Charles County with the support from CCASM members continues to investigate the land around Stagg Hall in Port Tobacco. Esther Read is the archaeologist in charge.
Location: Stagg Hall in Historic Port Tobacco Village (
map)
Come join Esther Read as well as several CCASM members as we learn more about the Print Shop in front of Stagg Hall.
When working outdoors, it's always good to bring - a hat,
sturdy gloves, sunscreen, bug spray, and water to drink. Also any children must be
accompanied by an adult.
CCASM members with previous experience (e.g. at Pomonkey North or at Port
Tobacco or ...) are encouraged to come early to help set up.
Saturday September 23 once again CCASM members and other volunteers joined Charles County archaeologist Esther Reed along with fellow archaeologist and CCASM member Jim Gibb in front of Stagg Hall for a Public Archaeology event. And we finally uncovered a corner (the northeast one) of this nineteenth century print shop. Yea!
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| Excavating Print Shop Site |
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| Uncovering the NE Corner! |
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| CCASM Table |
On Saturday August 5, CCASM members and other volunteers again joined
Charles County archaeologist Esther Reed at a public archaeology event
in front of Stagg Hall. For most of the day we continued work on the new
unit we opened the previous Sunday. We have not totally answered the
mystery of the dense gravel but believe we may have encountered either a
utility trench or the drain tile field for Stagg Hall's previous septic
system. During the week a long time Port Tobacco re
sident
told us this septic field was in the front yard. We now believe the
corner of the print shop is probably in the narrow non-excavated area
between our original units and the unit we opened last Sunday. We
probably missed it by only a couple of feet! Towards the end of the day
we started excavating in this area but didn't get down to the level
where we expect to find the foundation corner. Thanks to Elsie for the pictures and the write-up.
On Sunday July 30 during the archaeological fieldwork in front of Stagg Hall we opened a new unit near the print shop
hoping to find the back corner of the building. We found an area of very
dense gravel which raised some new questions about the area.. Hopefully
we will find some answers when we work on this unit again next
Saturday.
The fieldwork coincided the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco hosting bicycle riders
from the STIHL Tours de Trees and with the dedication of a
Tulip Poplar tree (grafted from Revolutionary War era tree) donated by
the tour.
Thanks to Julie for the pictures and Elsie for the write-up.
On Saturday August 5, CCASM members and other volunteers again joined
Charles County archaeologist Esther Reed at a public archaeology event
in front of Stagg Hall. For most of the day we continued work on the new
unit we opened the previous Sunday. We have not totally answered the
mystery of the dense gravel but believe we may have encountered either a
utility trench or the drain tile field for Stagg Hall's previous septic
system. During the week a long time Port Tobacco resident
told us this septic field was in the front yard. We now believe the
corner of the print shop is probably in the narrow non-excavated area
between our original units and the unit we opened last Sunday. We
probably missed it by only a couple of feet! Towards the end of the day
we started excavating in this area but didn't get down to the level
where we expect to find the foundation corner. Thanks to Elsie for the pictures and the write-up.
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