{"id":4858,"date":"2021-03-21T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsmcdigshistory.org\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2023-05-04T16:55:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:55:49","slug":"article-the-washington-post-archaeologists-find-earliest-colonial-site-in-maryland-after-nearly-90-year-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ded3712.inmotionhosting.com\/~hsmcdigshistory\/article-the-washington-post-archaeologists-find-earliest-colonial-site-in-maryland-after-nearly-90-year-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Article &#8211; The Washington Post:  &#8220;Archaeologists find earliest colonial site in Maryland after nearly 90-year search&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Maryland archaeologist Travis Parno was at a board game convention in Philadelphia, sitting at a table surrounded by thousands of other enthusiasts when he got a text message.<\/p>\n<p>He was supposed to be on vacation, taking a break from his search for the legendary fort at St. Mary\u2019s, the first permanent English settlement in Maryland and one of the earliest in what would become the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Back at St. Mary\u2019s, archaeological geophysicist Tim Horsley had been scanning a site a half-mile from St. Mary\u2019s River with ground-penetrating radar that could detect the outlines of ancient buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The text message interrupting Parno\u2019s vacation was from Horsley. It said: \u201cI think we found it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Historic St. Mary\u2019s City announced that Parno, director of research for the organization, and Horsley had indeed found the outlines of the palisaded fort that was erected in Southern Maryland by White settlers in 1634.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2021\/03\/22\/maryland-colonial-site-discovered\/\">Read the full article\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland archaeologist Travis Parno was at a board game convention in Philadelphia, sitting at a table surrounded by thousands of other enthusiasts when he got a text message. 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