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The archaeological excavations at Flowerdew Hundred over the last three decades have uncovered over 200,000 artifacts. Many of these artifacts have been the focus of museum exhibits both at Flowerdew Hundred and the Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution. The Flowerdew Hundred Museum collections include numerous unique artifacts. For example, the Maurice Commemorative Medallion is one of only four known examples of medallions presented by Maurice, Prince of Orange in the Netherlands, to his soldiers. In 1601 George Yeardley, a future owner of Flowerdew Hundred, fought under Maurice against the Spanish. Two medallions are currently in the British Museum. A brass medallion similar to the one found during archaeological excavations at Flowerdew Hundred, was found at Burr's Hill, Rhode Island in an American Indian burial. 
Excavations . . . have uncovered over 200,000 artifacts. A searchable and browseable database of selected artifacts has been designed to make the collection more accessible to the public. The artifacts in this database, some of which are rare examples, span the long habitation period at Flowerdew Hundred. Although the core of this database currently contains 300 artifacts, the intention is to update the database information periodically with additional artifacts from the collection. |
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