April 16
April 16 St. Mary's County
Symposuim: From the Field to the Lab: Archaeology at St. Mary’s City
Lectures include Through the Microscope: Small Find Discoveries (Stephanie Whitehead, Conservator),
A Year in the Field (Ruth Mitchell. Special Projects Archaeologist), and
Tales from Conservation: Window Leads Edition (Joanne Hoppe, Conservation Assistant)
The process of conserving artifacts from the Anne Arundel Hall Project began this past year. Join us for
this opportunity to hear from the conservators about some of the small finds, and to learn about the
clues that window leads can teach us. Additional field work on the site has also started, and an update
of new discoveries will be presented.
Sponsor: Historic St. Mary’s City
Location: HSMC Visitor Center auditorium, St. Mary’s City
Time: 7:00
Contact Person: Info@HSMCDigsHistory.org
Contact: phone: 1-800-SMC-1634 or 240-895-4990 HSMC
Fee: Free
Webste: HSMCDigsHistory.org
April 16 Montgomery County
Lecture: History of Dairy Farming in Montgomery County
A talk by docents from the MOOseum, a museum dedicated to telling the
history of dairy farming in Montgomery County, along with an explanation of
their dairy artifact collection.
Sponsor: Mid-Potomac Chapter of the Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc.
Location: Needwood Mansion, 6700 Needwood Road, Derwood, MD 20855
Time(s): 7:30 pm
Contact Person: Don Housley
Contact phone:301-424-8526
Fee: Free
Website: www.asmmidpotomac.org |
