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Above: 2008 summer intern Joanna Caldwell from Bowdoin College with Colonial era stoneware jug she refit from many small sherds.

Interested in volunteering?  Click here to go to the application or send an email.  Student volunteers needing community service hours are welcome.http://www.vmnh.net/index.cfm/topic/volunteersmailto:elizabeth.moore@vmnh.virginia.gov?subject=message%20from%20archaeology%20blogmailto:elizabeth.moore@vmnh.virginia.gov?subject=message%20from%20archaeology%20blogshapeimage_8_link_0shapeimage_8_link_1shapeimage_8_link_2

Do you need to fulfill ASV certification hours in lab work?  You can work on either prehistoric or historic archaeology artifact processing at the VMNH archaeology lab.  Tasks include washing, labeling, and cataloging artifacts, scanning slides, photos, and documents.

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Left: Identification of Waterfowl Breastbones and Avian Osteology (Sterna) of North American Anseriformes

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