Baltimore Community Archaeology Lab

10/12/2026

Happy ! We are already getting excited for next year's Maryland Indigenous Archaeology Program. We are always learning with our Piscataway Conoy partners. Come learn with us!

10/09/2026

Happy Friday! We're still busy in the lab this week but we're getting ready for some pretty interesting fieldwork next week!

In time for Halloween, Dan Rodricks shares a tale from a crypt in Harford County: The Legend of the Swinging Sailor of Perryman.

10/01/2026

We're working on a lot of really exciting projects right now and we're sharing some details with you over the coming weeks. This is one that we're wrapping up a report on now.

09/28/2026

Our fall open lab says kick off this week! If you're not able to stop in today, we have public hours on Wednesday too. Come help us label and catalog artifacts from Indigenous sites around Maryland.

09/25/2026

Hard to believe we're already a month into the fall semester at Towson University! We've got a big, rockstar team working with us this fall. Follow along to see what projects everyone is working on this year!

09/18/2026

09/14/2026

Last Friday was our traditional kick off to fall - the Third Annual Summit of Maryland Indigenous People and Archaeologists. We had a great turnout, fantastic presenters, and took time to ask the important, difficult questions that come with collaboration. Thanks to everyone who made this year's summit possible.

08/09/2026

August 9 is and we are stoked to share our Week 3 video of the ! While Week 3 had lots of excitement - artifact washing, a visiJefferson Patterson Park & Museumuseum, and - the highlight for us was easily the final projects that our IndigeCharles County Public Schoolshools students created, showing their relationship to the land, the knowledge shared by
Piscataway knowledge-keepers, and what they learned through archaeology, history, and environmental science. The was developed collaboratively with the Piscataway Conoy Tribe and centered Piscataway perspectives, priorities, and connections to the archaeological record while intentionally welcoming Indigenous students regardless of Tribal affiliation. We are celebrating all of our students and partners today!

08/07/2026

We are honored to have supported this project by monitoring construction to identify and document archaeological features. It's so exciting to see this project come to fruition!

As celebrates 134 years of , the historic newspaper is preparing for its next chapter with a move to the Upton Mansion in West . The new headquarters will unite the newsroom, and one of the nation's largest collections of while expanding opportunities for community engagement. https://www.afro.com/the-afro-newspaper/afro-news-celebrates-134-years-09690ce1