Discovering the Piscataway Fort

Dr. King

At the November 2 meeting Dr. Julia King, Anthropology Professor at Saint Mary's College of Maryland, told about discovering the late seventeenth century Piscataway Indian Fort in the Charles County Zekiah Swamp.

Dr. King described several sites on the Wicomico River and in the Zekiah Swamp that she and her students have investigated over the last three years and how this past summer she thinks they have found the Zekiah Fort.  They did not find a palisade during their limited field session.  However, artifacts indicate that this was a contact period site, and the location makes sense.

Trade Beads
found at site

Attendance: 35