Archaeology of Maryland's Shoreline Settings

Matthew McKnight
and Troy Nowak

At the December 10 CCASM meeting Matt McKnight and Troy Nowak started out by describing the three Offices in the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) that deal with different aspects of archaeology and what each Office did.

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.

Attendance: 13