Trip to Mount Calvert

Saturday July 16 was the CCASM trip to Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park in Upper Marlboro. This was the highest rated option on our survey for a weekend CCASM trip during the summer.

Rich and Belinda

Josh and Mike Lucas

At Mount Calvert they are currently excavating a late 17th- early 18th century site.  But the site was also occupied in Archaic and Early Woodland times. Two of the more interesting artifacts we found were an Archaic LeCroy point and a Rhenish stoneware sherd with the letters "ET•HIB•"

We also took time to visit the museum and to enjoy the view of the Patuxent.  It was a beautiful day.

Mount Calvert Museum

View of Patuxent 

Dr. King Thanks CCASM Volunteers

On July 14 Dr. Julia King thanked the CCASM members that volunteered to help process artifacts from Notley Hall.  CCASM's help in the lab allowed Dr. King's crew to spend more time in the field at Windy Knoll, the possible Piscataway Fort.

Dr. King shared photos of the work done this year at Notley Hall and at the Windy Knoll.  There was also an opportunity to looks at the artifact distributions and to try  to understand what the distributions might indicate.  Some of the contact period artifacts found at Windy Knoll are shown below.  You should see a copper point, a gun flint, a white tobacco pipe stem with a maker's mark, and glass trade beads.

Not all the volunteers were able to come to the informal show and tell.  But for those who could,  Julie took to lunch at the Front Porch in Leonardtown.

It was quite a nice "thank you".