Projects Past & Present

Archeologists and researchers around the Nation's Capital have undertaken a variety of projects through the years. Click on red, highlighted parks on the map below to learn more:

Map of the National Park Service National Capital Region

Or, follow the links below to learn more about these projects, past and present:

Antietam National Battlefield

• Antietam video presentation
• Archeology at Antietam: The Effect of the Battle on an Agrarian Landscape
• Archeology at Antietam: Archeological Survey of New Lands, 2011-2013 (Poster) (PDF format: 5.6MB)
• Killed in Action at Antietam, September 17, 1862 (Poster) (PDF format: 313KB)

Catoctin Mountain Park

• Catoctin video presentations
• The People of the Mountain (PDF format: 21.2MB)

C & O Canal National Historical Park

• Archeology and History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (PDF format: 8.4MB)
• C&O Canal Upper Segment Archeology Presentation (PDF format: 5.6MB)
• Oldtown, Maryland
• Paw Paw Tunnel Worker's Camp and Brickworks
• Prehistoric Archeology in the Park 

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

• Archeology at the U.S. Armory 
• Mapping and Interpreting the Armory Tailrace at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (PDF format: 2MB)
• The U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry Historic Resource Study (PDF format: 7.5MB)

Manassas National Battlefield Park

• African-American Households
• Brawner Farm Archeology Bulletin (PDF format: 1.8MB)
• A Confederate Winter Camp
• Lost, Tossed, and Found: Clues to African-American Life

Monocacy National Battlefield

• African American Experiences at Monocacy (Brochure) (PDF format: 3.8MB)
• Best Farm Slave Village  
• The Middle Ford Ferry Tavern Project  
• Monocacy video presentation on the Slave Quarters (C-SPAN)
• "Unearthing Maryland's Slavery History" Kojo Nnamdi Show. (August 9, 2010)  

Prince William Forest Park

• The Archaic Peoples of Prince William Forest Park (Poster) (PDF format: 1.9MB)
• Archeology in the Prince William Forest Park (PDF format: 2.9MB)
• Few Know That Such a Place Exists (PDF format: 23.3MB)
• Prince William Forest Park Historic Sites Map (PDF format: 18.5MB)

Rock Creek Park

• Ancient Native Americans in Rock Creek Park (Brochure) (PDF format: 7.3MB)
• "Archeology of Rock Creek Park" Kojo Nnamdi Show. (December 17, 2008)  
• The Battle of Fort Stevens (Brochure) (PDF format: 7.6MB)
• Bold, Rocky, and Picturesque: Archeological Identification and Evaluation Study of Rock Creek Park (PDF format: 24.5MB)
• Prehistoric Landscapes of the Nation's Capital
• The Sara Whitby Site and African-American History (Brochure) (PDF format: 924KB)