2016 ASM Fall Meeting

On Saturday October 22 the Monocacy Chapter of ASM in conjunction with the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society hosted the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc (ASM) 2016 Fall Meeting at the Harriet Chapel in Thurmont, MD.

The CCASM members attending were Belinda, Carol, and Jim.  And Esther Read, the Charles County Archaeologist, was also there.  Carol gave the CCASM chapter report during the business meeting.  Jim, the outgoing ASM Treasurer, also was one of the speakers.

It's always fun to catch up with others from around the state and hear what they are doing.  But the highlight of the meeting was the talks.  Below is the list.  If you get a chance to hear them at some other venue, you should try to go.  You won't be disappointed.

• Clear as Mud: Underwater Archaeology in Maryland,  Susan Langley, MHT Underwater Archaeology Program
   
• Soft as Clay - a Comparison of Prehistoric Pottery Resources throughout the Upper Bay,  Dan Coates- ASNV President
     
• Where Water Once Flowed: Terminal Archaic Sites on Relict Stream Channels,  Jocelyn Lee, Citizen Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
   
• ASM Field Schools (2014-2015) at the Shaw’s Folly, Java Farm, and Contees Wharf Slave Sites,  James G. Gibb, Research Associate, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
   
• A Reanalysis of Human Remains from the Cemetery at Catoctin Furnance,  Douglas Owsley and Katie Barca, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
     
• Bone Identification Workshop for Avocational and Professional Archaeologists,  David Hunt, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
   
• Academic Research Informing Heritage Tourism,  Elizabeth A. Comer, EAC/Archaeology, Inc.
   
• A Forest for the Trees: Remote Sensing Applications and Historic Production at Cunningham Falls State Park,  Robert Wanner, EAC/Archaeology, Inc.
   
• The African American Cemetery at Catoctin Furnace: Bridging the Past and the Future,  Jane I. Seiter, EAC/Archaeology, Inc. and Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory
   
  
• Technological Toolkit: Using XRF Analysis to Better Understand 19th Century Iron
  Making and Its Implications for the Labor Force,  Joseph E. Clemens, EAC/Archaeology, Inc.

Also congratulations to Wayne Clark, the 2016 William B Mayre Award Winner.

The Monocacy Chapter and the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society did a great job!