by Bernard K. Means, Director of the Virtual Curation Laboratory (VCL)
Today ‘s animation is a 20th century ointment tube now in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH). It was excavated at the Baldwin Block Site under the direction of VMNH Curator of Archaeology, Dr. Elizabeth Moore. The Baldwin Block Site includes the location of the first drugstore operated in the town of Martinsville by an African American merchant.
by Bernard K. Means, Director of the Virtual Curation Laboratory
Today’s animation is a reconstructed Bartmann jug recovered archaeologically by Jamestown Rediscovery and scanned in their archaeological laboratory. As noted here, “the jugs are known as Bartmann or “bearded man” for the bewhiskered face that adorns the neck.”
by Bernard K. Means, Director of the Virtual Curation Laboratory (VCL)
Today’s animation is a Jack of Plates plate recovered archaeologically by Jamestown Rediscovery. Numerous of these plates would have been sewn to a cloth or leather garment to create armor.
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