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The Reed Education Center and surrounding trailheads are back open! The Woodlawn History Center is open Fri. & Sat. with extended hours from 10am-2pm. Read Plan Your Visit for information on where to park, updated maps and hours, safety, and more.

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Archaeology Projects

  • Bones with markings depicting butcher patterns

    Non-human bones reveal past dietary patterns through the species they represent and the manner in which those species were butchered.

    Household Provisioning

  • Button factory

    Spanning from Australia to New York City, this project looks at the dispersal of oyster shells as they traveled across the world to be made into buttons throughout the 20th century.

    Making Buttons on Delmarva from Imported Shells

  • Java Ruins Pictures

    There are two plantation mansions on the SERC campus: Sellman House and Java. Their differences represent the attitudes, education—even the philosophies—of their respective owners.

    Plantation Layout

  • Birds eye view of Sellman House

    SERC archaeologists are working in an historic houselot, where the SERC Environmental Archaeology Laboratory now resides. 

    Sellman House Archaeology

  • Field school

    Archaeologists are studying the historic land behind the Sellman House (called Shaw's Folly) to determine how the land was used before the Sellman's occupation.  

    Shaw's Folly

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