2024 ASM Spring Symposium

Saturday April 20 the Archeological Society of Maryland held its 58th Annual Spring Symposium at the Maryland Historical Trust in Crownsville, MD.  

The talks at the Symposium included 

• 13,000 Year Old Artifacts in 50 Year Old Cigar Boxes: New Insights from the Maryland Fluted Point Survey
  Zachary Singer, Maryland Historical Trust
  
  
• Florida Paleoindians: Why much of what we know is preserved underwater
  David Thulman, George Washington University
    
  
• The Richard E. Stearns Memorial Lecture (presented remotely)
  Paleoindian Use of Normanskill Chert across the Northeast
  Jonathan Lothrop, New York State Museum

Some slide images from the above three talks

Maryland Paleo Points (Singer)

Hafting (Thulman)

Paleo Tools (Lothrop)

Now back to the talks.

•  History in the Marsh: How One Headstone in the Woods Led to the Discovery of a Domestic Site
  Daniel Dean, Marshy Point Nature Center
  
  
• ASM Student Spotlight
  3D Osteological Type Collection Website
  Kaydee Anderson, George Washington University
    
  
• The Iris McGillivray Memorial Lecture Jasper Ridge’s (44WR506) Potential Contributions to Paleo-American Studies: A History of the Interpretations
  Mike Johnson, Virginia Museum of Natural History

2024 program/agenda

CCASM  members Pat, Jim, Carol, Ned, the other Carol, and Annetta (not pictured) attended.

CCASM is a chapter of ASM.