Archaeology at Curles Neck 44HE388

This site contains data from Curles Neck (44HE388). The data were captured as part of a reassessment of the collections conducted by Dr. Barbara Heath, Eric Schweickart and Mark Freeman at the University of Tennessee.

• Project Metadata and Reassessement goals

The plantation core of Curles Neck (44HE388) was investigated over the course of 13 excavation seasons from 1984 to 1997 by archaeologists, field school students and volunteers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the direction of L. Daniel Mouer. The site, located along the James River in Henrico County, is privately owned and at the time of excavations was in pasture. Architectural and landscape features, as well as features associated with domestic activities, have been associated with five periods of occupation, spanning the period from 1630 to 1860.

• Site and Feature Summaries
• Excavation Information
• Data Explorer

Supporting Documentation:

• Transcribed Curles Documents (PDF)
  Transcriptions by Katherine Harbury Virginia Commonwealth University
• Curles warehouse inventory (.csv)
  Artifact collections are currently warehoused in the VCU Re-Use Warehouse in Richmond, with paper records, photographs, slides and a study collection of artifacts housed at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. An electronic finding aid organized by box number.
• Other Resoures (through the Data Explorer)
  • Images
  • Field notes (and other PDF's)
  • Maps