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We often describe Monticello as the best documented plantation in America. Partly that's because of the remarkable historical record left by Jefferson and his family that gives us not only the personal details -- names, birth dates, occupations, movements, and family relationships -- of hundreds of enslaved individuals, but information about plantings, harvests, work sites, dwellings, and the workings of a thriving internal economy at the plantation. But historical documents only tell a partial story, based on the perspectives and interests of their authors.

In this episode of Sharing History, we look at another historical record, one literally hidden in the ground -- the archaeological record -- and how, in ways not always expected, it revolutionized our perception of Jefferson, Monticello, the surrounding plantation landscape, and the lives and labors of Monticello's enslaved community.

Joining the discussion are Fraser Neiman, Monticello's Director of Archaeology, Jillian Galle, Project Director for the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery, and Doug Sanford, a former Monticello archaeologist and retired professor in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington. They tell the story of how archaeology transformed history at Monticello, and how their and their colleagues’ work in turn helped transform the field of historical archaeology.