Archaeology at Jewish Synagogue in Baltimore

September 10 Esther Doyle-Read described the archaeology done on a Jewish mikveh, a ritual bath.  Archaeology had uncovered this original 1845 mikveh beneath the foundation of an extension of the Lloyd Street Jewish Synagogue in Baltimore.  Esther described the history and significance of the synagogue that was the first synagogue erected in Maryland and of mikveks.  It was interesting to see how Esther and her crew dealt with the obstacles to archaeology that occur in an urban environment.

Esther is a faculty member of the University of Maryland Baltimore County and is currently the Contract Archaeologist for Charles County.

Esther Doyle-Read

Attendance: 9

2015 Preservation Matters Newletter

Charles County Planning and Growth Mangement has just published the 2015 Preservation Matters Newsletter, an annual publication celebrating Charles County's Historic places.

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To entice you to look at the newsletter, here is a list of the articles included in the newsletter.  The articles in red relate to several archaeology projects that were done near Benedict.  Also archaeology has started to be done at Rich Hill, and many of you probably remember all the archaeology done around the Burch House in Port Tobacco.  CCASM members volunteered at Rich Hill, the Burch House, and at the Southern Maryland Farm Field

• On the Trail of an Assassin: A Journey to Rich Hill – Preservation along the John Wilkes Booth Trail by Dave Taylor and Cathy Thompson
  
  
• Washington Burch: Traces of an Early Town Resident by Dayneisha Davis
  
  
• Archaeologists Time Travel Along Maryland Route 231 by Julie M. Schablitsky
  
  
• Early Colonial Roots: A Southern Maryland Farm Field by Julie M. Schablitsky
  
  
• 2015 Preservation Awards
  
  
• My, How Time Flies: The Commission's Fifth Year as a County-Appointed Board by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.