Excavations at Skipworth’s Addition in Harwood, Maryland provide a tantalizing view of the material culture left by the well-to-do Quaker family. George and Elizabeth Thurston Skipworth lived at Skipworth’s Addition from 1664 until 1682. This domestic colonial site is intact and retains integrity, promising to yield significant information related to the earliest European settlement of the
2018 excavations at the James Brice House in Annapolis, Maryland are providing information on the mid-18th century construction and occupation of this historic home. Excavations are continuing weekly throughout the spring, so reach out to the Lost Towns Project using the email below if you want to participate.
Anne Arundel County archaeologists and volunteers have recently completed a two-year project to catalog the Bob Ogle Collection, a large research collection that was donated to the county by longtime local resident and avocational archaeologist Bob Ogle. With funding support from the Maryland Historical Trust, the team curated 150 boxes of artifacts from Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, and Prince George’s
Archaeologists with Anne Arundel County’s Cultural Resources Section have uncovered a previously unknown 17th-century archaeological site in Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in southwest Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The discovery was announced at a public event at Jug Bay on May 14th by C. Jane Cox, Chief of Cultural Resources for Anne Arundel County. Anne Arundel County, in collaboration with the
These little ceramic sherds pack a big attitude! These pieces of black transfer-printed whiteware come from a site on Gibson Island near the Magothy River. The wing design and text are part of the makers mark for Homer Laughlin China Co. of East Liverpool, Ohio, which dates the vessel to between 1877 and 1890, the