Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.

05/28/2026

During archaeological work at the U.S. Grant Boyhood Home in Georgetown, Ohio, our team discovered an interesting artifact: a mineral water bottle about the size of a modern water bottle!

The U.S. Grant Boyhood Home was where Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, lived from 1823, when he was one year old, until 1839, when he left for West Point. He lived in this house longer than in any other home during his life.

The U.S. Grant Boyhood Home is an Ohio History Connection site, where our team is currently conducting archaeological work.

Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.
📸: Jarrod Burks

05/28/2026

During archaeological work at the U.S. Grant Boyhood Home in Georgetown, Ohio, our team discovered an interesting artifact: a mineral water bottle about the size of a modern water bottle!

The U.S. Grant Boyhood Home was where Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, lived from 1823, when he was one year old, until 1839, when he left for West Point. He lived in this house longer than in any other home during his life.

The U.S. Grant Boyhood Home is an Ohio History Connection site, where our team is currently conducting archaeological work.

Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.
📸: Jarrod Burks

05/28/2026

🤩😎😊

We thoroughly enjoyed Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.’s presentation on last fall’s dig at the Overfield Tavern at today’s Ohio Archaeological Council Spring Meeting, held at the Ohio History Connection in Columbus. Nearly 40 people attended, with even more watching online. We’re excited to bring OVAI to Troy this summer for a similar presentation. Wait until you see the images on some of the sherds! ❤️❤️❤️ 🪏 🪏 🪏

05/11/2026

Go Brenda!!! 😌🤩🥳😎

We thoroughly enjoyed Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.’s presentation on last fall’s dig at the Overfield Tavern at today’s Ohio Archaeological Council Spring Meeting, held at the Ohio History Connection in Columbus. Nearly 40 people attended, with even more watching online. We’re excited to bring OVAI to Troy this summer for a similar presentation. Wait until you see the images on some of the sherds! ❤️❤️❤️ 🪏 🪏 🪏

05/09/2026

Go Brenda!!!

We thoroughly enjoyed Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.’s presentation on last fall’s dig at the Overfield Tavern at today’s Ohio Archaeological Council Spring Meeting, held at the Ohio History Connection in Columbus. Nearly 40 people attended, with even more watching online. We’re excited to bring OVAI to Troy this summer for a similar presentation. Wait until you see the images on some of the sherds! ❤️❤️❤️ 🪏 🪏 🪏

05/02/2026

West meets Midwest!

Dr. Jarrod Burks presented his poster on “Crash Sites Versus Graves: Varying Approaches to Maximize Field Time and Recovery Outcomes” during the Thursday, April 30th Poster Symposium: By All Means: DPAA and Past-Conflict Casualty Resolution in the Field.

We were so happy he had the chance to meet our CA archaeologist, Sarah Bertman, at this year’s Society for American Archaeology 91st Annual Meeting in San Francisco!

Happy Conferencing!! ☀️🕶️🥳🪏👨🏼‍🏫

📸🤳: Jarrod Burks
Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

04/16/2026

Super busy week with teams here, there, and everywhere!

Here we have Jessica Clark Royster, MA, RPA and Kieran Blake conducting research at Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia! Thankfully, the weather was beautiful this week! ☀️

The first two photos are from the Eastern Front and the second two are from Grant’s Headquarters at City Point!

📸: J. Clark Royster

01/08/2026

For anyone traveling to Detroit Rock 🎸 City attending the 2026 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, please say hellooo👋🏼 to Brenda Detty! We are so excited she will be attending on behalf of our company!

Some fun facts about Brenda:
-She is a Bioarchaeologist.
-She successfully led our field teams on numerous projects, notably the recent high profile excavations at the Overfield Tavern site in Troy, Ohio!
-She loves her dog.
-She knows a lot about music and the concert-scene.
-She loves archives and bones 🦴.
-And, most importantly, she is a gifted archaeologist and compassionate team leader! Everyone looks up to her!

Super fun fact: She recently was promoted to Project Archaeologist II/Principal Investigator II—so when you see her, congratulate her on that awesome 🤩 accomplishment! Go Brenda!!! 💥💗😊😎🤯💃🏻🤘🏼🎸