Eastern Shore Maryland Archaeology

04/18/2026

Vote for Maryland in this year's Society for American Archaeology poster contest! 🌟

The Society for American Archaeology - State Archaeology Celebration Poster Contest, a nation-wide effort to promote archaeology to the public, coincides with Maryland Archeology Month. Last year, Maryland came in 2nd place in the poster contest for the second year in a row!

This year, Maryland has submitted our poster "250 Years, Many Voices: Digging Into Maryland’s Story" for consideration. To vote on Maryland's poster and view the other amazing state submissions, follow the link below: https://saa.org/Member/SAAMember/Education-and-Outreach/Poster-Contest.aspx

04/18/2026

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Come on down to Crownsville on Saturday for the 2026 Annual Spring Symposium! There will be lots of great speakers, an opportunity to participate in the Silent Auction, and a really cool group of people. 😎

Registration begins at 8:30am, with lectures starting at 9:15am.

We hope to see you there!

04/03/2026

This past Sunday, Eastern Shore chapter members were treated to an incredible lecture by archaeologist Dan Griffith, of the The Archaeological Society of Delaware (ASD) on 17th century American Indian Towns. We had a great turnout and look forward to seeing all our members at future events!

03/07/2026

The 13th annual Chicone Village Day will be here before we know it!
Save the Date: April 25, 2026
Handsell Historic Site
4837 Indian Town Rd
Vienna MD

Sponsored this year by MD 250.

02/22/2026

We had a great time at the Native American Heritage and Artifact Day in Easton yesterday! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table to say hello!

02/08/2026

Don't miss this great event! We hope to see you there!

11/25/2025

Maryland archaeologists and geologists work together to solve 13,000-year-old mystery of Clovis people's hunting and tool making through stone analysis.

11/25/2025

Did you know that you could volunteer in the Maryland Historical Trust Archaeology Lab in Crownsville? Our volunteers clean, catalogue, and analyze artifacts that we recover from our fieldwork - no experience required! We are now open on Tuesdays AND Thursdays, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (excluding holidays and fieldwork days).

If you are interested in volunteering, you can sign up to receive weekly emails that will let you know which days the lab is open and what projects are being undertaken: tiny.cc/MHT-vol.

11/06/2025

This is going to be a great event! We hope you can make it!

11/02/2025

Last weekend our chapter was treated to a fascinating talk by Pat Dunn, an archaeologist in training and member of Eastern Shore ASM.

In "Exploring Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Mysteries," she explained what she saw and how she made sense of all she learned about life and death from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age during an excavation in Cyprus in April 2025. When the pieces come together, she learned, it is nothing short of amazing!

Thank you, Pat, for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!