2007 Annual Meeting of the Archeological Society of Maryland



Anne Arundel County Archeological Society

Saturday October 13, 2007

Baldwin Hall, Millersville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Here is a little of what occurred:


Business Meeting, Awards and Chapter Reports.

Carol Ebright was named as recipient of the 2007 William B. Marye Award.

Stephen Israel was presented with an award from the Archaeological Society of Virginia.


"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

"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

"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

"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 provided an update on the newest exhibits.

Frederick M. Stiner Memorial Lecture

“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.