Lost Towns Project Awarded 2025 SHINE Grant from Maryland Humanities!
We are grateful to be one of 90 Maryland nonprofit organizations to receive $10,000 in general operating funding from Maryland Humanities’ Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE...
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For decades, the Lost Towns Project has been actively involved in numerous grant and public outreach projects that document our local history and archaeology.
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Bringing the Past to the Present, For the Future: Constructing a Database for the Archaeological Collections and Records of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
By Jug Bay Intern Julia Ribblett. This blog post was originally published in Marsh Notes, the newsletter of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, and is cross-posted here.
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Whitehall Overseer’s Quarter: Connecting Local African American Histories Through Archaeology on the Broadneck Peninsula
By Jennifer J. Babiarz (Anne Arundel County), C. Jane Cox (Anne Arundel County), and Lisa H. Robbins (Lost Towns Project consultant). This blog post was...
Summer 2024 Internship Information
Summer 2024 Internship Information
Introduction:
Anne Arundel County’s Cultural Resources Section in conjunction with The Lost Towns Project is offering two internship positions in Archaeology with a...
Maryland Archaeology Month 2024
April is Maryland Archaeology Month! Here is how we are getting involved. Find more archaeology events across the state at marylandarcheologymonth.org.
Archaeology Lab Open House (Maryland Day...
Resiliency Through Change Workshop: 13,000 Years of History Along the Patuxent River
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Resiliency through Change: Educator Workshop
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Learn how Climate Change affected native people & how archaeological sites are now threatened because of it.
Designed for 4th-12th...
Lost Towns and AA County Honored at Heritage Awards
The Lost Towns Project and Anne Arundel County's Cultural Resources Section were among the awardees honored at the twentieth annual Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Awards, held...
The Ogle Collection and the Maryland State Standards for Archaeological Collections
By Gabriella Gonzalez. Gabriella is a Senior at the University of Maryland, College Park Anthropology Department and a current fall intern with the Lost Towns...
Join Us for Native American Heritage Month in Anne Arundel County
The American continent is vast and has a variety of cultures that date back thousands of years. Indigenous peoples' histories, cultures, and heritage are evident...
Evening & Weekend Volunteer Hours at the Archaeology Lab
Beginning this September, the Anne Arundel County Archaeology Lab will have expanded volunteer hours. The Lab will be open:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 am to...
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