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Our next Chapter meeting will be on Friday, September 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Location:
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
211 S. Lee St Cumberland, MD
September 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The Chapter will resume meetings after our summer break - but do not dispair, the 2024 Tyler Bastion Field Session will be in Allegany County. See below for details, and don't miss this exciting oportunity.
All meetings are open to the public.
You can register now at https://marylandarcheology.org/fieldsession.html
Also please note:
Kid's Day, June 2nd , 10:00-12:00 -
Kid's Day, June 2nd , 10:00-12:00 -
For the second year, ASM will be conducting a special Kid's Day program at the Field Session. Kids, aged 6-13, will be offered activities to introduce various archeological concepts to Elementary and Middle School students. This is a great opportunity for them to learn about what happens on an archeological site, how artifiacts are discovered, processed and cataloged, and why we spend so much time digging square holes in the ground.
Participants should be registered in the "Youth" category. All participants must be accompanied by an adut who is authorized to complete the Liability Waiver. The adult may participate in regular Field Session activities while the Kid's Day program is under way if they are also registered as Field Session participants.
To sign up or if you have questions, contact Julia Berg at esarcheology@gmail.com
With the assistance of Western Maryland Chapter of ASM members, the Maryland Historic Trust conducted a dig in the Oldtown, Maryland area from October 16-19, 2023.
Test excavations were done at a site in Allegany County believed to be Colonel Thomas Cresap's fortified home called "Skipton" or "OldTown." These test units were done to ground-truth two large cellar-like anomalies identified during a tri-partite remote sensing survey conducted by MHT and the Western Chapter of the Archeological Society of Maryland (ASM) in November of 2020.
It is likely that the 2024 ASM field session will done at this site so stay tuned for exciting news about what was found and plans for future work at this site.
Appalachian Folk Festival
This event was held September 16th at Frostburg State University
The Western Maryland Chapter booth displayed artifacts and printed material on the archaeology of our area. There was a steady stream of visitors who were interested and stopped to talk about archaeology. A number of new members and visitors attended the September chapter meeting where a presentation about Bone Cave was done. 45 people attended.
Over the past 5 summers the wigwamin the Rocky Gap State Park camping area has served as a focal point for youth programs on Native American Lifeways.
Not just a Chapter President - a roofing contractor:
Repairs and maintenance work being done in July 2022.
For more information, contact the Chapter
wmdasm@yahoo.com
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Membership Dues for 2023:
Payment of dues, $12 per household, will once again be collected for 2024.
Payment can be made at Chapter meetings or mailed to:
Krista Morris, Treasurer
524 Welch Ave
Cumberland MD 21502
Make check payable to WMD Chapter ASM.
(Please include EMAIL, so that we may send your newsletter electronically
rather than postal mail, to reduce postage cost.)
January begins the new Membership year.
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Meeting Cancellations:
Meeting cancellations will be announced on
WCBC 1270 AM, by email or you may call Chapter members when in doubt.
wmdasm@yahoo.com
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The Western Maryland Chapter of the Archeological Society of Maryland was established to educate and encourage amateur archeologists by conducting field sessions, weekend digs and hosting guest speakers on a wide range of archeological topics. Projects such as the excavation of the Late Woodland sites in Cresaptown and Barton's in Allegany County and Sang Run in Garrett County have created a growing interest in our local cultural resources.
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