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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology of Marginalization and Resilience in the Northeast", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The ongoing work at the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society offers a powerful example of the complexities of Descendant Community engagement. Biological descendants of the 18th and 19th century Black Ironworkers of the Catoctin Iron Furnace in Western Maryland have recently been identified using genealogy and...
Rhyolite, Charcoal and Whiskey: The Archaeology of Catoctin Mountain Park (2016)
Catoctin Mountain has always been a challenging landscape, but one that rewards perseverance. Native Americans negotiated its rocky slopes in search of rhyolite for stone tools, and hunted and camped along the freshwater streams and springs. Workers from the nearby Catoctin Iron Furnace burned its ample timber for charcoal to fuel the ironworks. Innovative farmers and homebuilders created flat terraces for their houses and gardens on the mountainside. During the Prohibition era, some of the...