November CCASM Meeting

November 20, 2025 (7 PM) 

Collection Artifacts

The Thomas Mayr Collection
50 years of Collecting in Central and Southern Maryland

The Thomas Mayr Collection is a large artifact collection representing decades of work by avocational archaeologists Thomas Mayr and Henry Sturdy.  Thomas Mayr was a lifelong resident of Davidsonville and began collecting archaeological materials in 1926. 

Recently, archaeologists with Anne Arundel County and the Lost Towns Project have been working with the artifacts and the collectors' vast collection of notes and maps to determine where exactly each artifact came from.  So far, the team has identified around 100 registered archaeological sites represented in the collection, and another 100 sites that may be unrecorded.  Drew Webster will discuss the team's progress on the collection so far, including sites in Charles County.    
 

Drew Webster
Archaeologist with Anne Arundel County and the Lost Towns Project

 

A Zoom link will be sent to CCASM members who can not attend in person.  Non-members will need to email ccasm2010@gmail.com by November 18 to request the link.

Location: La Plata Police Department Community Room, 101 La Grange Ave, La Plata, MD (map)
Parking is on the north side of the building (but not behind where the police cars are), on the street, and in the lot across the street.


Inclement weather policy: If the evening activities of the Charles County Public Schools are canceled due to inclement weather, CCASM meetings and/or activities will also be canceled or else be conducted via Zoom if a link has already been set up.
Call the 24-hour information line [301-934-7410 or 301-932-6656] to hear if there are any closure announcements. If there aren't any closure announcements, then CCASM activities will proceed as planned.