Excavations at Lower Brambly I (18ST51) in Chaptico, St. Mary's County
Principal Investigator - Dr Julia King of St. Mary's College of Maryland
This work will follow up on activities performed by ASM volunteers and others last December. During the first half of February, Tim Horsley of the University of Northern Illinois conducted with the assistance Brent Chippendale conducted a remote sensing survey of the site. Focus of the field work beginning on March 27 will be to place 5x5-foot squares on those anomalies that Horsley found.
Lower Brambly I is a 20-acre shell midden located on private property at the conjunction of the Potomac and Wicomico Rivers. It is believed that this site is the location of the Indian town Secomocomoco mapped by Captain John Smith in 1608.
Because the site is threatened by extraordinary storm events and normal tidal activity it is one of the three sites chosen for survey and testing under the grant provided to ASM through the Maryland Historical Trust's grant from the National Park Service pertaining to the effects of Hurricane Sandy.
People interested in taking part should contact Julia King at jking@smcm.edu to receive an information and registration packet.
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