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ASM's Annual Fall Meeting
The Annual Fall Meeting, like the Spring Symposium, brings some of the top archaeologists in the area together with an audience that ranges from long time professionals to interested avocational archaeologists. This is an opportunity to learn about the research that is on-going in Maryland Archaeology as well as something about the activities that the society has undertaken over the past twelve months.
Agenda for:
2007 Annual Meeting of the
ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MARYLAND
Anne Arundel County Archeological Society
Saturday October 13, 2007, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Baldwin Hall, Millersville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
(ASM Members: $5, Non-Members: $7)
8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration and Refreshments
9:00 – 9:15 AM: Welcome by Anne Arundel Chapter – Mechelle Kerns-Nocerito
9:15 – 10:30 AM: ASM Business Meeting/William B. Marye Award Presentation – John Fiveash
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Chapter Reports
11:00 – 11:30 AM:"Life and Death in the Eastern Woodlands: A Paleonutritional Study of Late Woodland Page and Keyser Populations in the Middle and Upper Potomac Valley." - Dana D. Kollmann of Towson University will discuss her recent research.
11:00 – 11:30 AM: “Settled Prehistoric Life in the Middle Potomac Valley: The puzzle of the Claggett Retreat and Catoctin Creek sites and the Greater Mason Island Complex.” - Professor Richard J. Dent, Director of the American Studies Program at American University, will discuss his research
11:30 – 12:00 PM: “Rockdale Rockshelter Update: What It Tells Us About The Past And Doesn't…” - Stephen Israel, retired Army Corps of Engineers Archaeologist and President of the Central Chapter will discuss his recent work.
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch (Boxed lunches provided by Honeybaked Ham for $11.50. Box lunches must be ordered before 9:00 AM.)
***** A discussion about proposed consultation procedures for a State Policy on Disposition of Native American Remains in State Control will take place during the lunch period. Any interested member is encouraged to particpate in this discussion. *****
1:30 – 2:00 PM;"The Past Comes Alive at London Town: New Museum Exhibits and Reconstructions" - John E. Kille, Assistant Director, Lost Towns Project and Curator of Exhibit Design, Historic London Town and Gardens Visitor Center will provide an update on the newest exhibits.
Frederick M. Stiner Memorial Lecture:
2:00 PM: “Life in the 17th-century Chesapeake.” - Dr. Doug Owsley, Division Head for Physical Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Directions
Meeting Location: Baldwin Hall, 1358 Millersville Road, Millersville, MD 21108, (410) 923-3438 (Link to Google Map.)
Located near the intersection of Generals Highway (178) and Millersville Rd, 11 miles north of Annapolis, 19 miles south of Baltimore, 37 from Waldorf, 57 miles from Frederick, 64 miles form Cambridge, 87 from Hagerstown, 95 from Salisbury, and 148 miles form Cumberland.
From Points NORTH:
Take I-97 S / MD-3 S via EXIT 4 on the LEFT toward ANNAPOLIS / BAY BRIDGE.
Merge onto BENFIELD BLVD via EXIT 10A toward SEVERNA PARK
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto VETERANS HWY.
Turn LEFT onto GENERALS HWY / MD-178.
Turn RIGHT onto MILLERSVILLE RD.
End at 1358 Millersville Rd Millersville, MD 21108-2123, US
From Points EAST:
Take US-50 W.
Merge onto MD-70 W via EXIT 24B toward BESTGATE ROAD.
MD-70 W becomes BESTGATE RD.
Turn RIGHT onto GENERALS HWY / MD-178.
Turn RIGHT to stay on GENERALS HWY / MD-178.
Turn LEFT onto MILLERSVILLE RD.
End at 1358 Millersville Rd Millersville, MD 21108-2123, US
From Points SOUTH:
Take CRAIN HWY/ 301 NORTH.
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto MILLERSVILLE RD.
End at 1358 Millersville Rd Millersville, MD 21108-2123, US
From Points WEST:
Take US-50 E.
Take the MD-704 / M.L. KING JR. HWY exit- EXIT 8- toward GLENARDEN.
Merge onto MD-704 E / MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HWY toward MD-450.
MD-704 E / MLK JR HWY becomes ANNAPOLIS RD / MD 450 E.
Keep LEFT at the fork to continue on MD-450 E / ANNAPOLIS RD.
Turn LEFT onto MD-3 N / N CRAIN HWY.
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto MILLERSVILLE RD.
End at 1358 Millersville Rd Millersville, MD 21108-2123, US
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