Archaelolgoy At Monticello; Author: Kelso, William M.; Paperback

Author: Kelso, William M.
Paperback; 239 Illustrations, Glossary
136 pages
Published: December 1997
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 1882886054

In telling the story of Thomas Jefferson, the grounds at Monticello, and the many people, enslaved and free, who worked on the plantation, William Kelso's landmark work augments the writtenrecord of life there. Archeological excavations show that many of Jefferson's idealized projects were realized in very different form. In particular, the book contains significant new information about Mulberry Row, a line of workshops and dwellings where most of the plantation's industries were located. The wealth of material objects that Kelso's team unearthed form a fascinating and palpable link to the past.The story of Monticello and its people, as told through the objects unearthed there.