Looking at Prehistoric Artifacts in Charles County

Carol Cowherd

At the February 2 CCASM meeting, Carol Cowherd talked about the artifacts that have been appearing in her backyard over the past several years.  In order to help understand these artifacts Carol gave a brief overview of prehistoric lithics and ceramics that can be found in Charles County.  The answer to the talk's question "Is there a prehistoric woodland site in my backyard?' was yes there is either a site or part of a woodland site.

Artifact Distribution

On the right is a map indicating what she found where along with an image of one of the ceramic sherds.

Carol is the president for the Charles County Archaeological Society of Maryland Inc. and a member of the Archeological Society of Maryland Inc.

Everyone got to a chance to hold a mortar and a pestle brought by one of our visitors.  The woman also brought  a picture of some of the projectile points that she had found.

The winners of the raffle for two copies of Jim Gibb's The Layman's Guide to Historical Archaeology in Maryland book were Carol Raucheisen and Gary Frick.

Attendance:16