June 6-July 16, 2016 (6 credit hours) The Department of Anthropology’s archaeological field school will be at Cremona Estate (Mechanicsville, St. Mary’s County) this summer. Students will continue excavations at the 17th and 18th century plantation of West Ashcom located on the property. The aim of the field school is to provide students with the Find out more »
Fall Internship/Directed Research Opportunity at Cremona Estate
The Cremona Fellows Program was established in 2013 to provide students interested in archaeology and historic preservation hand-on experience. The latest internship/directed research opportunity will take place this fall and will focus on the one remaining slave cabin on the property. The nineteenth century cabin, known as “Sam’s Cabin” after its last formerly enslaved occupant, Find out more »
Collections Management Internship/Directed Research Summer 2015
This is designed for Anthropology majors/minors or MUST minors. Currently housed in the Kent Hall archaeology storage facility are several hundred thousand artifacts on indefinite loan from The Gambia. The guidelines for the permits issued by the Gambian National Center for Arts and Culture (NCAC) stipulate that the collections must be made open to other Find out more »
Gender and Violence
(ANTH 352-02) Why do people hurt other people? Stalking is romantic… right? Are women as equally violent as men? Why do victims of sexual assault often freeze up instead of fight back? How does the media normalize gender-based violence? Is pornography harmful or empowering? How does culture influence people’s ideas about violence? Does domestic violence Find out more »
Field School in Archaeological Survey Methods
MAY 18-JUNE 12, 2015 Location: Newtowne Neck State Park Near Leonardtown, Maryland Learn to research in archives; design and implement survey-level testing; use a total station; process and curate artifacts; prepare archaeological site forms; and read historic buildings. Students who successfully complete the four-week field school will have: the opportunity to apply for an additional Find out more »
Long Looked for Come at Last Cemetery Survey
Students from the Spring 2014 ANTH 385 Research Methods are working on a class project at ‘Long Looked For Come At Last’ in Charlotte Hall at the invitation of the property owners. Under the direction of Dr. Steve Lenik, students have recorded a cemetery containing more than 75 burials which are marked by headstones, footstones, Find out more »
Mid-Atlantic Conference Presentations
Alumna Mary Kate Mansius presents her paper, “Lithics Revisited: An Analysis of Native American Stone Tool Technology During Pre-Contact and Contact Periods” Senior Ginger Williams presents her paper, “An Archaeological Study of the Role of Music in Early Modern Chesapeake” Senior Kaiolani Siregar presents her paper, “XRF Elemental Analysis of Archaeological Morgan Jones Ceramics in Find out more »
Heritage and Public Engagement Class at Maryland Archaeology Day
On April 19 the Heritage and Public Engagement class participated in Maryland Archaeology Day at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. Their traveling exhibit on Archaeology and colonial Life at Cremona Estate including artifact displays and interactive activities designed from local grammar school students.