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 Grants Program (Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity) As a very small volunteer-based non-profit, grant funding is critical to our ability to provide history and archaeology research and

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. Hidden among the freshwater tidal marshes and forests on the Anne Arundel County side of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary are 26 documented archaeological sites, encompassing nearly 13,000 years of human

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 focus on laboratory methods and collections management. The internship will be based in Edgewater, MD with some travel required. This internship is designed to be educational in nature