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What do the Annapolis Tour Guides do during the winter? – Get lectures on...
Anyone who has walked around Annapolis, Maryland during the spring, fall, or summer has probably seen one, or more, groups of people following around a tour guide dressed in colonial garb. But what do...
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Brick Excavation for Dummies
My experiences in field school these past weeks have allowed me to humbly consider myself somewhat of a brick expert. I have seen many different brick colors, sizes, formations, and techniques for...
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The Art of Profile Drawing
Unit 4 north profile drawing. Source: Audrey Schaefer Drawing a straight line between given dots on a plane is considered to be an easy task, but it is the importance of every line you draw and the...
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The Infamous “Rat Hole”
Rodent burrows on the north side of Unit 2. Unit 2, my beloved unit, has come across quite a feature in the past few weeks. Not just a rodent burrow, but the beginnings of a rodent condominium. In a...
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Unit Five’s Unusual Find
This past week while excavating our Unit (a 5’ by 5’ measure of restriction), in Annapolis, my group partners and I came upon a very novel and exciting new discovery. The suspicion of an absence of a...
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Archaeology in Annapolis has been a blast this past week and a half. I’ve learned so much more about Archaeology and the process of Archaeology in the past week than AI thought I would ever know. There...
View ArticleThe Construction of Urban Infrastructure and the Process of...
Today, Prof. Matt Palus visited Annapolis and gave a lecture relating to his dissertation topic involving the use of infrastructure building by governments in order to organize the society to optimize...
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Unit 3 Characteristics So Far
Marbles from Unit 3. Source: Kate Deeley A lot of exciting things have been happening in the Archaeology in Annapolis field school for the past several days. My group has been assigned Unit 3 and so...
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The Arbitrariness of Power
Here are some photos from the first week of field school. Lots of fun in hand. Sifting dirt through a 1/4 inch mesh screen. Using Munsell color system to determine soil color and a nice paper bag to...
View ArticleIndependent Study in the Archaeology in Annapolis Lab
For the past 2 semesters, I have been working in the Archaeology in Annapolis Lab in Woods Hall. This is my first year at Maryland, and I wanted to get a feel for the work being done in the archaeology...
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