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Translating the Inscription on a Medieval Catholic Seal Matrix

Sharing Artifacts and Stories in Isle of Wight County: Archaeological Workshop Highlights Regional History

An Introduction to the DHR Threatened Sites Program

Sudden and Horrifying: The Vauxhall Chain Bridge Disaster

Artifact Spotlight: A Different Type of Cauldron

Reconsidering the Colonial Era at Virginia’s Eastern Shore: The Archaeology of Eyreville

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The medieval European seal matrix recovered from a local property in Smithfield, Virginia.

Translating the Inscription on a Medieval Catholic Seal Matrix

DHR and DEQ staff hosted an archaeological workshop at the Isle of Wight Museum in Smithfield in August 2023.

Sharing Artifacts and Stories in Isle of Wight County: Archaeological Workshop Highlights Regional History

Ceramics recovered from the oyster shell surface deposit in the Poropotank River.

An Introduction to the DHR Threatened Sites Program

Mayo Bridge in Richmond, Virginia

Sudden and Horrifying: The Vauxhall Chain Bridge Disaster

The artifact fragment that was delivered to the DHR conservation lab for treatment

Artifact Spotlight: A Different Type of Cauldron

Eyreville in Virginia's Eastern Shore

Reconsidering the Colonial Era at Virginia’s Eastern Shore: The Archaeology of Eyreville

Press Releases

Virginia Receives More Than $176,000 in Save America’s Treasures Grant Funds from National Park Service and Partner Agencies

State Historical Marker to Be Dedicated for Black Political Activism in Charles City County

6 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved

DHR Administers Easement Over Land Linked to Five Civil War Battles

State Adds 5 Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register

Phone and notebook at Virginia Department of Historic Resources

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