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.
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information.
Friday,
March 20
|
A
Sessions
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|
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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