2017 ASM Fall Meeting

On Saturday October 21 the Upper Patuxent Archaeology Group (UPAG) Chapter of ASM hosted the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc (ASM) 2017 Fall Meeting at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD.

The CCASM members attending were Annetta, Belinda, Carol, and Jim.  Carol gave the CCASM chapter report during the business meeting.  Sarah Grady, CCASM's previous president, 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.

• In the Face of the Flood: Endangered Sites in Anne Arundel County
  Stacy Poulus, Lost Towns
   
• Report on the 2017 ASM Field Session 
  Kirsti Uunila, Calvert County archeologist, presented by Charles Hall, MHT
      
• SHA Is More than Highways, Especially if a Shipwreck Is Uncovered
  Aaron Levinthal, SHA
   
• The Frederic M. Stiner Memorial Lecture: Looking into a fort George Washington had constructed
  W. Stephen McBride, McBride Preservation Services
   
• How a Small Non-Profit Got Involved in Archeology
  Lynne Bulhack, Mid-Potomac Archeological Society
   
• The Marilyn Thompson Lecture: Preserving a Jim Crow Era School in Anne Arundel County
  Sarah Grady, University of Maryland
   
• Looking for the Wreck of the Scorpion
  WMPT videotape 

Also congratulations to Dennis Curry, the 2017 William B Mayre Award recipient;  Jeff Cunningham, the 2017 Patricia Seitz Teacher of the Year Award recipient; and Dave Peters, the latest person to complete ASM’s Certified Archeological Technician program.

And thanks to the UPAG Chapter for hosting the meeting.