Presented by: Carole Nash, Ph.D., JMU College of Integrated Science and Engineering
Dr. Nash is a Founder and the current President of Mountain Valley Archaeology, a collaboration of citizens and professional archaeologists that works with communities in and around the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge to discover, understand, and promote cultural heritage through education, citizen science, and focused research.
Current popular reconstructions of the Virginia wine industry focus on the limited success of production vineyards until the late 20th century. However, historical research and archaeological survey in Shenandoah National Park resulted in the rediscovery of a significant winery with origins before the Civil War: Belmont Vineyard.
