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05/04/09
County archaeologists searching for clues about Native American settlements in what became Anne Arundel County have hit a trove of pottery, arrowheads and perhaps even the remnants of a wigwam near Jug Bay. 
Paul W. Gillespie - The Capital
Volunteers David Turner, from Deale and Lois Nutwell, from Harwood, screen soil to look for items. County archaeologists searching for clues about Native American settlements in what became Anne Arundel County have hit a trove of pottery, arrowheads and perhaps even the remnants of a wigwam near Jug Bay.Find Us On Facebook
The only problem is, they haven't hit their specific target: evidence of the Middle Woodland Period settlement from roughly zero to A.D. 900. Instead, there are plenty of shards of earlier and later settlements, including amazing finds like 10,000-year-old spear points. "I thought we'd find plenty of it here, but not yet," said Al Luckenbach, county archaeologist. "Just a lot of everything...
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