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The following six presentations will be given at the Archeological Society of Maryland's Spring Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Historic St. Mary's City. More details forthcoming.

A Brief History of Archaeology in Maryland’s First Capital
Silas D. Hurry, Historic St. Mary’s City Commission (HSMCC)

Three Decades of Archaeology on St. John’s Freehold
Ruth M. Mitchell, HSMCC

Burial Archaeology in the Chapel Field at St. Mary’s City
Timothy B. Riordan, HSMCC

A Comparative Analysis of a 17th Century Dutch Plantation Site on the Eastern Shore to Known 17th Century Archeological Sites in the Upper Chesapeake Bay
Bruce Thompson, Maryland Historical Trust

Into the Zekiah: The Untold History
Julia A. King, Scott M. Strickland, and Michael J. Sullivan

Discovering Port Tobacco and the Annual Field Session
James G. Gibb, Port Tobacco Archaeological Project

In Memory of Michèle Moriarity
Many of our readers have worked with Tom Forhan at Port Tobacco, and a few of the PTAP team has worked with his son Colin. Last month, after an illness of many months, Tom's wife Michèle died. I never met her, but with a husband like Tom and a son like Colin I don't doubt that she was a very special person. On behalf of the staff and volunteers of the Port Tobacco Archaeological Project, I offer our condolences.

Jim