LaPlata Artsfest 2014

On Saturday June 7, CCASM participated in Artsfest 2014, held at the La Plata Town Hall.  We had fantastic weather for a change – sunny, low humidity, light breeze and temps in the 80’s.

Gary, Elsie, Peggy, and Rich, represented CCASM. We had two trifold displays which illustrated our largest projects – Port Tobacco and a Native American site at Pomonkey creek near Bryans Road.  We also brought information on artifact identification and recent work by professional archaeologists at Benedict and in the Wicomico watershed.  For the children we had 2 activities – seed identification and reconstruction of plate fragments.

Lots of people stopped at our tables.  Peggy and Rich spent most of their time with the children’s activities, while Elsie and Gary discussed the displays and CCASM activities with the adults.

Many people expressed interest in trying their hand at archaeology either now or in the future.  We even had a few who were willing to join us in the field immediately.  Unfortunately we do not have ongoing field work at this time so we told them to watch the blog for announcements of field work and to join us then.  We handed out most of our brochures and membership applications.  We also distributed a number of Maryland archaeology posters and pamphlets.

Although most people were very interested in our displays and activities, one little girl found sleep much preferable to archaeology! (See picture below)

Posting submitted by Elsie and photos provided by Gary.