The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum is pleased to announce the addition of several new sections to its Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland website (www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/index.htm<http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/index.htm>). In the Small Finds section, Sara Rivers-Cofield has added a section on spurs, with information on the different components of and changes in spur styles over time. In the Post-Colonial Ceramics section of the website, several new essays have been added. The most detailed of these essays is on white granite, also called white ironstone. A new section of the website, entitled Less Commonly Found Wares has been created, describing post-colonial wares and decorative types less commonly recovered on archaeological sites. The web pages included there will provide visitors with a general description of these ceramics and offer reference sources that can be read for more in-depth information. Categories included to date include a type of Japanese overglaze porcelain called Geisha girl porcelain, relief molded stoneware, and felspathic stoneware. Categories to be added in the future include sprig molded wares, Rockingham, yellow ware, decal decorated wares and alphabet wares.
And we are pleased to announce that George L. Miller has allowed us to post a paper he prepared entitled "Common Staffordshire Cup and Bowl Shapes." This typology focuses on the cup and bowl shapes that became common types and as such are regularly recovered from archaeological sites. Beyond describing and illustrating these common types, this study will document their chronological development and the terminology used to describe them by the potters who produced them and the merchants who bought and sold them. There is a link to this paper from the Post-Colonial Ceramics page.
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, the State Museum of Archaeology, is the home of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab), which houses over 8 million artifacts. The MAC Lab serves as a clearinghouse for archaeological collections recovered from land-based and underwater projects conducted by State and Federal agencies throughout Maryland. All of these collections are available for research, education, and exhibit purposes to students, scholars, museum curators, and educators. For more information on the MAC Lab or the Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland website, please visit www.jefpat.org<http://www.jefpat.org>.
Patricia Samford
Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
10515 Mackall Road
St. Leonard, Maryland 20685
410-586-8551 (phone)
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