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and 3 Vi miles south of Birsay, Saskatchewan, which is between Regina
(130 miles southeast) and Saskatoon
(104miles north). During the excavation (June 29-July 6), no appoint-

ment is required to visit or for guide;
camping, cabin and dormitory style
accommodations, and dining hall
on site, hotel 15miles. Volunteers accepted: nominad fee levied; apply to

UNITED

STATESNOR

CONNECTICUT
Gungywamp Site (excavations
July-August). Archaeological findings at this site suggest it was occupied from 750 b.c. to a.d. 1300 and
the numerous stone architectural
structures suggest contact with Iron
Age Europe between a.d. 500-600.
Excavations continue this season.
Mystic Seaport Museum is nearby.
Gettingthere:located on Rte. 12 near
Gungywamp Rd. in Groton, on the
New London YMCA property. Appointment necessary for admission
and guide; accessibleby bus or train
in New London, then by taxi to site;
hotel, motel, and restaurants nearby.
Volunteers accepted. Contact: James
R Whittall, Early Sites Research
Center, Long Hill, Rowley, MA
01969(tel.) 617-948-2410.

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Archaeology

Travel Guide

, MARYLAND
Historic St. Mary's City (excavations mid-June through lateAugust). St. Mary's City was the
founding site of the Maryland colony
(1634) and its capital until 1695. By
1750, however, all traces of the city
had vanished. Today, the site is an
850-acre state museum. Excavations, undertaken since 1969,will focus on the Chapel Field sites. Archaeologists will examine the "great
Brick Chapel," the first brick structure in Maryland, ca. 1667,and they
will test the site of an earlier, wooden
chapel that was the first Catholic
church in English America. At St.
Mary's City are the 1635 home of
Maryland's first governor, the St.
John's house (1638), a 1645 fort, the
van Swearingen Inn (1665-1745),
and the reconstructed brick statehouse of 1676.The site is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00-4:00;
St. Mary's City will host a "Tidewater Archaeology Weekend," held
on August 4 and 5, with excavation
opportunities, special site and laboratory tours, exhibits, and films. Getting there:take Route 4 south from
Washington, DC, to Solomon's Island, turn left on Route 235 and follow south for 8 miles. Turn right on
Mattapanny Road and follow signs
to visitor's center. No appointment
necessary to visit the site or for guide;
camping 12 miles, accommodations
and restaurants in Lexington Park (8
miles), restaurant at site; wheelchair
accessible. Volunteers accepted depending on current projects. Contact: Henry M. Miller, Department
of Research, Historic St. Mary's
City, Department of Research, St.
Mary's City, MD 20686 (tel.)
301-862-0974.

Lighthouse Village (excavations
June 16-30). The "Lighthouse" village was established in 1740by Molly
Barber, a young white woman, and
her husband James Chaugham, a
Narragansett Indian. The village
grew to about 40 households as other
displaced Indians, freed black slaves,
and white outcasts congregated on
the stony hillside. Six of their cabins
have been located. The goal of the excavation is to determine how a small
group of people with different backgrounds and cultures came together
and produced a successful community under trying circumstances. Getting there: coordinated through the
Foundation for Field Research. Appointment necessary to see the site
and for a guide. Volunteers stay in
dormitories at Central Connecticut
State University and eat meals in
the campus cafeteria; participants
pay a share of costs.Contact: Thomas
Banks, the Foundation for Field Research, RO. Box 2010, Alpine, CA Mount Clare Estate (excavation
92001 (tel.) 619-445-9264.
through August 26). Mount Clare
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contact person. Contact: Tim Jones,
Executive Director, Saskatchewan
Archaeological Society, #5,816 First
Avenue N., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 1Y3(tel.) 306-664-4124.

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was the 18th-century plantation of
Charles Carroll, the barrister, and
his wife, Margaret Tilghman. The
mansion and gardens were considered among the finest in the Chesapeake region. Efforts are underway
to restore 56 acres of the historic core
of this plantation to its original splendor. The Baltimore City Life Museums are among nearby attractions.
Gettingthere: located at the intersect
tion of Washington Blvd. and Monroe St. in Caroli Park, Baltimore; accessible by public transportation.
The site is open to visitors during the
excavation,Wednesdaythrough Sunday, 10:00-4:00, closed Monday and
Tuesday; wheelchair accessible. No
appointment necessary to visit the
site but sometimes for a guide. Contact: Kristen L. Stevens, the Baltimore Center for Urban Archaeology,
802 East Lombard Street, Baltimore,
MD 21202(tel.) 301-396-3156.
NEW
YORK
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat
Museum (excavations July-August). Excavated 1987-1989,this site
was a dry dock facilityof the 1800son
the Erie Canal. The Landing was a
place where canal boats were built
and repaired. These boats were important in transporting goods, raw
materials, and passengers across
New 'brk State and into the Midwest. Nearby attractions include the
Weighlock Building and the Erie
Canal Village. Gettingthere:on Rte. 5
between Syracuse and Utica. Appointment necessary, except on the
1st and 3rd Saturday, April-October; appointment necessary for a
guide. Volunteers accepted. Contact:
Gordon De Angelo, Box 121,Oran,
NY 13125(tel.) 315-682-6312.
Dogan Point Shell Midden (excavations July 1-July 29). Located on

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