. . . "NYT, archaeology, Taft Kiser, relic hunting Taft Kiser, an archaeologist, is an author of the forthcoming book ???Struggling in the Tide: Robert E. Lee???s Shirley Cousins.???CHESTER, Va. ??? FOR archaeologists like me, the Flowerdew Hundred Plantation near Williamsburg, Va., is our Woodstock, a sentimental spot where dozens of professionals earned their trowels." . .