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Cressey, Pamela J. , Anderson, Margaret J.

Alexandria, Virginia

48 pp. | Oxford | July, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-19-517334-1 $21.95
(3) 4-6 Digging for the Past series. Beginning with the 1961 excavation of Fort Ward, this book details fifty years of archaeological discovery related to colonial America, including a Quaker household's water filtering system and a large button repository in the free black neighborhood of Hayti. Art includes period and modern photographs, maps, and pictures of the artifacts. Co-author Cressey has been the Alexandria city archaeologist since 1977. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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