating a fort unit.
2019. Riding the bus!
2001. Chris Rodning showing Paul Mantia, Jared Garland, and Niki Reese how to map.
2001. Traveling ice cream stand at the Berry site!
2004. Bent iron nail.
2005. Bailing!
2010. Danica Sagona and Rachael Bissell screening.
2011. New students practice throwing dirt.
2012. Dave Moore demonstrating flat shoveling.
2013. Group photo with the southern edge of Fort San Juan.
2013. The excited faces of site directors Rob Beck, Dave Moore, and Chris Rodning after identifying the moat around Fort San Juan.
2013. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2014. Rob Beck explains the fort to visitors on Field Day.
2016. Marci Turgeon, John Craig, Tyler Michael, & Henry Rodning screening.
2016. Tossing dirt into the screen.
2017. Chris Rodning teaches from the ladder.
2019. Troweling Structure 9.
2019. Troweling Structure 9.
2019. Martin, Celia, and Alex Ardagna holding cord marked potsherds from inside the fort.
2019. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2006. Washing artifacts at the waterscreening station.
2014. Field Day visitors viewing the excavated portion of the moat.
2001. Feature 23, an artifact rich pit feature, prior to excavation.
2001. Chris Rodning beginning to excavate Feature 23.
2004. Screening with lots of roots and grass.
2005. Triangulating the corners of a new unit.
2007. James Berry, Pat Berry, and Rob Beck.
2007. Group photo!
2009. Troweling the top of Feature 107.
2010. Joy Laws and Ramona Williams washing artifacts.
2011. Excavations continue.
2011. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2012. Early glimpse of the moat, before it was identified.
2012. Group photo at the end of week 3!
2013. Dave Moore talking to visitors on Field Day.
2015. Excavating plowzone over fort.
2016. Flatshoveling over the fort.
2016. Chris Zwetz, Carmen Valdes, and Kathy Zwetz holding an iron nail.
2017. Michelle Pigott and Ashely Coke mapping inside Structure 7.
2017. Crew troweling the north end of the fort.
2017. Structure 7 (posthole outline), moat (right), and clay pad (center). Structure 7 and clay pad are inside Fort San Juan.
2018. Crew with moat (foreground) and Structure 7 (middle).
2019. Rachel Briggs gives a tour on Field Day.
2004. Edge of Structure 1.
2005. Projectile point in a posthole.
2006. Group photo!
2008. Plowzone excavation.
2008. Structure 5 (mostly excavated, left), and Structure 1 (partially excavated, right).
2009. Lorie Hansen, Hal Robinson, and Ben Webb troweling.
2010. Andy Whitener and Maureen Vaughan excavating a feature.
2010. Rachael Bissell and Danica Sagona with water sprayer.
2011. Excavating plowzone.
2014. Sara Ma holding an iron nail.
2014. Jared, Stefani Riggs, and Stephen McKee screening.
2015. Rob Beck digging plowzone, students screening.
2016. Katherine Matthews and Hannah Hoover cutting a profile.
2016. Cutting profiles north of the fort.
2017. Excavating over the mound.
2018. Chris Rodning talking to visitors on Field Day.
2018. Becky Garris talking to Field Day visitors about Catawba baskets.
2004. Chris Rodning helping Rob Beck tie a SpongeBob tie.
2004. Linda Wall holding stamped pottery.
2017. Ashely Coke, Michell Pigott, and John Craig with the total station.
2003. Notched timbers in Structure 1.
2004. Students cutting profiles.
2005. George spraying a profile.
2008. Dan Rousseau holding a soapstone pipe bowl fragment.
2009. Travis Williams, Jessica Dalton-Carriger, and Rachel Briggs excavating Feature 112.
2011. Melanie Franklin and Kathryn Kipfer screening.
2013. Mapping!
2014. Troweling moat and west of Fort San Juan.
2014. Brian Taylor holding a clay pipe.
2015. Troweling near Structure 6.
2016. Troweling Fort San Juan.
2016. Group with Fort San Juan.
2016. Troweling over Structure 8.
2016. Group photo at the end of Week 3!
2017. Field Day!
2019. Nick Kelley and Trevor cutting a profile.
2019. Sterling Hall and David Heavner waterscreening.
2019. Martin and Alex Ardagna excavating a unit inside the fort.
2015. Michael Thorpe on ladder.
2010. Troweling the edge of Structure 4.
2003. Caroline Ketron spraying Structure 1.
2004. Megan Best and Emily Dale processing a flotation sample.
2009. Travis Williams and Rachel Briggs cleaning Pisgah pottery in Feature 112.
2002. Feature 23 excavated quadrant.
2004. Dub Hord cutting watermelon.
2004. Group photo!
2005. Group photo at the end of Week 1!
2007. Dub Hord holding a projectile point.
2007. Rob Beck and Annie Blankenship excavation the iron scale in Structure 5.
2010. Playing Chunkey, a Native American game involving a Chunkey stone and spears.
2010. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2012. Nate Horne, Dave Moore, and Kathryn Kipfer discussing Feature 162.
2012. Western Piedmont students flatshoveling south of the fort.
2013. Starting a new unit over Structure 8.
2014. Excavating plowzone near mound.
2015. Katherine Matthews holding a clay pipe fragment.
2016. Visitors learning about Native American artifacts on Field Day.
2017. Group photo at the end of Week 3!
2018. Chris Rodning observing Heather Lapham and Steve Davis excavating postholes inside the fort.
2018. Excavating over Structure 9.
2018. Michelle Pigott, Carla Rodning, and Isaac Davis screening.
2019. Starting a new unit over Structure 10.
2019. Excavations over Structure 9 (foreground) and Fort San Juan (background).
2002. Feature 23, south half of south lobe excavated.
2003. Excavating plowzone near Structure 2.
2006. Bailing after rain.
2007. Dave Moore, Stan South, Jim Legg, and Rob Beck discussing the iron scale in Structure 5.
2008. Alex Griswold holding a projectile point.
2008. Gayle Fritz and Heather Lapham excavating Feature 103.
2009. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2012. Claire Woerner and Shaun Lynch excavating posthole feature.
2012. Claire Woerner holding a projectile point.
2013. Partially excavated trench in the moat (right), rock cluster (center), and troweling top of cultural deposit (top left).
2014. Troweling the southwest corner of Fort San Juan.
2014. Group with the southwest corner of Fort San Juan and Structure 6.
2014. Aerial view of the southwest corner of Fort San Juan.
2014. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2015. Jill Elfers and Meredith troweling.
2015. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2017. Spanish reenactor with an arquebus on Field Day.
2017. Arquebus firing on Field Day.
2018. Carla Rodning and Mia Jones screening.
2019. Digging plowzone over Structure 10.
2014. Troweling the south end of Fort San Juan.
2018. Steve Davis excavating a large posthole in the fort.
2003. Crew with Structure 3.
2005. Crew shoveling.
2006. Crew hard at work.
2007. Rob Beck and Caroline Ketron excavating Structure 5.
2008. Clay pipe from Feature 109.
2008. Group photo!
2011. Group troweling.
2012. Western Piedmont students mapping.
2014. Melted lead and a glass bead.
2015. Visitors tents during Brunch at Berry.
2015. Practicing with the arquebus during Brunch at Berry.
2016. Excavating the north side of the fort.
2016. Excavating north of the fort.
2017. Hannah Hoover, Michelle Pigott, and Isaac Davis Excavating a unit in the fort.
2017. Soapstone disk.
2018. Liam Torres and Isaac Davis flatshoveling south of the fort.
2018. Mia Jones holding a projectile point.
2018. Isaac Davis tossing dirt into the screen.
2019. Chipped stone scraper.
2019. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2012. Emma Thomas, David Heavner, and Breanna waterscreening.
2013. Rob Beck excavating moat.
2002. Feature 23, south lobe excavated.
2004. Excavating plowzone.
2006. Crew working.
2006. Edge of Structure 5.
2007. Bonnie McCarson holding a Spanish olive jar fragment.
2007. Danielle Baumgardner holding a soapstone pipe fragment.
2010. Danica Sagona showing Grady Pitts a large potsherd removed from a posthole.
2011. Ally Gardner holding a projectile point.
2012. Incised rim sherd from Feature 162.
2013. Noah Winslow holding a clay bead and a projectile point.
2013. Crew troweling over the moat.
2013. Crew with the southern section of the moat.
2016. Excavating plowzone over the fort.
2017. Susan Hall holding an iron nail.
2018. Crew troweling western edge of the fort.
2018. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2019. Emma Bilski, Kaitlyn Lowrance, Melissa Grijalva-Foreman, and Michelle Pigott troweling Structure 10.
2019. Kaitlyn Lowrance, Melissa Grijalva-Foreman, Emma Bilski, and Michelle Pigott troweling Structure 10.
2004. Rob Beck removing a large potsherd in Structure 1.
2006. Excavating plowzone.
2016. Troweling north of the fort.
2004. Excavating plowzone.
2005. Excavating plowzone around Structure 5.
2005. Troweling Structure 5.
2006. Troweling feature cluster.
2006. Gretchen Caverly, Peter Lanier, and Andrea Glenn excavating Feature 69.
2007. Excavating plowzone.
2007. Excavating plowzone.
2007. Group photo at the end of Week 2!
2011. Shelby Fields holding a projectile point.
2011. Berry site friends!
2012. Erik & Henry Rodning, Kathryn Kipfer, and Nate Horne around Feature 162.
2012. Feature 162.
2012. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2016. Students flatshoveling north of the fort.
2016. Students troweling near Structure 8.
2016. Caleb Ly holding a deer bone.
2017. Hannah Hoover and Isaac Davis excavating unit inside the fort.
2018. Students troweling.
2018. Brooke Buchelle and Abra Johgart mapping.
2010. Abra Johgart excavating Feature 145.
2008. Kevin Moody excavating.
2010. Ally Gardner excavating posthole.
2011. Dave Moore mapping in shade provided by Jay McCarraher and Chad Reep.
2004. Crickett Hefner outlining a feature.
2004. Allyson Atwood and Lotte Govaerts.
2005. David Heavner spraying the top of subsoil.
2006. Crew excavating 1x1s before constructing the shed.
2006. Johanna Vasek and Emma Richardson excavating Feature 69.
2006. Group photo!
2008. Dirt throwing lessons for the Western Piedmont students.
2008. Arden, Alex Griswold, Robert Paganuzzi, Rachel Briggs, & Dub Hord excavating.
2009. Feature 112, smashed pottery and deer mandible.
2009. Emma Richardson, Abra Johgart, Jocelyn Fleming, and Ally Gardner excavating Feature 107.
2011. Worked soapstone.
2011. Tamela Queen holding a biface.
2011. Excavating postholes.
2016. Morgan Bendzinski holding two chainmail rings.
2016. Troweling over Structure 7.
2016. Group photo at the end of Week 4!
2017. Group photo at the end of Week 4!