October 30, 2011

Open House and Village Ghost Walk at Historic Port Tobacco

On Saturday October 29 CCASM participated in the Port Tobacco Alliance Open House and Village Ghost Walk. Despite the cold and rainy weather we had a good time. The ghost walk was changed to ghost stories inside the warm Courthouse.
CCASM volunteers included Carol Cowherd, Jim Gibb, Rich Gorski, Barbara Kane, Steve Lohr, and Elsie Picyk.

Archaeological Artifacts
Jim with Burch House Artifacts
Steve with Civil War Objects

Children Activity - Archaeobotany
Barbara working with child
 Family working together

Ghost Talk
Elsie telling about the Cocking murders and lynching
Blue Dog Story (fuzzy)
Ghost of Tom Jones
CCASM Displays

October 9, 2011

October 8 ASM Annual Fall Meeting

Robinson Nature Center
October 8 the Archeology Society of Maryland, Inc (ASM) had its annual fall meeting at the new Robinson Nature Center in Columbia, Maryland.  Carol Cowherd provided the chapter report for CCASM.

Two of the talks related to Charles County.  The 2011 Frederick Stiner Memorial Lecture  was "A Multidisciplinary Investigation for the Original Mt. Aventine(s) at Chapman State Park".  Laura Cripps talked about non-invasive archaeology looking for the older site, and Mark Tacyn talked about the history related to the later site.  Jim Gibb, who is also a CCASM member, talked about non-invasive archaeology, shovel test pits, and evidence of sedimentation at Port Tobacco in Charles County.

Alex presenting certificate to Belinda

Belinda Urquiza, one of our CCASM members, received her certificate for graduating from ASM's Certified Archeological Technician (CAT) Program.

Congratulations, Belinda.


Other talks at the meeting included Mark Raab on the new Robinson Nature Center,  Lee Preston Jr (Upper Patuxent Archeology Group) on three centuries of milling at the site, Jennifer Chadwick-Moore on the impact of climate change and rising water levels on the archaeological resources in Maryland, Kenneth Short on 18th century architecture in Howard County, and Bob Wall on the 2011 ASM Field School at the Barton Site in Allegheny County.

October 6, 2011

History and Archaeology of Maryland Mills

Jim Gibb
At the October 5 meeting Dr. Jim Gibb of Gibb Archaeological Consulting showed how water-driven mills were built, the different type of materials processed by the mills, and what to look for in the landscape when looking for evidences of old mills.

At the end of the meeting we saw part of DVD on the Mill Brook Farm Grist Mill in Nanjemoy.




Attendance: 20