Looking for the Original Mt. Aventine(s)

Laura Cripps

At the March 8 meeting Dr Laura Cripps described a multidisciplinary project  undertaken by archaeology and history professors and students at Howard Community College.   The original Mt. Aventines located in Chapman State Park in western Charles County were investigated.  The archaeological part of the project involved using non-invasive archaeological methods (magnetometer) to start identifying some of the eighteenth-century features associated with Mt. Aventine.  The history part involved doing archival research.   Laura is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Geography at Howard Community College.

Laura describing use of magnetometer at site

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Archaeology Project at Mt Aventine

Laura Cripps

Dr. Laura Cripps, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Howard Community College, conducted a small non-invasive survey project at Chapman State Park on September 2 and 3. The project was to produce additional information on the extent and preservation of archaeological remains at the Park for use by the DNR and the Friends of Mt Aventine.

You can hear more about what she found at the October 8 meeting of the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc. (see calendar).  Dr. Cripps will be giving the 2010 Frederick L. Stiner Memorial Lecture on "A Multidisciplinary Investigation for the Original Mt. Aventine(s), at Chapman State Park".