About DAACS

Based in the Department of Archaeology at Monticello, DAACS is a collaboration among archaeologists and institutions engaged in archaeological research in the Chesapeake region, the Carolinas, and the Caribbean. The institutions include Colonial Williamsburg, The Fairfield Foundation, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, James River Institute for Archaeology, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Mary Washington College Center for Historic Preservation/Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Department of History and Archaeology, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Mount Vernon, Nevis Historical and Conservation Society, North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Poplar Forest, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology,William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research, the Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, and the Department of Anthropology, DePaul University.

Project Manager

  • Jillian E. Galle

Project Director

  • Fraser D. Neiman
    Director of Archaeology, Monticello

Archaeological Analysts

  • Leslie Cooper
  • Jesse Sawyer
  • Karen Hutchins
  • Brian McCray

Digital Maps and Stratigraphic Analysis

  • Leslie Cooper
  • Jesse Sawyer
  • Derek Wheeler

Contributing Monticello Staff

  • Sara Bon-Harper
    Archaeological Research Manager
  • Elizabeth Clites
    Archaeological Analyst
  • Donald Gaylord
    Archaeological Analyst
  • Karen Smith
    Curator of Archaeological Collections
  • Derek Wheeler
    Research Archaeologist

DAACS Protocol Manuals

  • Jennifer Aultman
  • Jillian Galle
  • Nick Bon-Harper
  • Kate Grillo

Faunal Analysis

  • Joanne Bowen
    Curator of Zooarchaeology, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Steve Atkins
    Associate Curator of Zooarchaeology, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Information Technology Support

Emeritus Contributing Staff

  • Beatrix Arendt
    Archaeological Analyst, DAACS (2001-2007)
  • Jennifer Aultman
    Curator of Archaeological Collections, Monticello (2002-2004)
  • Kate Backich
    Director of Information Technology, Monticello (2000-2007)
  • Nick Bon-Harper
    Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2001-2004)
  • Sara Corker
    Field Assistant, Monticello (2003-2005)
  • Kate Grillo
    Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2001-2002)
  • Karen Hutchins
    Archaeological Analyst, Monticello (2005-2006)
  • Amy Newman
    Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2004-2005)
  • Henry K. Sharp
    DAACS Archaeological Analyst, Jamaica Team (2005-2006)
  • Leah Stearns
    Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2004-2005)
  • Kimberly Zawacki
    Archaeology Lab Manager, Monticello (2000-2002)

Acknowledgments

DAACS was funded by an initial 4-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2000-2004). In 2004 the Archive received a 3-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2005-2007) that provides for the addition of 22 new sites from the Chesapeake, the Carolinas and the Caribbean.

DAACS has received endowment support from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the form of a Challenge Grant (2001). In 2003 NEH designated DAACS part of its new We The People Initiative, which is designed to “explore significant events and themes in our nation’s history and culture and that advance knowledge of the principles that define America.”

We are grateful to Mr. John Cooke, Mrs. Linda K. Ford, Mr. John A. Griffin, Ms. Sonja Hoel and Mr. Thomas A. Saunders III for generous gifts to the DAACS endowment.

The Reed Foundation has provided generous support to the DAACS Caribbean Initiative in the form of scholarships and internships for students from the University of West Indies at Mona.

Additional funding and operating support has been provided by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello) and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.

Special thanks to:
Anna Agbe-Davies, Alison Bell, Sara Bon-Harper, Laurie Burgess, Greg Brown, Garrett Fesler, Barbara Heath, Dan Jordan, Julie King, Kelly Ladd, Bonnie Lilienfeld, Paula Newcomb, Nancy Parsons, Stephen Plog, Patricia Samford, Douglas Sanford, Janine Skerry, and Esther White.

Collaborating Scholars

  • Anna Agbe-Davies
    Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Philip Allsworth-Jones
    Senior Lecturer, Emeritus, Department of History and Archaeology, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  • Douglas Armstrong
    Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor and Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University
  • Alison Bell
    Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Washington and Lee University
  • Dennis Blanton
    Curator of Native American Archaeology, Fernbank Museum, Georgia
  • Sara Bon-Harper
    Archaeological Research Manager, Department of Archaeology, Monticello
  • Joanne Bowen
    Curator of Zooarchaeology, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • David Brown
    Co-Director, The Fairfield Foundation, Gloucester, Virginia and the Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary
  • Greg Brown
    Staff Archaeologist/Coordinator of Research, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Cary Carson
    Former Vice-President for Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Ann Cordell
    Staff Archaeologist, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Andrew Edwards
    Staff Archaeologist, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Ywone Edwards-Ingram
    Staff Archaeologist and Coordinator for African-American Archaeology, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Leland Ferguson
    Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
  • Garrett Fesler
    Research Archaeologist, James River Institute for Archaeology
  • Maria Franklin
    Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Center for African-American Studies, University of Texas, Austin
  • Dorrick Gray
    Deputy Director of Archaeology, Jamaica National Heritage Trust
  • John Guilbert
    Executive Director, Nevis Historical and Conservation Society
  • Thane Harpole
    Co-Director, The Fairfield Foundation, Gloucester, Virginia
  • Barbara Heath
    Director of Archaeology, The Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
  • Barry Higman
    Professor, Department of History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
  • James Horn
    Director, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Julia King
    Chair, Museum Studies and Professor of Anthropology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
  • Kelly Ladd
    Assistant Curator of Collections, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Charles Cobb
    Director and State Archaeologist, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • Roger Leech
    Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, England
  • Philip Morgan
    Professor, Department of History, Johns Hopkins University
  • Louis Nelson
    Associate Professor, Architectural History, University of Virginia School of Architecture
  • Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy
    Saunders Director, International Center for Jefferson Studies
  • Robert Philpot
    Head of Archaeology, National Museums Liverpool
  • William Pittman
    Former Curator of Collections, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Dennis Pogue
    Director of Restoration, Mount Vernon Ladies Association
  • Sabrina Rampersad
    Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, University of West Indies, Mona.
  • Patricia Samford
    Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
  • Douglas Sanford
    Associate Professor, Department of Historic Preservation, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • Lorena Walsh
    Senior Historian, Department of Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Esther White
    Director of Archaeology, Mount Vernon Ladies Association
  • Swithin Wilmot
    Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Sites Currently in DAACS Plantation Region Original Excavators Project Analysis
68AP, Richneck Quarter Richneck Virginia Anna Agbe-Davies Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
House 15, Village I Seville Jamaica Douglas Armstrong Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Henry K. Sharp, Karen Smith
House 16, Village I Seville Jamaica Douglas Armstrong Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Henry K. Sharp, Karen Smith
Site 7 Monticello Virginia Monticello Archaeology Department Beatrix Arendt, Jennifer Aultman, Nick Bon-Harper, Sara Bon-Harper, Elizabeth Clites, Leslie Cooper, Donald Gaylord, Kate Grillo, Karen Hutchins, Jesse Sawyer, Karen Smith, Leah Stearns, Kim Zawacki
Site 8 Monticello Virginia Monticello Archaeology Department Beatrix Arendt, Jennifer Aultman, Nick Bon-Harper, Sara Bon-Harper, Elizabeth Clites, Leslie Cooper, Donald Gaylord, Kate Grillo, Karen Hutchins, Jesse Sawyer, Karen Smith, Leah Stearns, Kim Zawacki
Fairfield Quarter, Virginia David Brown and Thane Harpole Beatrix Arendt, David Brown, Elizabeth Clites, Leslie Cooper,
Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
Ashcombs Quarter (18CV362), Maryland Wade Catts Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
Chapline Place Quarter (18CV344), Maryland Epochs Past (Phase I and II) and Dames & Moore, Inc (Phase
III)
Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
Middleburg Plantation, South Carolina Leland Ferguson Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
44JC298, VirginiaUtopia II, Virginia

Utopia III, Virginia

Utopia IV, Virginia

Garrett Fesler Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
68AL, Richneck, VirginiaPalace Lands Quarter, Virginia Maria Franklin Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
Jessups I STP Survey, Nevis, British West IndiesJessups II STP Survey, Nevis, British West Indies Jillian Galle, Fraser Neiman, and Anna Agbe-Davies Jillian Galle, Fraser Neiman
Quarter Site, Poplar Forest, VirginiaNorth Hill, Poplar Forest, Virginia Barbara Heath Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
House 14, Montpelier Plantation, JamaicaHouse 24, Montpelier Plantation, Jamaica

House 26, Montpelier Plantation, Jamaica

House 37, Montpelier Plantation, Jamaica

Barry Higman Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Henry K. Sharp
Building o, Monticello, VirginiaBuilding l, Monticello, Virginia

Building r, Monticello, Virginia

Building s, Monticello, Virginia

Building t, Monticello, Virginia

William M. Kelso Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
Elizabeth Hemings Site, Monticello, Virginia Fraser Neiman and Susan Kern Amy Newman, Karen Smith, Jesse Sawyer, Leah Stearns
House for Families, Mount Vernon, Virginia Dennis Pogue Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
Pope Site, Virginia Theodore Reinhart Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
ST116, Stratford, Virginia Doug Sanford Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer
House 15, Seville Plantation, Jamaica Douglas Armstrong Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Henry Sharp, Karen Smith
House 16, Seville Plantation, Jamaica Douglas Armstrong Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Henry Sharp, Karen Smith
Stewart Castle Main House, Jamaica The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery Ivor Conolley, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Brian McCray, Jesse Sawyer
Stewart Castle Village, Jamaica The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery Ivor Conolley, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Brian McCray, Jesse Sawyer