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People of Wye House
A digital scan of a census titled “Negroes Names” from the Home House Farm (Wye House) in 1805. In a post back in April, I wrote about the discovery of census records of the enslaved at the Wye House...
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“Knowledge Quite Worth Possessing”
Frederick Douglass, from My Bondage and My Freedom, published 1855. One of our best glimpses into enslaved life at Wye House and at similar plantations across Maryland and the south comes from...
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GIS Day and Archaeology in Annapolis
Here in our laboratory, several of us use GIS in our work. In honor of GIS Day, here’s an introduction to some of the things we do. Benjamin Skolnik Detail of Historic Aerial Photograph Showing the...
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The Archaeology in Annapolis crew is back from another Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) conference, this year held in Leicester, England. Ben Skolnik and I co-authored a paper, combining our...
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A Blogging Evaluation
A word cloud of the AiA Blog, in which the words are sized according to how often they appear in text. Source: worditout.com. Almost two years ago, I started this blog for the Archaeology in Annapolis...
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The Sun is the Same, in a Relative Way
Personification of Time by Carstian Luyckx, 1650 How well the skillful gard’ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it...
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Reynolds Tavern: Adventures in Site Report Writing
Reynolds Tavern, 7 Church Circle, Annapolis. Source: http://www.flickr.com/people/auvet In 1984, excavations ceased at the historic Reynolds Tavern in Annapolis. Four years later, I was born. You...
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Filipinos in Annapolis: Recognizing A Forgotten Past
Last summer, I found myself starting a new journey with Archaeology in Annapolis in exploring the forgotten history of Filipino immigrants in the city. From 1898 to 1946, Philippines was an American...
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A Model Excavation
Sifting sand for artifacts. Source: Kate Deeley Last weekend the University of Maryland hosted its yearly Maryland Day, when departments showcase their projects and talents with interactive events and...
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As archaeologists, we tend to privilege fieldwork over lab work when we present information to the public. To help remedy that, the following post is written by lab student Natalie Berry: For the past...
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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...
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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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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 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...
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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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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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Food for Thought
Subsistence will always be an integral part of the human condition. This underscores the importance of faunal, animal bone, remains in understanding the past. Historical archaeologists incorporate...
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Wye House Plantation Environment: Culture and Perspective
View to the Wye River. Source: Katie Hutchinson I tried my best to appreciate everything that the Wye House Plantation has to offer in the short amount of time I was given to do so. The perspective...
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Getting to Wye House
I’ve been working at Wye House for three years now. One impression that myself and many of our students are left with is its isolation and remoteness. In the field school van, it takes more than an...
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