Barbara represented CCASM at Burch House on Saturday. Peggy and Carol represented CCASM on Sunday.
December 15, 2015
Burch House - Charles County Holiday Trail
Barbara represented CCASM at Burch House on Saturday. Peggy and Carol represented CCASM on Sunday.
2015 Public Archaeology Lab Days
On November 16 it was just Elsie and Carol. They washed artifacts from one stratum of the new unit that had been opened the previous Saturday at Stagg Hall. Artifacts included lots of nails and glass as well as porcelain, tin-glazed ceramics, and a marble. On the left is one of the finds of the day. It is part of a seventeenth century buckle. (Sorry, I forgot to include a ruler. The fragment was approximately two inches wide.) There was also one piece of Mockley, a Middle Woodland Period ceramic.
Monday November 2 Elsie, Rich, Cathy, and Carol started washing the artifacts that were recovered the previous Saturday in front of Stagg Hall. Artifacts included flakes, points, tin-glazed ceramics, whiteware, pearlware, mocha ware, stone ware, lots of cut nails, and three pieces of print type. This doesn't include everything but does indicate the artifacts date from many time periods.
Monday October 19 Elsie, Carol, and Esther started inventorying the Port Tobacco boxes of artifacts. There are sixty boxes. Esther came up with a plan, and we were able to finish five boxes. Work is to continue next Monday.
Monday July 20 three CCASM members - Elsie, Julie, and Carol - continued working with Esther on the artifacts from Rich Hill and Pomonkey North. The day was made more interesting by all the visitors that stopped by. This led to conversations and updates about other historical, archaeological, and environmental activities happening in the county.
Monday May 11 at least ten people participated in the first Public Archaeology Lab Day at Burch House. This included five CCASM members-- Jim, Sarah, Julie Lindsey, and Carol. Most of the time was spent washing artifacts recovered from Rich Hill this past April during the Lincoln 150 Event, but there were also conversations related to previous archaeology done at Burch House and about archaeology in general.
December 11, 2015
Archaeology of Maryland's Shoreline Settings
Matthew McKnight and Troy Nowak |
However, the main part of the talk was about a shoreline case study and two underwater archaeological surveys. One survey was to verify the location of reported sites along three tributaries of the Wicomico River dividing Charles and St Mary's counties. This was based on what could be seen from the water. The other was a more extensive survey of Janes Island on the Eastern Shore that was funded by Hurricane Sandy funds from the National Park Service. It's not often we get to hear about underwater archaeology.
Matthew McKnight is a Research Archaeologist at MHT, and Troy Nowak is an Assistant Underwater Archaeologist at the MHT. Although Matt and Troy worked together on these surveys, they are actually in different MHT Offices.
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