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At the September CCASM meeting Andrew Webster talked about three recent Anne Arundel projects with each project representing a different aspect of archaeology.
The first project involved washing, cataloging, and documenting artifacts that Robert Ogle had collected over his lifetime as a surveyor in Maryland and Virginia. Ogle's notes and maps added to the usefulness of the collection. The collection included over 161,982 unique objects (both Native American and historic) from 154 different archaeological sites including 25 in Charles County. The Charles County artifacts are now at the MAC Lab. 82 volunteers contributed 2,673 hours of work on the collection. Three of those volunteers were CCASM members. And as with all good archaeology, there is a report.
The second project involved updating Anne Arrundel County's Inventory of Historic Properties. In 2017 only 7% of the sites were documented as having an African American component even when the site was listed as a plantation. This project involved researching to try to correct some of the disparity for sites inhabited by both enslaved and free African Americans in the nineteenth century.
The third project involved creating a website to be used by teachers (initially for middle school STEM teachers) to teach students about archaeology. Although it is called "Native American Archaeology in Anne Arundel County, Maryland", almost all of it it could easily apply to Charles County. Drew is currently starting to add 3-D images of the artifacts. Here is the link to the site http://www.losttownsproject.org/toolbox/
The CCASM September meeting was to have been in-person, but then Drew came down with COVID. Drew was able to give the presentation via ZOOM but the last minute confusion probably affected attendance. Too bad. It was a really good talk.
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