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, University of North Carolina.

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

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