Rough Introduction

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Welcome to the Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland website!

Within this site you will discover some of the artifacts that have been found in Maryland particually in the Souther Maryland Region.

We hope you find all you that you seek. If you have any questions please contact the individual that maintains the page which will be located within each pages navigation system..

	Pre Historic Ceramis: Native Americans in Maryland first made pottery around 1000 B.C. (3000 years ago). These first slab manufactured pots resembled the carved steatite (soapstone) bowls that were made before the introduction of ceramic technology. The earliest ceramics made on the East Coast of the United states were fiber-tempered wares along the Gulf Coast ca. 2500 B.C .To Continue vistit the site by clicking on the image.
	Colonial Ceramics: European colonists brought numerous pottery varieties with them when they settled in the Chesapeake Region. This section of the web page describes some of the more common diagnostic, or time-sensitive, types that were imported into colonial Maryland between its founding in 1634 and the American Revolution. To Continue vistit the site by clicking on the image.
	Post Colonial Ceramics: This section of the website describes some common diagnostic, or datable, ceramics available in Maryland between the American Revolution and the late 19th century. The various web pages included here will provide you with a general description of common decoration types found on these ceramics, and then offer reference sources that can be read for more in-depth information. To Continue vistit the site by clicking on the imag.
	Small Finds: Historical archaeologists often use the phrase “Small Finds” to discuss miscellaneous objects that are not found on excavations in large quantities, the way ceramics, glass, architectural debris, and faunal remains often are. To Continue vistit the site by clicking on the image.