Details are in the dirt: Archaeologists uncover Maryland's indigenous and settler history layer by layer
Katherine Sterner and her students dig up a small pile of dirt every 15 meters and sift. The survey of Herring Run Park eventually strikes a promisingly dense patch of rocks, perhaps pieces of tools or weapons, so the team excavates a full square meter. In stained soil, Sterner spots post molds, signs of a wooden structure from hundreds or maybe even thousands of years ago. “We have a ...