Discovering more about Charles County
and the Mid-Atlantic Region through Archaeology
Monday November 29 all lab work was suspended in order that we could decorate the inside of Burch House for the upcoming Charles County Holiday Tour that will be Dec 4-5. Elsie was assisted by Peggy and Claudia in decorating the trees and in putting together greenery displays. Esther dropped by to help. And Mary came by to collect the supplies for putting together activity-to-go bags. Everything turned out quite nice.
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| Crocheted Decorations |
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| Paper Decorations |
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| Elf Misting Greenery |
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| Dr. Julia King |
At CCASM's November 11 meeting Julie King talked about a bead cache in the Rappahannock River Valley of Virginia that was first reported in 1937. Hundreds of quartz and glass beads were being plowed out of the ground in a highly localized area near Leedstown. These European-made beads date to the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Julie presented a number of interesting hypotheses related to the beads. She even followed the trail of beads to Georgia down two different Native American trails.
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| Introductory Slide of Leedstown and Some of the Beads |
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| Red, Blue, White, and Striped Beads |
Dr. Julia King is an Anthropology Professor at St. Mary's College of Southern Maryland.
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| Socially distancing (but still interacting) |
We would like to thank the Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco for allowing us to use the Port Tobacco Courthouse for the meeting.