2018 MHT/ASM Archaeology Workshop

The 27th Annual Workshop in Archeology was held at the Maryland Historical Trust in Crownsville, MD, Saturday March 10, 2018. 
 
Topics and speakers included

• Stalking Panthers, Panthers, Falcons, and Bearcats in the Chesapeake - George Schwartz and David Howe (Keynote speakers)
• The Town of Secowocomoco? Archeological Investigations at Lower Brambly (18ST51), Near Chaptico, Maryland -Julia King
• Persistent Place or Just Passin' Through?  The Contact Period Component at Biggs Ford - Matt McKnight
• The Value of X-radiography in Archaeology and Conservation - Francis Lukezic
• From the Depths of History: U-1105, the Ghost Fleet, and the Efforts to Understand and Preserve Them - Troy Nowak
• Field Session Preview - Return to Calverton - Kirsti Uunila
• The 2017 Archeological Investigations at the River Farm Site in Lothian, Maryland - Zachary Singer

The CAT Workshop Preservation Laws was conducted by Charlie Hall, and the companion CAT Workshop Archaeological Ethics was conducted by Jim Gibb.

Ilka Knuppel Gray was acknowledged for being the sixteenth ASM Certified Archaeological Technician (CAT) graduate.

This is the thirtieth anniversary of Maryland Maritime Archaeology Program (MMAP).  Susan Langley, Maryland State Underwater Archaeologist, presented awards to three individuals (Donald Shomette, John Kiser, and Michael Pohuski) who have been supporting Maryland maritime archaeology since before the existence of MMAP. 

CCASM members attending included Evelyn, Pat, Jim, Carol, and Belinda. 
(We never seemed to be in the same place at the same time.  So there is no picture,)

CCASM is a chapter of ASM.