Dear Folks on the Listserve,
For those of you in the neighborhood who are interested in a wide ranging discussion on news in Maryland archaeology you would be very welcome to the University of Maryland, College Park, on Saturday, November 8 for our day long symposium.
Mark Leone
Mark P. Leone
Professor
Department of Anthropology
1108 Woods Hall
College Park, MD 20742-7415
(301) 405-8767 (office)
(301) 314-8305 (fax)
Overview of Maryland Archaeology
Archeologists have set a day-long public forum for November 8 to discuss and debate what is known about Maryland’s history.
Under the heading of “The Future of Maryland’s Past,” speakers and panels will offer their views on three broad areas:
* What has been learned about life in this area in the years before the European settlers arrived.
* The conflict and contact that took place after those colonists came.
* The development of the colonial period.
The session, to be held on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, will be introduced by Maryland’s top state archeologist, Richard Hughes of the Maryland Historical Trust.
Other participants include academics, state archeologists and private contract archeologists.
Among the experts scheduled to appear are Richard Dent and Robert Wall. Dent, of American University, and Wall, of Towson University, are leading the inquiry into Late Woodland Indian life in the Potomac area. This summer each excavated a significant site.
The session looking into the fateful meeting of the Indians and the settlers includes Julia King of Maryland’s Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in Calvert County and Christopher Polglase, a contract archeologist from Frederick.
The panel exploring the early colonial period includes Mark Leone, of the University of Maryland, who has done extensive work in Annapolis, and Washington College’s John Seidel, whose work has included underwater archeology.
The program, which runs from 9 until 4:15, is open to the public and will take place at the Skinner Auditorium. The $3 fee includes refreshments, but not lunch.
For directions to the auditorium, check the web address www.uga.umd.edu/visit/direct.html. For information on the program, contact Jim Gibb at 443-482-9593.
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