Charles County Archaeology Program

Esther Doyle Read

At the October 11 CCASM meeting Esther Doyle Read started by giving us an overview of the various aspects of the new Charles County Archaeology Program.  But the majority of the talk was about two sites on which many of those attending had volunteered.  First, Esther gave an update on the salvage archaeology at the Simpkin Coatback Site - what the archaeology is telling us and how this relates to what the building is telling us.  Next she revisited the Port Tobacco site and talked about re-imagining the Port Tobacco landscape.  Recently she has learned about an advertisement for a malt house and kiln in Port Tobacco in the 1740's.  So there's much more that can be learned about Port Tobacco.

Esther Doyle Read is the County Archaeologist for Charles County as well as an adjunct professor in the Ancient Studies Department at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

If people in the photos look a little wet, that is because the rain from Michael arrived in Charles County about an hour before the meeting.  There was a lot of rain, and still sixteen people came out.

Attendance: 16