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Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s executive director of archaeology, holds the seal from an 18th Century wine bottle on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s executive director of archaeology, holds the seal from an 18th Century wine bottle on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

This image courtesy of Rieley & Associates Landscape Architects shows a preliminary rendering for the reconstructed garden of John Custis IV at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a living history museum in Virginia. (Rieley & Associates Landscape Architects via AP) .

This image courtesy of Rieley & Associates Landscape Architects shows a preliminary rendering for the reconstructed garden of John Custis IV at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a living history museum in Virginia. (Rieley & Associates Landscape Architects via AP) .

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s executive director of archaeology, speaks at the excavation site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s executive director of archaeology, speaks at the excavation site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

The archaeological site of Custis Square on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in Williamsburg, Va. The site, located within Colonial Williamsburg, is roughly the size of two football fields. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

The archaeological site of Custis Square on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 in Williamsburg, Va. The site, located within Colonial Williamsburg, is roughly the size of two football fields. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Adam Macbeth meticulously scrapes soil away with a mason’s trowel to avoid damaging any possible artifacts at the excavation site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Adam Macbeth meticulously scrapes soil away with a mason’s trowel to avoid damaging any possible artifacts at the excavation site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Megan Veness speaks to visitors at the former site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Megan Veness speaks to visitors at the former site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists Jennifer McGee, Megan Veness and Rachel Fisher look for possible artifacts at the former site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists Jennifer McGee, Megan Veness and Rachel Fisher look for possible artifacts at the former site of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists continue their excavation of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists continue their excavation of an 18th Century ornamental garden on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)