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This is the fourth in a series of posts highlighting our awesome summer interns! Next is Heather McKee. Heather interned with us last summer and has returned this summer to pursue an independent research project.

Heather is a junior at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island (the city that pretends it’s a better sailing town than Annapolis). She is working towards a double major in Sociology/Anthropology and Cultural & Historic Preservation with a focus in Archaeology. Sounds like a quintuple major to me!

“This summer I am working on an independent research project about the Ogle Collection about the societal interactions that took place between the Ohio Valley and the Adena, Hopewell, and Meadowood cultures in Maryland.

Adena point made of Mistassini quartzite (L) and Hopewell point made of Flint Ridge chert (R) from the Ogle Collection

“As an intern, I have learned a lot about cataloguing and various tasks in the lab as well as how to properly excavate an archaeological site. I have also learned more about Maryland’s history through the research I am conducting for my independent project.”

Thanks, Heather, for two years of research, labwork, and fieldwork!

Heather (L) in 2021 with former interns Ray (C) and Claire (R)

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student looking for a research project in archaeology, history, or historic preservation? The Lost Towns Project works with the Anne Arundel County Archaeological Laboratory to connect interested researchers with projects that span over 13,000 years of human history. Contact [email protected] for more information.

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