The MAC Lab has hit another one out of the park!  Thank you to all of the
folks who have made these wonderful tools available for research.  Please
keep up all of your hard work.  We in the archaeological community really
appreciate it.  Thank you once again,

Bill Liebeknecht, RPA
Regional Manager
Dovetail Cultural Resource Group
721 Philadelphia Pike
Wilmington, Delaware 19809-2539

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Patricia Samford -MDP- <
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> The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory announces the
> launch of *Maryland
> Unearthed*; *A Guide to Archaeological Collections at the Maryland
> Archaeological Conservation Laboratory* (
> http://jefpat.org/mdunearth/Index.aspx). The searchable database makes it
> possible to identify and determine the research and educational potential
> of components from 268 sites curated at the lab, as well as isolate
> specific datable artifact assemblages associated with each component.  The
> database provides users with multiple categories of data for assemblages
> with research potential:  temporal range, cultural affiliation, assemblage
> size, curation status, current levels of analysis for multiple subsets of
> data (faunal, paleobotanical, ceramic and glass vessels), etc. Whether you
> are a student writing a class paper, a museum curator developing an
> exhibit, or a researcher doing advanced analysis, this online resource will
> allow you to quickly determine if the collections at the Lab could help
> you.
>
>
>
> The lab, located at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, is the repository
> for Maryland’s archaeological past, currently preserving over 8 million
> artifacts representing 13,000 years of human history in the state.   Over
> the last decade, the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory has
> committed to providing a variety of digital tools designed to make
> archaeological data easily available to researchers and the public.  The
> lab currently has five different web sources available, ranging from
> artifact identification tools to artifact and paleobotanical databases.
>
>
>
> The project also builds on the MAC Lab’s online guide, Archaeological
> Collections in Maryland (www.jefpat.org/NEHWeb), which provides detailed
> descriptions of 30 sites and includes a database of downloadable
> photographs and digitized field records associated with each site.  It is
> also linked with the Maryland Historical Trust Synthesis Project.  This
> collections tool was created using funding from a Maryland State Highways
> Administration Transportation Enhancement Grant.
>
>
>
> Patricia Samford
> Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab
> Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
> 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, Maryland 20685
> 410-586-8551  [log in to unmask]
>
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