More than 25 years of Professional & Scholarly Inquiry into the Cultural Past of the Mid-Atlantic

Over the years, the results of a broad range of research and archaeological investigations conducted by the Lost Towns Project have been captured in often difficult to access “grey literature.” Some of the Lost Towns Project’s larger and long-term research initiatives include Providence (1649), Londontown (1684), and Herrington (1664), and most recently, the Pig Point Native American Ceremonial Complex.  Recent collaborations have been undertaken in partnership with the Gibson Island Historical Society, the village of Galesville, Anne Arundel County’s “Generals Highway” survey project with SHA, and public outreach with the Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM program.

Below, you will find a large collection of publications on archaeological and historical research, with links to the scanned copies of many (and someday, most) of the articles, journals, papers and presentations that Lost Towns collaborators have produced. This is designed as a grey literature receptacle for all of the archaeological and heritage related studies relevant to the Mid-Atlantic and Central Maryland region. If you have documents you would like to add to this library, please contact us ([email protected])!

This website also has a newsletter archive of the Letters from Lost Towns and The Chronicles from the County, which assembles decades of reports on local archaeology in Anne Arundel County.

NOTICE: We are constantly updating these resources, so keep checking here for new publications. In order to facilitate research, soon these resources will be indexed by site number, general site type, and keywords such as artifact type, cultural affiliation or temporal period. For now, please use the search bar above to find articles of interest.

Chisholm, A. An Interesting Chicken Burial at London Town. 2019. Maryland Archaeology Month Booklet 2019

Mullis, D., Marine, J., Luckenbach, A., and S. Sperling. 2014. A Geological Summary and Landform Development: Pig Point Archaeological Site (18AN50). Tetra Tech.

Poulos, A. and J. Kille, 2014. The British Were Here! The War of 1812 in South Anne Arundel County.  Anne Arundel County History Notes 45 (3).

Owsley, D. and K. Bruwelheide, 2014. Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake Exhibition. Stewardship Report, Smithsonian, Natural Museum of Natural History.

Al Luckenbach. 2013. A “Delmarva Adena” Mortuary Complex at Pig Point.  Maryland Archeology 49(2): 3-14.

Jasmine Gollop and Al Luckenbach. 2013. Temporal Variability in Delmarva Adena Copper Beads at Pig Point. Maryland Archeology 49(2): 15-20.

Mandy Melton and Al Luckenbach. 2013. The Ritual Killing of Slate Gorgets at the Pig Point Site. Maryland Archeology 49(2): 21-27.

Al Luckenbach and Shawn Sharpe. 2013. Ceramics from the Delmarva Adena Ritual Pits at Pig Point.  Maryland Archeology 49(2): 28-36.

John E. Kille, 2013. Anne Arundel County’s Curtis Creek Furnace: The Cultural Landscape of Early Iron Production. Anne Arundel County History Notes 44(3).

Al Luckenbach, John E. Kille, and Shawn Sharpe 2013. The Architectural Remains of Samuel Chew’s “Large and Elegant Mansion.”  Maryland Archaeology 49(1): 11-20.

John E. Kille and Donna M. Ware 2012. A Journey Back in Time… Discover London Town!  Anne Arundel County History Notes 43(3): 1-7.

John E. Kille, Ph.D., Shawn Sharpe, and Al Luckenbach, Ph.D. 2012. Limited Archaeological Testing at the Sands House, Annapolis, Maryland. Report submitted to the Four Rivers Heritage Area.

Al Luckenbach. 2011. Sourcing Two Adena Stone Tube Pipes from Pig Point (18AN50).  Maryland Archeology 47(1): 28-30.

Al Luckenbach. 2011. Hopewellian Isolates from Anne Arundel County. Maryland Archeology 47(2): 15-21.

Al Luckenbach. 2011. Two Dated Archaic Period Hearths from Pig Point (18AN50). Maryland Archeology 47(1): 31-34.

Al Luckenbach and Diana Edwards. 2011. An Unusual Drabware Strainer from the Chew Site, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. In Ceramics in America 2011, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 185-186.

Erin Cullen. 2011. Osteological Analysis of Remains from the Richards’ Family Vault, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Stevenson University Forensics Journal 2: 33-39.

Al Luckenbach, Jessie Grow, and Shawn Sharpe. 2010. Archaic Period Triangular Points from Pig Point, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 26: 1-15.

Al Luckenbach. 2009. Some Unusual Ceramics from the Pig Point site in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 45(1&2): 40-46.

Stephanie Taleff Sperling. 2008. The Middle Woodland Period in Maryland: A Fresh Look at Old Questions. Maryland Archeology 44(1): 22-36.

Al Luckenbach and Shawn Sharpe. 2007. A Seriation Analysis of “Trade” and “Belly Bowl” Tobacco Pipe Forms from ca.1655 – ca. 1725. Maryland Archeology 43(1): 28-33.

Al Luckenbach and Taft Kiser. 2006. Seventeenth Century Tobacco Pipe Manufacturing in the Chesapeake Region: A Preliminary Delineation of Makers and Their Styles. In Ceramics in America 2006, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 160-177.

John E. Kille. 2006. How to Lose and Find a 17th-Century Town: The Cultural Landscape of Herrington. Anne Arundel County History Notes 37(3): 1-2, 7-12.

Lauren Schiszik and Al Luckenbach. 2006. The Raven Site (18HO252): An Early 18th Century Plantation in Howard County. Maryland Archeology 42(2): 15-23.

John E. Kille. 2005. Distinguishing Marks and Flowering Designs: Baltimore’s Utilitarian Storeware Industry. In Ceramics in America 2005, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 93-131.

John E. Kille. 2005. Bell Family Presentation Jar. In Ceramics in America 2004, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 235-238.

Al Luckenbach. 2004. The Swan Cove Kiln: Chesapeake Tobacco Pipe Production, Circa 1650-1669. In Ceramics in America 2004, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 1-14.

Lauren Franz and Al Luckenbach. 2004.The Building Sequence at Homewood’s Lot, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 40(2): 19-28.

Al Luckenbach. 2004. Fowl Play at London Town? Maryland Archeology 40(2): 8.

Al Luckenbach and David Gadsby. 2004. Native American Stone Celts from Colonial Contexts in the 17th Century Settlement of Providence, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 40(2): 1-7.

Lisa Plumley and Erin Cullen. 2004. A London Town Burial: A Study in Past and Present Customs. Maryland Archeology 40(2): 9-18.

Jason D. Moser, Al Luckenbach, Sherri M. Marsh, Donna Ware. 2003. Impermanent Architecture in a Less Permanent Town: The Mid-Seventeenth-Century Architecture of Providence, Maryland. Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture 9: 197-214.

Mechelle L. Kerns-Nocerito. 2003. Trade in Colonial Anne Arundel County: The Tobacco Port of London Town. Maryland Historical Magazine 98(3): 325-344.

Al Luckenbach and C. Jane Cox. 2003. 17th Century Lead Cloth Seals from Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 39(1&2): 17-26.

C. Jane Cox and Shawn Sharpe. 2003. View from the Top of the Hill: The Early 18th Century Homesite of the Talbott Family. Maryland Archeology 39(1&2): 1-16.

Al Luckenbach and John E. Kille. 2003. Delftware Motifs and the Dating of the Rumney-West Tavern, London Town, Maryland (ca. 1724). American Ceramics Circle.

Al Luckenbach. 2002. Ceramics from the Edward Rumney/Stephen West Tavern, London Town, Maryland, Circa 1725. In Ceramics in America 2002, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 130-152.

Al Luckenbach. 2002. The Seventeenth-Century “Lloyd Plate” from the Broadneck Site in Maryland. In Ceramics in America 2002, Robert Hunter, editor. Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England; 205-206.

Al Luckenbach and Jane Cox. 2002. Tobacco-Pipe Manufacturing in Early Maryland: The Swan Cove Site (ca. 1650-1669). In The Clay Tobacco Pipe in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1650-1730), edited by Al Luckenbach, C. Jane Cox, and John Kille, pp. 46-63. Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Annapolis, Maryland.

Wayne E. Clarke and Al Luckenbach. 2002. American Indian Site Discovered: The History and Preservation of the Magothy Quartzite Quarry. Anne Arundel County History Notes, vol. 34 (1).

Mechelle Kerns-Nocerito. 2002. Stories Dead Men Tell: Geophysical Survey in the All Hallows Graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 38(1): 13-18.

C. Jane Cox, Dennis Kavadias, and Al Luckenbach. 2000. Skipworth’s Addition (1664-1682): Limited Testing at a 17th Century Quaker Homelot, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  Maryland Archeology 36(1): 1-10.

Lisa Plumley and Al Luckenbach. 2000. Tracing Larrimore Point Through Time: Excavations at 18AN1065. Maryland Archeology 36(1): 1-10.

Rosemarie Callage, John Kille, and Al Luckenbach. 1999. An Analysis of 17th Century Clay Tobacco Pipes From the Chaney’s Hills Site (18AN1084). Maryland Archeology 35(2): 27-33.

C. Jane Cox. 1998. The Edmondo Site (18AN1058), London Town, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 34(2): 18-30.

Joseph B. Thomas, Jr. and Anthony D. Lindauer. 1998. Seeking Herrington: Settlement in a Very Early Maryland Town. Maryland Archeology 34(2): 11-17.

Al Luckenbach and Patricia N. Dance. 1998. Drink and Be Merry: Glass Vessels from Rumney’s Tavern (18AN48), London, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 34(2): 1-10.

Al Luckenbach, Esther Read, and Donna Ware. 1995. The Excavation of Jeffe’s Inheritance: The Chalkley Site (18AN711). Maryland Archeology 31(1&2): 39-58.

Al Luckenbach and James G. Gibb. 1994. Dated Window Leads from Colonial Sites in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 30(2): 23-28.

Al Luckenbach, with contributions by Esther Read, Donna Ware, and Tony Lindauer. 1994. The Excavation of an 18th Century Dutch Yellow Brick Firebox and Chimney Stack in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Archeology 30(2): 9-22.

Alvin Luckenbach, Wayne Clark, and Richard Levy. 1987. Rethinking Cultural Stability in Eastern North American Prehistory: Linguistic Evidence from Eastern Algonquin. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 3: 1-32.