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, University of North Carolina.
About DAACS
Project Manager
- Jillian E. Galle
Project Director
- Fraser D. Neiman
Director of Archaeology, Monticello
Archaeological Analysts
- Leslie Cooper
- Jesse Sawyer
- Lynsey Bates
- Elizabeth Bollwerk
Digital Maps and Stratigraphic Analysis
- Leslie Cooper
- Jesse Sawyer
- Derek Wheeler
Contributing Monticello Staff
- Derek Wheeler
Research Archaeologist - Karen Smith
Curator of Archaeological Collections - Elizabeth Sawyer
Archaeological Analyst - Jenn Briggs
Archaeological Analyst
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
- CONVOY
- Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia.
- Paul Fritz
Director of Information Technology, Monticello - Leigh Ann Perry
Associate Director of Information Technology, Monticello
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) - Sara Bon-Harper
Archaeological Research Manager (1999-2012)
- Nick Bon-Harper
Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2001-2004) - Sara Corker
Field Assistant, Monticello (2003-2005) - Donald Gaylord
Archaeological Analyst, Monticello (2004-2012)
- Kate Grillo
Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2001-2002) - Karen Hutchins
Archaeological Analyst, Monticello (2005-2006) - Brian McCray
Archaeological Analyst, Monticello (2009-2011) - Amy Newman
Laboratory Assistant, Monticello (2004-2005) - Henry 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 at Chapel Hill - Philip Allsworth-Jones
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus, Department of History and Archaeology, University of the West Indies, Mona - Douglas Armstrong
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor and Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University - Lynsey Bates
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
- Alison Bell
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Washington and Lee University - Dennis Blanton
Former Curator of Native American Archaeology, Fernbank Museum - Lindsay Bloch
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Eleanor Breen
Deputy Director of Archaeology, Mount Vernon Ladies Association - Sara Bon-Harper
Executive Director, Ash Lawn-Highland, Home of James Monroe
- Joanne Bowen
Curator of Zooarchaeology, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - David Brown
Co-Director, The Fairfield Foundation and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary - Greg Brown
Former 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
City Archaeologist, Alexandria Archaeology - Maria Franklin
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Center for African-American Studies, University of Texas at Austin - Dorrick Gray
Deputy Director of Archaeology, Jamaica National Heritage Trust - John Guilbert
Former Executive Director, Nevis Historical and Conservation Society - Thane Harpole
Co-Director, The Fairfield Foundation - Barbara Heath
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee - Barry Higman
Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University - James Horn
Director, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Julia King
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland - Kelly Ladd
Assistant Curator of Collections, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Charles Cobb
Director of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina - Roger Leech
Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton - Philip Morgan
Harry C. Black Professor of History, 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 (deceased)
Former Curator of Collections, Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Dennis Pogue
Former Director of Preservation, Mount Vernon Ladies Association - Patricia Samford
Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory and Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland - Douglas Sanford
Associate Professor, Department of Historic Preservation, University of Mary Washington - Lorena Walsh
Former Senior Historian, Department of Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - Esther White
Director of Preservation, Mount Vernon Ladies Association - Swithin Wilmot
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the West Indies, Mona
| Sites Currently in DAACS | Plantation | Region | Original Excavators | Project Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcomb’s Quarter (18CV362) | N/A | Maryland | Jefferson Paterson Park and Museum (Phase I); Kemron, Inc. (Phase II); John Milner Associates (Phase III) | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Chapline Place (18CV344) | N/A | Maryland | Epochs Past (Phase I and II); Dames & Moore, Inc (Phase III) | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| NAVAIR | Mattapany-Sewall | Maryland | Tidewater Atlantic Research, Inc. | Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Brian McCray, Jesse Sawyer |
| Elizabeth Hemings Site | Monticello | Virginia | Susan Kern; Fraser Neiman | Amy Newman, Jesse Sawyer, Karen Smith, Leah Stearns |
| Site 7 & Site 8 | Monticello | Virginia | Fraser Neiman | Beatrix Arendt, Jennifer Aultman, Nick Bon-Harper, Sara Bon-Harper, Leslie Cooper, Donald Gaylord, Kate Grillo, Karen Hutchins, Elizabeth Sawyer, Jesse Sawyer, Karen Smith, Leah Stearns, Kim Zawacki |
| Building o, Building l, Building r, Building s, & Building t | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Building C (Joiner’s Shop) | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso | Lynsey Bates, Elizabeth Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| Building D/j (Smith/Nailers’ Shop) | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso | Beatrix Arendt, Jenn Briggs, Leslie Cooper, Brian McCray, Chris Mundy, Elizabeth Sawyer, Jesse Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| Building i (Carpenter’s Shop) | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso | Lynsey Bates, Chris Mundy, Elizabeth Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| Building m (Smokehouse & Dairy) & MRS 4 | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso | Lynsey Bates, Jenn Briggs, Alex Massey, Brian McCray, Chris Mundy, Elizabeth Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| Building n (Wash House) & 1809 Stone House | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso | Jenn Briggs, Alex Massey, Brian McCray, Chris Mundy, Susan Payton, Elizabeth Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| East Kitchen Yard | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso; Susan Kern | Lynsey Bates, Jenn Briggs, Alex Massey, Chris Mundy, Elizabeth Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| MSR 2 | Monticello | Virginia | William Kelso; Susan Kern | Jenn Briggs, Brian McCray, Chris Mundy, James Nyman, Elizabeth Sawyer, Karen Smith |
| Fairfield Quarter | Fairfield Plantation | Virginia | David Brown and Thane Harpole | Beatrix Arendt, David Brown, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Elizabeth Sawyer, Jesse Sawyer |
| 44JC298 | Governor’s Land | Virginia | Garrett Fesler | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Utopia II, Utopia III, & Utopia IV | Utopia Plantation | Virginia | Garrett Fesler | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Richneck Quarter | Richneck Plantation | Virginia | Maria Franklin | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Palace Lands Site | Governor’s Palace Lands | Virginia | Maria Franklin | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| House for Families | Mount Vernon | Virginia | Dennis Pogue | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Quarter & North Hill | Poplar Forest | Virginia | Barbara Heath | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| ST116 | Stratford Hall | Virginia | Douglas Sanford | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Pope Site | N/A | Virginia | Theodore Reinhart | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Middleburg | Middleburg Plantation | South Carolina | Leland Ferguson | Beatrix Arendt, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Jessups I STP Survey & Jessups II STP Survey | Jessups Estate | Nevis, British West Indies | Anna Agbe-Davies, Jillian Galle, and Fraser Neiman; The St. Kitts-Nevis Digital Archaeology Initiative | Lynsey Bates, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Brian McCray, Jesse Sawyer |
| New River Village I STP Survey & New River Village II STP Survey | New River Estate | Nevis, British West Indies | The St. Kitts-Nevis Digital Archaeology Initiative | Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Brian McCray, Jesse Sawyer |
| The Spring STP Survey | The Spring Plantation | St. Kitts, British West Indies | The St. Kitts-Nevis Digital Archaeology Initiative | Leslie Cooper, Brian McCray, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Stewart Castle Main House & Stewart Castle Village | Stewart Castle | Jamaica | The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery | Ivor Conolley, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Brian McCray, Jesse Sawyer |
| House 14, House 24, House 26, House 37, and Montpelier Yard Contexts | Montpelier Plantation | Jamaica | Barry Higman | Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Henry Sharp |
| House 15 & House 16 | Seville Plantation | Jamaica | Douglas Armstrong | Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Henry Sharp, Karen Smith |
| Mona Great House and Mona Village | Mona Estate | Jamaica | The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery and the University of the West Indies, Mona archaeological field school | Lynsey Bates, Leslie Cooper, Jillian Galle, Jesse Sawyer |
| Papine Village | Papine Estate | Jamaica | The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery and the University of the West Indies, Mona archaeological field school | Lynsey Bates, Leslie Cooper, Sean Devlin, Jillian Galle, Karen Hutchins, Alex Massey, Brian McCray, Susan Payton, Jesse Sawyer, Marcy Welch |

