Please forward this message along to folks you know who may be looking for work. The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest will be filling several 3-6 month positions in both the field and laboratory beginning as early as the end of May. The positions are for a 37.5 hr. work week at a pay rate of $8.00-$10.00/hr. depending on experience. Field staff will assist in ongoing excavations of a late 18th century slave quarter and landscape investigations of the ornamental grounds of Thomas Jefferson's plantation home in Bedford County, Virginia. Lab staff will assist in a variety of areas, including cataloguing, artifact analysis and soil flotation. Field and lab staff will also work with students participating in two field schools and interpret the site to museum visitors. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and the names of two references as soon as possible to Dr. Barbara Heath, Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, P.O. Box 419, Forest, VA 24551 (FAX 804-525-7252) or via email to [log in to unmask]