The Archaeological Society of Maryland, Inc (ASM) along with Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) held a Field Session at Biggs Ford in Frederick County Maryland May 24- June 2.
Three CCASM members made the trip to Frederick County for anywhere from one to six days. The weather was a little crazy (going from cold to hot), but there were lots of opportunity to work both in the field and in the lab.
The Biggs Ford site (18FR14) is a large, well-preserved, multi-component
Native American village site on private property in Frederick County, Maryland. It is one of only a handful of large Native American villages on the Monocacy River, and is the only known site in the Potomac River drainage that has major occupations by both the Montgomery (1000-1450 AD) and Keyser (1300-1500 AD) complex peoples.
In the northern units (on the right side of the photo) we were looking for features and post molds indicating a house or palisade occupied by the Keyser Complex peoples. Interestingly the bottom half of a Keyser pot was found intact. In the southern units (on the left side) we were looking for features and post molds associated with the earlier Montgomery Complex peoples.
We will have to wait for the report from Joe Dent to find out what was found as well as what it might mean. Dr. Joe Dent,
Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at American University was the principal investigator. Dr. Bob Wall from Towson University was also a co-principal investigator.
CCASM is a chapter of ASM.
Three CCASM members made the trip to Frederick County for anywhere from one to six days. The weather was a little crazy (going from cold to hot), but there were lots of opportunity to work both in the field and in the lab.
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