Native American Artifacts Transferred to MAC Lab

From February 2012 through May 2013 CCASM investigated a Native American site on private property near Bryans Road in Charles County.  The site is a multi-component site dating from the Archaic Period into historic times with the major components being associated with the Early Woodland/early Middle Woodland Periods.  The investigation was done entirely by volunteers that were also CCASM members.  Even the Principle Investigator, Dr. James Gibb, volunteered his time as well as provided some of his equipment.

But investigation involves more that just digging.  CCASM members continued volunteering through March 2014 in order to process (wash, sort, bag with paper labels) all the artifacts.  And from 2015 through May 2017 the artifacts were labeled (using B-72) according to Maryland Lab Standards. 

On June 7 the property owners transferred 16 boxes containing over 16,510 artifacts to the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.  There they will be stored and can be made available for researchers and for exhibits.  All the documentation was also transferred at that time.

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To see what CCASM members did during the investigation (in reverse chronological order) -
Labeling Native American Collection - Part 1 Completed
Processing Native American Site Artifacts - Part 2
Investigating Native American Site - Part 2
Finishing STPs at Native American Site
Investigating Native American Site