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Maryland Archeology Month 2024

Co-Chairs, Maryland Archeology Month Committee

African Diaspora Archeology: A Collaboration with Descendants.

Maryland archeology has many stakeholders including the archeologists themselves, government agencies dedicated to preserving cultural...

Julie M. Schablitsky

The Archeology of Harriet Tubman's Birthplace

In the spring of 2020, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Black Water National Wildlife Refuge, purchased a parcel of land on Peter’s Neck...

Elizabeth Anderson Comer, Catoctin Furnace Historical Society

Engaging the Descendant Community of Catoctin Furnace.

In 2014, the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society (CFHS) began a search to identify the descendant community of enslaved and free African...

Elgin Klugh and Isaac Shearn

Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project

On Belair Road in East Baltimore, there is a shopping center directly across the street from Clifton Park. The establishment is well...

Laura Masur

Learning from Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement.

I spent years of graduate study poring over technical reports, geographic information systems (GIS) datasets, and archival documents...

Alex Glass, Patricia Samford, and Scott Strickland

Witnesses of Wallville: Documenting a Rural Southern Maryland Community.

Following the Civil War, newly emancipated Black Marylanders found themselves negotiating a world filled with both opportunities and...

Tara L. Tetrault and Suzanne Johnson

Descendants and Archaeologists Investigating the Dorsey Site in Sugarland, Maryland.

Sugarland, Maryland is a post-emancipation community founded in 1871. Early founding families like the Dorseys helped create this new...

Kelly Palich and Deacon Allen Greene

St. Mary's Cemetery - Why Collaboration in Archeology Matters.

Helen Keller once said, “alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” This statement has never been truer than the...

Matthew D. McKnight

Field Session Teaster - Hunting the Maryland Monster

This year the Annual Field Session will be held at the Oldtown I site (18AG9), just east of Cumberland in Allegany County. It’s been over...