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  • Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro lines up this test square...

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    Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro lines up this test square with the center of the Carter House.

  • William and Mary graduate student Alexis Ohman and William and Mary...

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    William and Mary graduate student Alexis Ohman and William and Mary field school member Michael Crumpton check soil marks on this square.

  • This test square uncovered a clay pipe (lower foreground) from...

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    This test square uncovered a clay pipe (lower foreground) from the 1930's. Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint Colonial Williamsburg/William & Mary summer field school examine the terraced grounds behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930's.

  • Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint...

    Joe Fudge / Daily Press

    Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint Colonial Williamsburg/William & Mary summer field school examine the terraced grounds behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930's.

  • Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint...

    Joe Fudge / Daily Press

    Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint Colonial Williamsburg/William & Mary summer field school examine the terraced grounds behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930's. This is a wide-angle view of the John Carter house and grounds as the the dig proceeds.

  • William and Mary student Jonathan Dunn and Erin Kitchens work...

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    William and Mary student Jonathan Dunn and Erin Kitchens work together on a new excavation square during the search for artifacts and other evidence in this new square behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930's.

  • William and Mary student Jonathan Dunn screens excavated dirt looking...

    Joe Fudge / Daily Press

    William and Mary student Jonathan Dunn screens excavated dirt looking for artifact behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930's.

  • Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint...

    Joe Fudge / Daily Press

    Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint Colonial Williamsburg/William & Mary summer field school examine the terraced grounds behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930's. This is a wide-angle view of the John Carter house and grounds as the the dig proceeds.

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Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Mark Kostro and students from the joint Colonial Williamsburg/William & Mary summer field school examine the terraced grounds behind the landmark Robert Carter House off Palace Green in an attempt to discover when the property changed shape and what it looked like before the landscape there was altered in the 1930’s.