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Data is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Data can be used for research and modified as you see fit; attribution is requested for extensive use of the data.

Data use should be cited as follows: "Data from the Colonial Encounters project (www.colonialencounters.org)." Individual photos should also include any credit line listed on the associated web page.

About the Project

A multi-year and multi-institution collaboration standardizing and synthesizing archaeological data for important sites in the Potomac River Valley during the period 1500-1720.

Technical Data

How we gathered and organized the data, details about the databases, information for those who want to download and work with the data.

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Browse the 34 archaeological sites included in the project. These site summaries include links to images, maps, GIS data, and artifact collections.

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