Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory

The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab) is a archaeological research, conservation and curation facility located at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, the State Museum of Archaeology, in southern Maryland. The MAC Lab serves as a clearinghouse for archaeological collections recovered from projects conducted throughout Maryland, as well as collections from private donations (http://www.jefpat.org/mac_lab.html).

The digital records for the MAC Lab's collections are available here and are organized according to contributing installation. They are further organised by MAC Lab accession number and/or by archaeological site.


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Phase I and II Investigations, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C. (2013.005) Phase I and Phase II Excavations of 400 Area Ridge Top, Locus I (Site 18MO396), Adelphi Laboratory Center (2000.031) Phase I and Phase II Investigations, Sites 18AN398, 18AN929, 18AN982, 18AN983, 18AN988, and 18AN989, Fort Meade (2004.037) Phase I and Phase II Survey of Blossom Point Farmhouse, Adelphi Laboratory Center (2000.029)
  • Phase I and Phase II Survey of Blossom Point Farmhouse, Adelphi Laboratory Center (2000.029)
    PROJECT Army -- Archaeology and Historic Preservation Program. Jay F. Custer.

    This project contains an artifact catalog for a phase I and phase II surveys of the historic Blossom Point Farmhouse by the KFS Historic Preservation Group. The following is from Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland: "The Blossom Point site is located at the confluence of the Potomac River and Nanjemoy Creek in Charles County, Maryland. A brick house measuring approximately 25’ by 30’ was constructed there c. 1805 for Bennett Semmes, a tenant farmer and overseer. At the time, Blossom Point...

  • Artifact Inventory, Phase I and Phase II Survey of Blossom Point Farmhouse, Adelphi Laboratory Center (2000)
    DATASET KFS Historic Preservation Group. Tetra Tech Inc..

    This contains an artifact catalog for a phase I and phase II surveys of the historic Blossom Point Farmhouse by the KFS Historic Preservation Group in January 1993. The "Description Characteristics" column in this data set has been unmerged into four distinct columns and relabeled to allow for it to be ingested into tDAR. No data have been affected. Modified on 02/17/2014.

Phase I Archaeological Investigations at Naval Station, Annapolis (2006.026) Phase I Archaeological Investigations, Point Lookout Light Station, Point Lookout, MD (2000.019) Phase I Archaeological Investigations, Webster Field Annex, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (2000.016) Phase I Archaeological Resources Inventory, Naval Recreation Center Solomons (1998.040) Phase I Archaeological Survey on the North Bank of Pine Hill Run, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, St. Mary's County, MD(2012.042) Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of Harry Diamond Laboratories, Field Test Facility, Blossom Point, Adelphi Laboratory Center (2000.027) Phase I Investigation at MRICD, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2010.058) Phase I Investigation at the Proposed 'New' CHPPM Campus, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2007.039) Phase I Investigation at the Proposed Ammunition Operations Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2007.038) Phase I Investigation for the Proposed Relocation of Combat Drive and a Proposed Borrow Area (2010.059) Phase I Investigation of Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving Ground (1996.041)
  • Phase I Investigation of Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving Ground (1996.041)
    PROJECT Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, VA.

    This project contains photographs of excavation, artifacts and conservation efforts associated a Phase I investigation on Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland . Images here of excavations are digital copies of photographs originally taken in 1993. The photographs are divided by site, with a Image Resource page for Site 18HA133 and another Image Resource page for Site 18HA242. Photographs of the conservation process of artifacts from Site 18HA242 are available as a single PDF.

  • Artifact & Excavation Photographs,Site 18HA242, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2003)
    IMAGE Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

    Photographs taken of artifacts collected from Site 18HA242 and and test units dug as part of a Phase I investigation of Site 18HA242, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. In addition, there are photographs of a chain and stove door from the site that was conserved at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. Photographs of the conservation process can be found in PDF format as part of the '1996.041 APG Supplemental Cultural Resource Management Plan, Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving...

  • Excavation Photographs, Site 18HA133, Aberdeen Proving Ground (1993)
    IMAGE Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

    This page contains photographs of excavation efforts associated a Phase I investigation of Site 18HA133 on Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland . Images here of excavations are digital copies of photographs originally taken in 1993.

  • Stove Conservation Photographs, Spesutie Island, Aberdeen Proving Ground (1 of 2) (2006)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

    This document contains photographs taken in March 28 & April 28, 2006 at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. The photos document conservation of parts of a stove found at Site 18HA242. Each photograph is labelled with the original file name.

Phase I Investigation, Fort Nonsense Metal Detector Survey, Annapolis, Maryland (2006.031)
  • Phase I Investigation, Fort Nonsense Metal Detector Survey, Annapolis, Maryland (2006.031)
    PROJECT Navy.

    The following project contains resources and information from the phase I metal detecting survey at Fort Nonsense in Annapolis, Maryland. The material culture was recovered in 1986. Ninety-three artifacts were recovered from site 18AN550. These materials are curated at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory on behalf of the Navy. No report was completed for this survey.

  • Artifact Inventory (2009)
    DATASET Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

    Inventory of artifacts generated after the collection's delivery to the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab). The 1986 metal detected artifacts had not been processed prior to their curation at the MAC Lab.

Phase I Investigation, US Navy North Severn Waste Treatment Upgrade,US Navy North Severn Complex (2013.048) Phase I Investigations at Priest Point 18ST87, St. Inigoes MD (1992.019)
  • Phase I Investigations at Priest Point 18ST87, St. Inigoes MD (1992.019)
    PROJECT Michael Smolek. Kathleen Pepper. John Lawrence.

    In 1983, a phase I archaeological investigation was conducted on the site known as Priest Point, a former 18th century manor house associated with the Jesuit occupation of St. Inigoes Manor. This site is also located in St. Inigoes Maryland and currently the site of the Naval Electronics Systems Engineering Activity, then a 800-acre facility. The project area was approximately 350 ft by 150 ft, and comprised the area wherein the Navy was planning to construct a new sewage treatment plant. The...

  • Archaeological Investigations at Priest Point, St. Inigoes, Maryland (1992.019) (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Smolek. John D. Lawrence, Jr.. S. Kathleen Pepper.

    This resource is the report of archaeology conducted in the vicinity of St. Inigoes Manor House on Priest's Point, Naval Electronics Systems Engineering Activity, St. Inigoes, Maryland prior to the construction of a sewage treatment plant. Three test units and 329 shovel test pits yielded about 7200 artifacts relating to the manor house and an outbuilding identified as an early 19th-century weaver's house. The collection and records are curated at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation...

Phase I Investigations at the Antenna Field, St. Inigoes, MD (1992.034)
  • Phase I Investigations at the Antenna Field, St. Inigoes, MD (1992.034)
    PROJECT Julia King. Dennis Pogue. US Navy.

    This investigation was completed in 1985 by Drs. Julia King and Dennis Pogue on behalf of the US Navy. The Antenna Field refers to the location of three large antennas associated with the US Navy located in St. Inigoes Neck peninsula , St. Mary's County, MD. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the location of two known colonial sites, 18ST386 (west end of field) and 18ST541 (northeast end of field) to mitigate disturbance caused by future construction. This investigation found...

Phase I Investigations at the United States Naval Academy Dairy Farm (2009.001) Phase I Investigations at the US Naval Academy, Brigade Sports Complex, North Severn River Complex (2010.048) Phase I Investigations of the Proposed US Navy Academy Rugby Field, Greenbury Point (2010.049) Phase I Investigations, National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Washington D.C. (2008.004) Phase I Investigations, Nebraska Avenue Complex, Washington D.C. (2010.067) Phase I investigations, Outlying Areas, Webster Field Annex (2013.020) Phase I Investigations, Proposed Expansion of the Columbarium, US Naval Academy (2010.050)
  • Phase I Investigations, Proposed Expansion of the Columbarium, US Naval Academy (2010.050)
    PROJECT Navy. Elizabeth A. Comer.

    An identification (Phase I) archaeological survey was performed within an area encompassing alternatives under consideration for expansion of the existing U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Columbarium. This project area consists of approximately 1.49 acres along the north bank of College Creek, within Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This project area is located in the Severn River drainage portion of Council for Maryland Archeology Research Unit 7. The subsurface survey consisted of 34 shovel...