October 2008
Visit www.Parkpass.org for additional information on our workshops. NOTE: All fieldwork is weather contingent: if there is inclement weather we will work in the lab.
DATE & TIME |
LOCATION |
ACTIVITY & DESCRIPTION |
MORE INFO |
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October 1 (Wednesday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK 8am–3pm - Excavation at Acorn Hollow in Little Bennett Regional Park |
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October 2 (Thursday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
HARVEST FESTIVAL PREPARATION 9:30am-Noon - Prepare “Junior Archaeology Dig” Site at the Agricultural History Farm Park |
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October 2 (Thursday) |
Needwood Mansion |
LABWORK 7–9pm - Lab Night |
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October 3 |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK / LABWORK 10am–3pm - Setting up outdoor lab for the Montgomery College Lifelong Learning Class at Pennyfield Lock |
Class runs from Noon – 3 pm |
October 4 (Saturday) |
Agricultural History Farm Park |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! |
Volunteers will work shifts |
October 5 (Sunday) |
Agricultural History Farm Park |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! |
Volunteers will work shifts |
October 8 (Wednesday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK 8 am – 3:00 pm - Excavation at Acorn Hollow in Little Bennett Regional Park |
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October 9 (Thursday) |
Dinner 7 pm -
Gaithersburg Hilton |
CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE |
Dinner: $21 (Must RSVP by October 6th) Contact Vivian Eicke at 301-681-6497 or vive01@verizon.net |
October 12 (Sunday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK 9am–1pm - ASM/High School Students. Excavation at Acorn Hollow in Little Bennett Regional Park |
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October 15 (Wednesday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK 8am–3pm - Excavation at Acorn Hollow in Little Bennett Regional Park |
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October 16 (Thursday) |
Ledos Pizza (eat at Needwood Mansion) |
ASM, Mid-Potomac Chapter Meeting - 6pm–10pm - CAT Program Presenter: Dr. James Sorensen, “Identification of Historic Ceramics” CAT PROGRAM |
CAT Program |
October 18 (Saturday) |
Frederick, Maryland |
ASM FALL MEETING |
See below for more details** |
October 20 (Monday) |
Needwood Mansion |
LABWORK 9:30am–2pm - Processing materials from Palmer-Robinson Rockshelter |
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October 22 (Wednesday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK 8am–3pm - Excavation at Acorn Hollow in Little Bennett Regional Park |
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October |
St. Mary’s City, Maryland |
CONFERENCE Friday-Sunday - Council of Northeast Historical Archaeology / Archaeology of the Atlantic World |
See below for more info *** |
October 29 (Monday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK 8am–3pm - Excavation at Acorn Hollow in Little Bennett Regional Park |
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October 31 (Friday) |
Meet at Needwood Mansion |
FIELDWORK PREPARATION 9:30am-Noon - Prepare Oakley Cabin for Emancipation Day Fieldwork |
** ASM’s Annual Meeting - October 18
The meeting will take place in Millersville on Saturday, October 18 and will feature six speeches covering topics on the Potomac River Valley Native Americans: Just Who Were These Peoples Anyway?
- "A New Perspective on the 1000 Year History of the Piscataway and Related Algonquian-Speaking Indians of the Potomac River Valley" - Wayne E. Clark, Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland.
- "Prehistoric Village Life uring the Montgomery Complex: A View from the Rosenstock Site" - Dennis Curry, Maryland Historical Trust
- "Excavations at Keyser Form Site, Virginia: Deer Skins, Wealth, and a View to the North" - Michael B. Barber, PhD, Virginia State Archaeologist
- "Susquehannock Archeology in the Upper Potomac Valley" - Robert D. Wall, PhD, Towson University
- "Population Continuity and Replacement During the Late Woodland Period" - William C. Johnson, PhD, retired
- "Origins of Prehistoric People of Maryland" - Richard J. Dent, PhD, American University
For more information: http://www.marylandarcheology.org/annual_meeting.php
***The 2008 Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Conference will be at St. Mary's City this year - October 24 - 26 Some highlights:
- A plenary session focused on the subject of the Archaeology of the Atlantic World has been scheduled for Saturday morning featuring Henry Miller, Julia King, and Mary Beaudry as principal speakers.
- The opening reception Friday night will be held at the new St. John's Archaeological exhibit, a 5,500 square foot museum of history and archaeology built around the remains of a 1638 house.
- Tours of Historic St. Mary's City and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum and a range of workshops will be featured at St. Mary's and at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory in St. Leonard on Friday.
- The Saturday evening banquet will be a Southern Maryland church dinner featuring stuffed ham and crab cakes preceded by a reception in the reconstructed Statehouse of 1676.
For more information: http://www.smcm.edu/soan/cneha/cneha08.htm
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Date of last update:
September 22, 2008
