2022 ASM Fall Meeting

On Saturday October 1 the Central Chapter of ASM hosted the 2022 Archeology Society of Maryland, Inc Fall Meeting at the Marshy Point Nature Center in Middle River, MD (northeast of Baltimore).

The Fall Meeting started with the Annual ASM Business Meeting that also included the presentation of the 2022 William B Mayre Award to Don Housley for all his contributions to Maryland archaeology, as well as the presentation of certificates to recent graduates of the Certified Archaeological Technician (CAT) program -- Tom McLaughlin, Fran Kline, and Paul Bollwerk. (Congratulations to Don, Tom, Fran, and Paul.  Interestingly they are all from the Mid-Potomac Chapter.)

The election results were also reported -- President: Valerie Hall; Vice-President: Katherine Fernstrom; Membership Secretary: Ethan Bean; Secretary: Barbara Israel; Treasurer: Elaine Hall Chhean; At-large Trustees: Lynne Bulhack, Brent Chippendale, Jim Gibb, Aaron Jarvis, Don Housley, Jim Gibb, Becky Morehouse.  (And many thanks to Claude Bowen, the outgoing president.)

But the highlight of the ASM meetings are the talks. 

• Cassandra Bond Hamilton (whose tombstone is in Marshy Point Cemetery)
   Daniel Dean, Research Chair, Marshy Point Nature Center Council.
  
  
• Many Faces of the Dead: Different Facets of Cemetery Archaeology
    Dr. James G Gibb, Research Associate, Smithsonian Environmental Research Cente
        
•  Frederick M. Stiner Memorial Keynote Lecture
   Historical Preservation and Historic Cemeteries
     Howard Wellman, Conservator, Wellman Conservation
      
• Learning and Teaching at the Mace Family Cemetery, Community College of Baltimore County, Essex
    Katharine Fernstrom, Adjunct Faculty MICA and Towson University
    Nina Brown, Professor, Social Science
    Debra Sambuco, Collection Development Librarian, CCBC, Essex

This year there was also a tour of the Marshy Point Cemetery.

Two  CCASM members attended the meeting.