Services

Excavation of a nineteenth-century dry well near the Brafferton Building on the William & Mary Historic Campus The William & Mary Center for Archaeological Research was established to provide cultural resource research services for public and private agencies and organizations. The Center is fully staffed to deal with both technical and scholarly aspects of cultural resource studies. By virtue of William & Mary's diverse research orientation, the Center is committed to a high level of scholarship in its endeavors. The responsive fiscal and administrative management of the Center reflects a commitment to timely completion of research as often required by sponsoring governmental agencies and other clients. The fiscal and administrative functions of the Center are fully supported by the Office of Sponsored Programs.

Our wide range of cultural resource management services includes:

archaeological survey
archaeological testing
archaeological data recovery
ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey
material culture analysis
historical research and interpretation
GIS applications
architectural survey
National Register nomination
HABS and HAER survey
historic building conditions analysis, maintenance plans, restoration plans, stabilization plans, and building materials analysis.

The Center's professional staff has wide-ranging expertise with both prehistoric and historic-period resources across Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic region, and beyond. The Center's facilities include an office, a laboratory, and temporary collection storage in climate-controlled conditions that meet federal standards. Being located at William & Mary, we also have access to specialized computer and materials testing equipment.

W&M Professor of Geology Christopher Bailey documents quarried stone blocks.recovered from an early nineteenth-century shipwreck site near Fort Monroe

Accotink Methodist Church belfry, Fairfax County, Virginia

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