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Archaeological Sites

The Black Panther
A German submarine, captured during WWII and sunk off the coast of Maryland during explosives testing; and now an archaeological site open to divers.

The Chesapeake Flotilla
From the Maryland Historical Trust, ongoing underwater investigations into 16 ships of an American flotilla sunk during 1814.

Fort McHenry
From the National Park Service, information concerning the site's historic period military occupations, beginning 1776.

The George Willard House
Excavations at the early 19th century farmhouse in rural Maryland, by James R. Beall, Stacey Streett, and Guy Whidden.

Hell Point
Excavations on the grounds of the US Naval Academy reveal the eighteenth-century governor's mansion, and other sites, an article in Archaeology magazine.

The Lost Towns Project
In Maryland, a project to identify the colonial period occupation of Anne Arundel

Upton Scott House
Historic archaeology field school from the University of Maryland, built 1765. County.

University Programs

Baltimore Center for Urban Archaeology
Conducts archaeological investigations and maintains a museum within the city of Baltimore.

Center for Heritage Resources Studies
Located at the University of Maryland.

Maryland Historical Trust
Archaeological Research Unit, performs archaeological research throughout the state.

University of Maryland College Park
MA, Historical Archaeology

Current Researchers

Eric Adams
Religion and Freedom: Artifacts Indictate that African Culture Persisted Even in Slavery, an abstract on excavations at the Charles Carroll house in Maryland, from African-American Archaeology Newsletter, reprinted from an Omni article.

Michael Klein
Gender studies on Late Woodland period (AD 900-1600) Potomac Valley shell middens, an abstract from the 5th Gender and Archaeology Conference.

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