In the News
Uncovering Archeological Discoveries on the HRBT Expansion Project
W&MCAR co-director David Lewes is a featured guest expert on an episode of the podcast "HRBT Tunnel Talk," which covers progress of VDOT's largest ever construction project: the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion.
VDOT's "HRBT Tunnel Talk" Podcast, July 2024
With Good Reason: Digging In: The Oyster Mound
Elizabeth Monroe, co-director of W&MCAR, is one of four guests on the episode "Digging In" of Virginia Humanities' podcast, With Good Reason. Dr. Monroe shares details about the Center's work at a Native American camp in Westmoreland County that was the site of repeated oyster harvests over hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
"With Good Reason" Podcast, January 2024
Civil War-era jug found on highway median may be rare ‘witch bottle’
A remarkable artifact from excavations at a Union encampment encompassing Redoubt 9 of the Confederate Line of defenses east of Williamsburg
William & Mary News, January 2020
Reminders of when our campus was an armed camp
Excavations of a small plot south of the Brafferton Kitchen crowded with features dating to the occupation of campus by Union troops from 1862-1865.
William & Mary News, August 2012
Archaeologists discover brick foundations near Wren Building
A partially unearthed foundation looks to be the remains of "a fairly massive outbuilding," a structure that was almost certainly associated with slaves who worked at William & Mary in the early 18th century
William & Mary News, August 2011
VDOT: Bridge replacement yields archaeological site
Data recovery of Middle Woodland shell midden site
VDOT video article, April 2011
Utilities project preserves trees, improves sustainability
WMCAR effort ensures sensitive treatment of archaeological resources during major utility improvement project on campus
William & Mary News, January 2011
Bone fragments represent unprecedented discovery
Formal dog burials dating to colonial period discovered on William & Mary campus
William & Mary News, September 2010
Dig This: WMCAR is 20
WMCAR celebrated 20 years of research and service in cultural resource management
Ideation Magazine, April 2009
Building a Happy Home
Sears kit house survey in south Hampton Roads
Virginian-Pilot, January 2006
