A "Fortified Citadel": The Archaeology of an English Civil Wars Fortification in St. Mary's City, Maryland

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Research of the 17th Century Chesapeake" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Between 1642 and 1651, the English Civil Wars, or English Revolution, would rage across the British landscape. Actually a complex series of conflicts, this civil war would have profound implications for the history of the British Isles. Less well known is how this conflict resonated in other regions within the British Atlantic world. Of the English North American colonies, Maryland would be attacked and directly impacted through military action.

At St. Mary’s City, Maryland are the remains of Pope’s Fort, a 1645-1650 period fortification directly related to these important events. Using architectural and military material culture data, this paper will examine the materiality of Pope’s Fort, and will discuss this site within the environmental, technological, as well as the social and cultural contexts of 17th century Maryland, the Chesapeake colonies, and the wider British world.

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• Archaeological Research of the 17th Century Chesapeake   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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