May 26 through June 5 the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc
(ASM) along with Maryland
Historical Trust (MHT) held the 2017 Field Session at the Calverton Site in Calvert County Maryland. Kirsti Uunilla, the Calvert County
Archeologist, was the principal investigator.
The Calverton Site (18CV22) is a multi-component site first occupied
by indigenous people in the
Woodland Period and later served as the first County Seat for
Calvert County until 1724.
Calverton (also known as Battle Town and Calvert Towne) is one of the oldest official ports and towns designated by
Lord Baltimore in the Province. Located on Battle Creek near its
junction with the Patuxent
River, this site has received scant archeological attention and is under
severe threat of coastal erosion.
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| Screening with view of Creek |
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| Looking inland early in the session |
Units were opened in four locations. In addition to all the shell recovered, historic artifacts included several types of seventeenth century ceramics, hand wrought nails that had been in a fire, gun flints, and brick fragments. Native American artifacts included at least one point and chert flakes. Below are two of the more interesting finds (at least to me). This gorget fragment is one of the Native American artifacts and could be Adena. This Smoker's Companion that had been in a fire would have been used in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. We will have to wait for the report to learn more about the site.
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| Gorget and Smoker's Companion |
At least two CCASM members attended for multiple days.
CCASM is a chapter of ASM.
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