Much research is needed to understand how to authentically restore the house and develop plans for the landscape. Research likewise is needed to understand how the plantation worked under Jefferson.
Archaeologists play a major role in that research.
They study documents and conduct excavations to collect information and evidence. Artifacts uncovered in excavations are processed in the archaeology laboratory on site. Soil and plant evidence is sent to outside laboratories for analysis. The ornamental landscape immediately surrounding the house. The slave community .