Volunteers Dan and John look for artifacts from the Upper Garden excavation.

 Mount Vernon Archaeology is seeking volunteers to help excavate plowzone at a late-18th-century site on George Washington's plantation.

^{The site was discovered during a Phase I survey this winter and is being excavated in advance of a construction project. The survey identified three concentrations of domestic artifacts across a large area and is not documented in the plantation records. We are currently sampling plowzone through the excavation of multiple 5 x 5 foot units across the site.}

We are digging Monday – Friday, 8:00 – 4:00 through December 31. Volunteers should commit to at least half a day each visit. ASV certification students can receive survey hours for their work.

Interested volunteers should contact Curt Breckenridge cbreckenridge@mountvernon.org ^{for more information and to schedule their initial visit. Volunteers must be over 16 years old.}

Volunteers help excavate the Dung Repository.