May 27 through June 6 the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc (ASM) along with Maryland
Historical Trust (MHT) held the 2016 Field Session at the River Farm Site in the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Anne Arundel County, MD.
The
River Farm (18AN881) is a prehistoric base camp that stretches for over
1,300 feet along the Jug Bay floodplain on the Patuxent River. This year test units were excavated to expand the knowledge about the site. In the eleven-day field session over 100 people excavated 20 test units, found 13 features and recovered thousands of
artifacts that span at least 10,000 years of history on the shores of the Patuxent. The team also discovered
about half of a large (possibly oval-shaped) structure that appears to date to between 900 and 1400 AD. At least one CCASM member participated.
Here are a few photos from the field session.
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| Farm Road approaching site |
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| Units in field away from River |
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| One area of units near Patuxent River |
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| Lab - nice to get out of the sun |
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Unit near River
Notice the water level (tide coming in) |
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| A few of the artifacts |
CCASM is a chapter of ASM.
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