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The 2009 Annual Conference

 

Preliminary Program

39TH ANNUAL MEETING OF

THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE

 

March 19th - 22nd, 2009

Clarion Resort Fontainebleu Hotel

10100 Coastal Highway

Ocean City, Maryland 21842

Reservations: 1-800-638-2100

 

The 39th Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference will be held at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleu Hotel from Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 22, 2009.  Please identify yourself to the hotel staff as a MAAC registrant to get the conference rate.

Individuals who wish to register for the conference and who are not giving papers should register before February 1, 2009.  There will be a $5.00 added late registration fee for all who register after February 1. Too late for on-line or mail-in registration! You will have to register at the door for $45.00 ($35.00 for students with student ID).

Presenter Guidelines

Field Trips 

Student Competition

Preliminary Program

Posters

Exhibits/Book Room

Contact Information

 

 

Field Trips

Have a suggestion for our Program Chairs?  Contact information is below.

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Student Competition

Papers will be judged by a panel of MAAC member judges with diverse backgrounds in the field of archaeology.  The papers will be judged on content and presentation.  This competition is unique in that each student participant is paired with a mentor with a similar focus in archaeology.  Winners will receive a monetary prize and a certificate of award from the MAAC President.  All papers will be submitted for publication in the Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology.  Click here for guidelines and mailing information.

Click here for past winners!

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Preliminary Program

Friday, March 20

A Sessions

Session I:  Exploring The Colonial Period (collected papers) (8:00 am - 10:20 am)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40-9:00 “Witchcraft, Inchantments, Charmes, & Sorceryes” : Toward an Archaeology of Colonial Magic and Popular Belief Patrick McKitrick, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
9:00-9:20 Archaeological Investigations at the Old Treasury Building on State Circle, Annapolis Lauren Schiszik, Lost Towns Project of Anne Arundel County
9:20-9:40 Feature Excavations at Sparrow’s Rest (18AN339), a late 17th Century House Site Jessica Grow, Lost Towns Project of Anne Arundel County
9:40-10:00 “The Most Ancient Village in Our Country”: Interpreting Forgotten Colonial Material from Salisbury Site Keri Sansevere, Monmouth University
10:00-10:20 Rich Man, Poor Man, Pioneer, Thief: Some Thoughts on Earthfast Architecture in the Middle Atlantic ca. 1680-1794 Michael J. Gall, Richard Grubb & Associates, and Richard Veit, Monmouth University
10:00-10:40 A Comparative Archaeological Analysis of Three 17th Century Catholic Mission Sites in North America Genevieve Goerling, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Session 2: The Path of Middle Atlantic Archaeology: Beyond The Crossroads (10:50 am - 3:30 pm)

10:50-11:00 Introduction
11:00-11:20 A Consideration of Middle Atlantic Region Archaeology Michael Stewart, Temple University
11:20-11:40 Recovery and Reporting on Archaeological Data: A Question of Methodology Michael Barber, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
11:40-12:00 Meeting at the Cross Roads: United States Social History as Reflected in an American Blues Classic With Applications to Studies in the Philosophy of Science Edwin “Fast Eddie” Turner, III, American Musicological Consortium
12:00-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-1:50 Collaborative Archaeology and Virginia Indian Perspectives Ashley Atkins, The College of William and Mary
1:50-2:10 The Archaeology of the Colonial Chesapeake: Promises, Pitfalls, and Practicalities Dennis Pogue, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
2:10-2:30 TBA Kerri Barile, Dovetail Resource Group
2:30-2:50 TBA Mike Carmody, Dovetail Resource Group
2:50-3:10 Nurturing a Conservation Ethic in Mid-Atlantic Archaeology Andy Stout, The Archaeological Conservancy
3:10-3:30 Teaching Archaeology in the Middle Atlantic and the Failure to Move Beyond Inspiration David A. Brown, and Thane Harpole, The Fairfield Foundation

Session 3:  Investigating Class (collected papers) (3:40 pm  - 5:00 pm)

3:40-4:00 The Fox Grape Timber Sale: Iron Mongers and the Exploitation of an Industrial Slave Middle Class Richard Guercin, USDA Forest Service
4:00-4:20 “Tranquility and Ease Will Be A Primary Object:” Data Recovery Investigations at Newgate Tavern (44FX3244) Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia Kerri Holland, John Milner Associates, Inc
4:20-4:40 Health, Hygiene, and Personal Adornment: Expressions of Cultural Identity in 19th Century Rahway, NJ Brock Giordano, Cultural Resource Consulting Group
4:40-5:00 Those Poor Pots: A Look at the Ceramic Assemblage from The Philadelphia City Almshouse Privy Excavation (1732-1767) Mara Kaktins, URS Corporation

B Sessions

Session 4:  Better Accessibility to Collections: Thinking in and out of the box (8:30 am - 10:20 am)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40– 9:00 Public Outreach at Historic St. Mary’s City– Bringing Conservation out of the Lab and onto the World Wide Web Lisa Young, Alexandria Conservation Services
9:00-9:20 Updating the Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland Webpage Sara Rivers Cofield, MD Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
9:20-9:40 Teaching the Public about the Information Gained through Analysis of Archaeological Objects Sharon Norquest, University of DE
9:40-10:00 Exhibiting the St. John’s Site Silas Hurry, Historic St. Mary’s City
10:00-10:20 History at Your Finger Tips: Public Archaeology for the Blind Community at George Washington’s Ferry Farm Melanie Marquis and Laura Galke, The George Washington Foundation

Session 5:  The Chickahominy River Survey: Results and Implications (10:30 am - 3:10 pm)

10:30-10:40 Introduction
10:40-11:00 Social Landscapes on the Chickahominy, AD 600-1600 Martin Gallivan, College of William and Mary
11:00-11:20 Middle Woodland Cordage Twist on the Chickahominy and James Anna Hayden, College of William and Mary
11:20-11:40 Archaeobotanical Evidence from the Chickahominy in a Chesapeake Context Justine Woodard McKnight, Archaeobotanical Consultant
11:40-12:00 Wild Animals in Domesticated Landscapes: Middle and Late Woodland Subsistence in VA Coastal Plain Nadejda Golenishcheva-Coonan, College of William and Mary
12:00-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-1:50 Late Woodland Dog Burial Ceremonialism on the Chickahominy and Beyond Jen Fitzgerald, College of William and Mary
1:50-2:10 A Palisaded Protohistoric Compound on the Chickahominy River: Multiscalar Investigation of the Buck Farm Site Chris Shephard, College of William and Mary
2:10-2:30 Mortuary Practice in the Chickahominy Shannon Sheila Mahoney, College of William and Mary
2:30-2:50 “They will not admit of any Werowance from him to governe over them” The Chickahominy in Context: A Reassessment of Political Configurations Buck Woodard and Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, William and Mary American Indian Resource Center
2:50-3:10 Discussant Wayne Adkins, Chickahominy Tribe

Session 6:  American Indian Archaeology (collected papers) (3:20 pm - 5:20 pm)

3:20-3:40 A Synthesis of Middle Woodland Period Research in Central Maryland Stephanie Taleff Sperling, University of Maryland
3:40-4:00 An Examination of Prehistoric Burial Practices in NJ: Trenton, Burlington, & Pleasantville Excavations Blair Fink, Monmouth University
4:00-4:20 Rethinking What Defines the Delmarva Adena Complex Darrin Lowery, University of Delaware
4:20-4:40 Interpreting Discontinuity and Continuity in the Archaeology of Plowzone Assemblages: The Brajo, River­crest, and Alexander Sites Niels R. Rinehart, The Louis Berger Group
4:40-5:00 Forming Identity at the Fall Zone: the Problem of Essentialism at the Comstock Site (44CF20) Jessica Taylor, College of William and Mary
5:00-5:20 Location, Location, Location: The Archaeology of Prime Fishing Site Selection Bill Schindler, Washington College

Friday Evening, March 20

7:30 Keynote Speaker:  Doug Scott

Saturday, March 21

A Sessions

Session 7:  Doug Scott, Eastern Style: Military-Site Archaeology East of the Mississippi (8:30 am - 4:40 pm)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40– 9:00 French & Indian War Forts of the Virginia Regiment: An Archaeological View W. Stephen McBride, and Kim A. McBride, McBride Preservation Services, LLC & University of KY
9:00-9:20 Battlefield Archaeology– Is It or Is It Not a Site? Or Win Some– Lose Some Dan Sivilich, BRAVO
9:20-9:40 “Obstinate and Strong”: The History and Archaeology of the Siege of Fort Motte, South Carolina Steven D. Smith, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
9:40-10:00 Following Sherman: Searching for Bentonville Battlefield’s Lost Soldiers John J Mintz, NC Office of State Archaeology; Kenneth W. Robinson, Wake Forest University; Thomas Beaman, Jr., Wake Technical College; Alison Mintz, NC State University
10:00-10:20 Magnetic Prospection and Prospects for Interpretation at Antietam National Battlefield James G. Gibb, Stevenson University
10:20-10:30 BREAK
10:30-10:50 Matchcoats as Seventeenth Century, Mass Produced Clothing for Native Americans: Were Military Uniforms a Parallel Market? Marshall J. Becker, West Chester University (emeritus)
10:50-11:10 The Last of the Civil War Double-enders: The USS Ostego as an Archaeological Site Lawrence Babitz, Nathan Richards, and Brian Dively, East Carolina University
11:10-11:30 Archaeological Investigations at the Eutaw Springs, South Carolina Revolutionary War Battlefield C. Scott Butler, Brockignton and Associates, Inc.
11:50-12:10 Morning Discussant Chris Espenshade, New South Associates
12:10-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-1:50 Learning From Encampment Archaeology: Fifty Years of Digging at Valley Forge David G. Orr, Temple University; Julia Steele, National Park Service; Carin Bloom, Temple University
1:50-2:10 An Archaeological Survey of Rutherford’s Farm, the Site of Two 1864 Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Civil War Battles and a Field Hospital (44FK624) Robert L. Jolley, Northern Regional Preservation Office, VDHR
2:10-2:30 Chaos at Meadow Brook: The Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 Clarence Geier, James Madison University; and Joseph Whitehorne, Lord Fairfax Community College
2:30-2:50 Recent Archaeological Research into the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Garrett Silliman, Edwards Pittman Associates
2:50-3:10 Geophysical Prospection of Likely Civil War Military Sites, Quantico, Virginia William Chadwick, Peter A. Leach, and Joseph F. Balicki, John Milner Associates, Inc
3:10-3:30 “...The Last Full Measure of Devotion…” Archaeological Investigations at Gettysburg National Military Park, Adams County, Pennsylvania Benjamin Resnick, GAI Consultants, Inc
3:30-3:40 BREAK
3:40-4:00 Understanding Eighteenth Century Battlefields: Site Development, Sample Size, and Data Recovery at Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park Adrian Mandzy, Eric Hale, and Joe Marine, Morehead State University
4:00-4:20 Home is Where the Woods Are: An Analysis of a Civil War Camp Complex in Virginia Matthew Reeves, Montpelier Foundation
4:20-4:40 Afternoon Discussant Joseph Balicki, John Milner Associates, Inc.

B Sessions

Session 8:  Time, Space, and Society in the Eastern Woodlands (8:30 am - 12:10 pm)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40– 9:00 Rethinking the Terminal Archaic in Pennsylvania: Hearths, Fish, and Pottery Roger Moeller, Archaeological Services
9:00-9:20 The Gateway Site (44FX1994) - Testing Gardner's Late Archaic through Late Woodland Settlement Pattern Models Michael Johnson, Fairfax County Park Authority
9:20-9:40 Of Primary Importance: Single Interments in Coastal Virginia during the Late Woodland Period Dane Magoon, CRI
9:40-10:00 Population & Sociopolitical Structure in the Chesapeake Bay Region: Documentary & Archaeological Data Mike Klein, CRI
10:00-10:20 The Lenape, 1660-1730: Complex Native Cultural Interactions at the End of the Late Woodland Period as Seen through Historical Records and Archaeology Marshall Becker, Special Envoy to the Holy See
10:20-10:30 BREAK
10:30-10:50 Foraging for Interpretations of Late Woodland Non-Village Sites in the Middle Atlantic Piedmont Ben Fischler and Jean French
10:50-11:10 Landscape Archeology, Fort Ancient and the Clover People Robert Maslowski, Marshall University Graduate College
11:10-11:30 A Tale of Two Villages: Comparing Fort Ancient and Monongahela Tradition Communities Bernard Means
11:30-11:50 Mortuary Behavior at the Peck Monongahela Village Sites Katherine Holcomb, Virginia Commonwealth University
11:50-12:10 Monongahelas in Southwestern New York? Not No Way, Not No How William C. Johnson, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

Session 9:  Method and Theory in Regional Survey (1:30 pm - 4:30 pm)

1:30-1:40 Introduction
1:40-2:00 Regional Survey as Research Design: Archaeology in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Margins Heather A. Wholey, West Chester University
2:00-2:20 The IUP Late Prehistoric Project: A Regional Survey in the Eastern Tributaries of the Central Allegheny Valley in Pennsylvania Beverly A. Chiarulli and Sarah W. Neusius, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2:20-2:40 KOCOA and Neural Nets: Going Nuts with GIS in Regional Spatial Behavior Modeling John H. Haynes, Marine Corps
2:40-3:00 Recent Technological Advances to Regional Archaeological Survey: A View from the New Jersey State Museum Gregory D. Lattanzi, New Jersey State Museum
3:00-3:10 BREAK
3:10-3:30 Site Prediction Model in Cultural Resource Management: An Analysis of Archaeological Sites in Northern Virginia John P. Mullen and Andrew R. Welti, Wetlands Research
3:30-3:50 A Regional Study of Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Heterogeneity in the Virginia Blue Ridge Foothills Carole Nash, James Madison University
3:50-4:10 GIS in Urban Archaeology: Focus on Washington, D.C. Shagun Raina, DC SHPO
4:10-4:30 Database Approaches to Slave Housing in Virginia: Archaeological Results and Needs in a Comparative Perspective Douglas W. Sanford, University of Mary Washington

C Sessions

Session 10:  Archaeobotany and Soil Science (8:30 am - 10:00 am)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40-9:00 Recent Investigations at Mount Vernon’s Upper Garden Curt Breckenridge, Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
9:00-9:20 Excavating the 18th Century Garden: A Synthesis of Garden Books and Archaeological Findings Crystal Ptacek, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
9:20-9:40 The Role of “Weedy” Annuals in Woodland Period Food Producing Economies Timothy Messner, Smithsonian Institution
9:40-10:00 Methodological Experiments and Interpretive Applications of Soil Chemistry at Stratford Hall Plantation: A Preliminary Report Andrew Wilkins, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Session 11:  Collected Papers ( 10:10 am - 11:30 am)

10:10-10:30 Tavern Assemblage? What Tavern Assemblage Rod Cofield and Liza Holly-Robbins, Historic London Town & Gardens
10:30-10:50 Swimming with the Fishes John W. Martin and Mark C. Brosnan, Gannett Fleming, Inc.
10:50-11:10  “Whole Community” Public Archaeology in Loudoun County, Virginia David T. Clark, Catholic University & NVCC
11:10-11:30 Late Woodland Mortuary Patterning in the Middle and Upper Potomac Valleys” An Examination of Page and Keyser Interment Regimes Dana D. Kollman

Sunday, March 22

A Session

Session 12:  The Historic African American Community In Prince George’s County, Maryland (8:30 am - 10:40 pm)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40-9:00 Antebellum Plantations in Prince George’s County: A Historic Context and Research Guide Christopher Sperling, The Ottery Group
9:00-9:20 Knowing the “Rodes of the Country, & Circumstances thereof”: Problems Interpreting the African-American Experience in the Early Chesapeake Michael Lucas, Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
9:20-9:40 The Political and the Practical: Shaping Interpretations of the Archaeology and History at the Northampton Slave Quarters and Archaeological Park Kristen M. Montaperto and Donald Creveling, Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
9:40-10:00 The Colt’s Neck Site (18PR950), in Bowie, Maryland : A late-19th to 20th Century African American Site in Prince George’s County Jennifer A. Stabler, Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Jeanne A. Ward, Applied Archaeology and History Associates, Inc.
10:00-10:20 Thinking Outside the Structure: Challenges in Identifying and Documenting African American Historic Resources Stacy Patterson and Amy Skinner, The Ottery Group
10:20-10:40 Magnetic Lucy Henson’s Laundering and Health Care Services James G. Gibb, Stevenson University and Peter C. Quantock, Gibb Archaeological Consulting

B Session

Session 13:  Underwater Archaeology (8:30 am - 11:00 pm)

8:30-8:40 Introduction
8:40-9:00 Submerged Inventory Project (SHIP) Reconnaissance in Maryland, 2008-2009 David Howe, Institute of Maritime History
9:00-9:20 X-Ray Fluorescent Analysis Reveals Elemental Composition of Submerged Cultural Artifacts from Historic Naval Shipwrecks Raymond Hayes, Naval History and Heritage Center
9:20-9:40 Best Field Trip Ever: Education Programs and the Conservation of the USS Monitor Erin Secord, The Mariners’ Museum
9:40-10:00 The Bodkin Creek Survey: Fall 2008 Field Season David Shaw, MAHS
10:00-10:20 Panama to the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River Stephen R. Bilicki, BRS
10:20-10:40 The Civil War in Quantico Creek: The Search for CSS George Page “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley.” William Utley, John Haynes, David Howe, Dennis Knepper, and Ray Hayes, Institute for Maritime History
10:40-11:00 An Archaeological and Historical Investigation of the North Carolina Fishing Vessel Miss Betty J Joyce Steinmetz, East Carolina University

 

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Poster Session (Friday - Saturday), Book Room: 

Contact the program chair with any ideas for a poster session.

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Exhibits/Book Room: 

The exhibit hall will be available to any person or organization that wishes to display and/or sell books or other products of interest to Middle Atlantic archaeologists. Interested parties should contact the local arrangements chair for further details.

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Contact Information:

Program Chairs: 

Dr. Elizabeth Crowell, Fairfax County, Virginia

Carole Nash, James Madison University, Virginia

 

Membership Secretary: 

Faye Stocum, MAAC Membership Secretary, DE Div. of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 21 The Green, Dover, DE 19901; (302) 736-7400

 

Local Arrangements Chairs: 

Dr. Edward Otter, 1704 Camden Ave., Salisbury, MD 21801 

Dr. Heather Wholey, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383 

 

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