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September 25th, 2026
Our next Chapter meeting will be on
Friday, September 25, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Location:
Old Canada Hose Company Firehouse
400 North Mechanic Street St
Cumberland, MD
Our September meeting with be a great opportunity to become more familiar with chert - one of the most commonly found artifacts from Native American sites, including the Barton site.
Daniel Fellman is a graduate student in the Applied Archaeology M.A. program at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). His research focuses on the use and distribution of lithic resources in the Mid-Atlantic region. Previously, Daniel introduced the Mid-Atlantic Chert Database (MACD) at the 2026 Annual Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference and was selected as one of the winners of the Mike Klein Student Paper Competition. In this presentation, he will discuss and provide an update on the development of the MACD, a publicly accessible geochemical database, digital chert reference collection, and literature index.
All meetings are open to the public.
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.
Appalachian Folk Festival
This event was held September 19th at Frostburg State University
Update at our next chapter meeting. Photo from last year's festival.
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 2026:
Payment of dues, $12 per household, will once again be collected for 2026.
Payment can be made at Chapter meetings or mailed to:
Our Treasurer, (insert your name here!)
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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