2025 Issues
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October
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Leaving a Mark, Leaving a Legacy: The Frontier Nursing Service Embosser | Lauren Canty
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September
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Lead Astray: A Pewter Feeding Bottle from Middle Plantation
| Megan Kearns
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August
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Mysterious Round Harmonica? | Arianna Johnston
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July
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Getting the Point Across: A Gentleman’s Smallsword in the Cellar
| Hannah Wells
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June
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Lighting the Past: How RTI Revealed Royalty | Nichole Doub
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May
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An 1830s Sash Buckle
| Sara Rivers Cofield
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April
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That's Not Booze—That's Medicine | Scott Strickland
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March
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"Smoke Like a Turk": An Example of the Orientalist Movement in 19th-century Baltimore
| Rebecca Morehouse
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February
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Play is Serious Learning | Alex Glass
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January
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"Gay Colors, Graceful Shapes, Lustrous Surfaces": America's First Mass-Produced Kitchenware
| Patricia Samford
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2024 Issues
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December
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Make No Bones About it, this Artifact is a Mystery!
| Rebecca Morehouse
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November
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"Large and Elegant, with apparatus and conven-iences for boiling and frying meat": Cast Iron Cookstoves | Patricia Samford
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October
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A Knight’s Tale: Chess in the 19th Century
| Rebecca Morehouse
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September
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Fashionable Foundations | Sara Rivers Cofield
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August
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Considering the Consequences of Leather Dressings
| Arianna Johnston
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July
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Strange Voices: The Lesser-known Origins of the Harmonica | Heather Rardin Rovardi
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June
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Hidden Histories: Interpreting Domestic Servitude in Post-Civil War Historic House Museums
| Lauren Canty
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May
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Hometown Coke Bottle
| Megan Kearns
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April
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What The Shell Is Up With All These Buttons?
| Scott Strickland
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March
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Making Music: A Family Affair
| Alexandra Glass
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February
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Ivory ID
| Nichole Doub
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January
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“Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized”: The Oxon Hill Wine Rinser
| Patricia Samford
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2023 Issues
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December
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"Under the Umbrella"
| Heather Rardin Rovardi
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November
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The Domino Effect
| Rebecca Morehouse
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October
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A Little Sheep-ish
| Alex Glass
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September
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Sharp Thinking
| Arianna Johnston
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August
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A Better Light
| Jennifer Pitts
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July
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Not an Average Day in Collections: A "Golden Medical Discovery"
| Megan Kearns
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June
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This Bottle Belonged To...?
| Sara Rivers Cofield
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May
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Roughing It: A Wagon Rough Lock from The City of Deadwood
| Monica Kitner
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April
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"Did You Try Licking It?": How To Sort Artifacts In The Field
| Scott Strickland
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March
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Electrolysis PSA
| Nichole Doub
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February
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Bomb's Away! A Different Kind of Grenade
| Patricia Samford
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January
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Bones and Boar Bristles: Turn of the Century Dental Detailing
| Patricia Samford
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2022 Issues |
| December |
Supply Chain Problems? Nailed it!
| Sara Rivers Cofield
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| November |
Turkey Tales: What Archaeological Turkey Bones Can Tell Us
| Alex Glass
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| October |
The Tortoise and the Hair
| Nichole Doub
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| September |
The Sulphide, the Most Prized Marble of Them All
| Rebecca Morehouse
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| August |
“I always carried my little Book with me”: Aide-mémoire Hardware from Saunders Point
| Heather Rardin Rovardi
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| July |
Biblical Bling: A Crown of Thorns Pendant and Maryland's 1689 Protestant Revolution
| Sara Rivers Cofield
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| June |
A Token for a Pint
| Alice Merkel
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| May |
Artful Appliance
| Monica Kitner
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| April |
The Volunteers Find All the Cool Stuff
| Scott Strickland
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| March |
Perukes and Bilboquets: Wig Making in Annapolis
| Rebecca Morehouse
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| February |
X-rays: Unveiling a Fashion Accessory
| Arianna Johnston
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| January |
Making Mocha--Not a Coffee You Would Want to Drink
| Patricia Samford
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2021 Issues |
| December |
O Holy Night Soil | Sara Rivers Cofield
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| November |
Small Beads in Big Spaces | Scott Strickland
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| October |
An Amelung Decanter? | Patricia Samford
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| September |
Cannons, Cannons, and More Cannons | Nichole Doub
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| August |
Spit Take: Cuspidor versus Spittoon | Patricia Samford
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| July |
Sunflowers | Alex Glass |
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| June |
Let No Man Thirst For Good Beer | Patricia Samford |
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| May |
‘Not One Cent’: The Satirical Life and Times of the Hard Times Token | Monica Kitner
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| April |
A Familiar Face | Alice Merkel |
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| March |
Hoodoo Alive and Well in Mid-20th Century Annapolis | Rebecca Morehouse |
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| February |
People and Pets as Property: An Exploration of a Collar | Sara Rivers Cofield |
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| January |
Brass in Pocket: A Button Legacy | Heather Rardin Rovardi |
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2020 Issues |
| December |
A Tale of Two Fossils | Nathaniel Salzman |
| November |
Overturning Every Stone | Alice Merkel |
| October |
The Load I Carry: A Knapsack Hook from Pt. Lookout | Heather Rardin Rovardi |
| September |
The Life Saving Lyle Gun | Nichole Doub
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| August |
Sugar Nippers | Patricia Samford |
| July |
What's the Point | Greg Pierce |
| June |
Have You Seen the Great German Cask? | Patricia Samford |
| May |
Crimping a Pie’s Style! | Rebecca Morehouse |
| April |
Sergeant Jacob Huyett’s Cavalry Helmet | Francis Lukezic |
| March |
Keeping Everything From Going Adrift | Alice Merkel |
| February |
Getting a Handle on a Mystery | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| January |
A Bank You Can “Bank” On | Patricia Samford |
2019 Issues |
| December |
A Mighty Fine-Toothed Friend | Alice Merkel |
| November |
The Accessorized Mariner | Patricia Samford |
| October |
An 18th-century French Caribbean Coin in Baltimore | Rebecca Morehouse |
| September |
World War II M2 Sea Mine and Anchor | Heather Rardin |
| August |
Decade Ring | Laura Masur |
| July |
Button Rings and Other Things | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| June |
Driving Through History in Deadwood, South Dakota | Francis Lukezic |
| May |
Blades of Glory | Edward Chaney |
| April |
Fish in a Barrel | Monica Kitner |
| March |
A Tisket, a Tasket, a Beaded Wire Basket | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| February |
Early-17th-century-Trading-Post.html | Rebecca Morehouse |
| January |
Culinary Bottle | Patricia Samford |
2018 Issues |
| December |
You Never Know What You're Going To Find | Ed Chaney |
| November |
The Junior G-Man Badge | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
| October |
Perpetual Calendar | Nichole Doub |
| September |
Whale Oil Lamp | Patricia Samford |
| August |
The Curious Inner Lives of Cannons | Heather Rardin |
| July |
Bennington Parian: A Look at Exquisite Craftsmanship | Sara Franklin |
| June |
A Bone Sewing Stiletto | Patricia Samford |
| May |
Clothed in Splendor: Mass-Produced Coffin Hardware of the 19th Century | Mari Hagemeyer |
| April |
Toy Soldiers on Parade | Francis Lukezic |
| March |
Stumbling Upon a Storage Chest | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| February |
A Taste for Classicism | Seth Williams |
| January |
Spill Vase | Patricia Samford |
2017 Issues |
| December |
Not Just Another Marginal Artifact | Ed Chaney |
| November |
The Carroll “Dynasty” and the Mysterious “Falcon Crest” Fork | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| October |
Forget Me Not Mustache Cup | Patricia Samford |
| September |
Bald Friar Petroglyphs- Maryland’s Forgotten Rock Art | Julie Flynn |
| August |
Smelling Sweet, Mid-19th-Century Style | Richie Diguiseppe and Dalton Woody of Huntingtown High School Archaeology Club |
| July |
Cock Your Hat - Angles are Attitudes | Nichole Doub |
| June |
Pig Iron Bar with Runners from Antietam Furnace Iron Works | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
| May |
A "Whale of a Well-Shaped Waist, 19th-Century Style | Patricia Samford |
| April |
A Fishy Find | Francis Lukezic |
| March |
Pop Culture, Nineteenth-Century Style:The Lady of the Lake | Patricia Samford |
| February |
Under the Microscope: A Nineteenth-Century Flea Glass | Patricia Samford |
| January |
Taking the discipline at St. Inigoes Plantation-A Cilice from Priest’s Point | Laura E. Masur |
2016 Issues |
| December |
Candle In The Wind (Or Actually, In The Ground) | Edward Chaney and Alexandra Glass |
| November |
A US 1828 pattern Bayonet Scabbard Belt Plate | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
| October |
Ghostly Glass-Uranium Glass | Annette Cook |
| September |
A Day at the Beach - Ruby Stained Souvenir Glassware | Erin Wingfield |
| August |
The
Acteon Carronade | Caitlin Shaffer |
| July |
Passion Subdued by Reason | Patricia Samford |
| June |
Archaeological Evidence of Formal Gardens Found at the Belair Mansion in Bowie, MD | Alex Glass |
| May |
Functional and Stylish: A Cast Iron Franklin Stove from Catoctin Iron Furnace | Francis Lukezic |
| April |
Scripture in Iron: Pennsylvania German Stove Plates from Antietam Furnace | Rebecca Morehouse |
| March |
Carlyle Warehouse | Nichole Doub |
| February |
A Campaign Button of the 18th-Century (Or was it?) | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| January |
Roast Turkey; Seventeenth-Century Style | Patricia Samford |
2015 Issues |
| December |
Ice Skating Through the Ages | Caitlin Shaffer |
| November |
A Pewter Spoon from the Smith St. Leonard Site | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
| October |
The Mystery of Stiegel-Type Glassware | Erin Wingfield |
| September |
Lessons for Children | Madison Pearson |
| August |
The Perfect Dose | Isaiah Johnson |
| July |
Remembering the Maine | Patricia Samford |
| June |
Buying Local: 18th-century Chesapeake Stoneware | Alex Glass |
| May |
Smoking in Life and in the Hereafter: A Chinese Water Pipe from Deadwood, SD | Francis Lukezic |
| April |
The Badge of a US Cavalry Officer | Nichole Doub |
| March |
Just Say No To Natty Bo - A Temperance Society Teacup | Patricia Samford and Teresa Piovesan |
| February |
Evidence Of An African Instrument In Colonial Maryland? | Rebecca Morehouse |
| January |
The Buckle Generic | Sara Rivers Cofield |
2014 Issues |
| December |
I LOVE Your Hair! | Edward Chaney |
| November |
Iron Draw Knife from the Jackson Homestead (18MO609) | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
| October |
Some Objects Lead an Interesting Life: A Tale of Dr. Samuel Mudd's Tea and Coffee Service | Francis Lukezic |
| September |
The Rise and Fall of the Green Fairy | Annette Cook |
| August |
The Allure of French Perfume | Patricia Samford |
| July |
Maryland's Oil Fields | Nichole Doub |
| June |
Tool Check Tag | Patricia Samford |
| May |
Bavarian Black Buttons | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| April |
Snake Oil and Magic Potions: Fooling the Public with Cure-alls and Quackery | Erin Wingfield |
| March |
Wear For My Sake - A Mourning Ring Fragment from Smiths St. Leonard | Alex Glass |
| February |
The Rise of Balloon Flight | Caitlin Shaffer |
| January |
A Humans Best - and Oldest - Friend | Rebecca Morehouse |
2013 Issues |
| December |
The Line of Sight: A Brief History of Eyeglasses | Christy Nisbet |
| November |
Punch-Decorated Door Latch Bar from Smith St. Leonard Site | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
| October |
Murder in Maryland: "Devills" Masquerading as Colonial Gentlemen | Erin Wingfield |
| September |
Take a Closer Look at this 18th-Century
Needle Case Telescope | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| August |
Use A Bottle, Save a Breast! | Makenli Essert |
| July |
Fourth of July for the Harmonica | Virginie Ternisien |
| June |
Mysterious Lead Objects from Smith St. Leonard | Annette Cook |
| May |
Go Figure! | Nichole Doub |
| April |
Peas, Beans, Corn and Wheat | Alex Glass |
| March |
Erin Go Bragh! "Home Rule" Tobacco Pipes and Ireland's Struggle for Independence | Rebecca Morehouse |
| February |
Who Bit the Bullet?: Let Slip the Pigs of War! | Edward Chaney |
| January |
"Buttons to Trim the Coat in the Manner I Wish It to Be" | Caitlin Shaffer |
2012 Issues |
| December |
The Bond Street German Jeton | Heather Rardin |
| November |
Anyone for a Game of Ring Taw? | Patricia Samford |
| October |
The Disturbing History of Dentures | Erin Wingfield |
| September |
The Personal Touch | Annette Cook |
| August |
The Mystery of Lake George | Sharon Osofsky |
| July |
A Colonial Side Saddle | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| June |
Camden Yards Piano Baby | Patricia Samford |
| May |
Baltimore Rockingham Hunt Pitcher | Patricia Samford |
| April |
Natural Approaches To Pest Management | Erin Wingfield |
| March |
The Smith's-St. Leonard Fan | Alex Glass |
| February |
The Inkhorn | Patricia Samford |
| January |
Much Ado About Asphalt | Edward Chaney |
2011 Issues |
| December |
Timekeeping in the 18th Century | Rebecca Morehouse |
| November |
Dazzling Duds-Metal Thread in the 17th Century | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| October |
Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Nichole Doub |
| September |
Holey Molar! | Annette Cook |
| August |
An Apothecary Weight | Alex Glass |
| July |
An Accokeek Pot | Caitlin Shaffer |
| June |
The Harquebus Barrel | Nancy S. Shippen |
| May |
Ivory and Silver Walking Stick Handle | Patricia Samford |
| April |
Native American Effigies | Erin Wingfield |
| March |
The Real Reason Maryland Fans Hate Duke | Edward Chaney |
| February | No Curator's Choice | |
| January |
Native American Gaming Stones | Rebecca Morehouse |
2010 Issues |
| December |
Sacred Silver: A Cross-Shaped Reliquary Pendant | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| November |
Flintlock Pistol's Grotesque Butt Cap | Kelly Cooper |
| October |
A "Wellth" of History | Sami Allen |
| September |
Pattens | Patricia Samford |
| August |
Flintlock Gun Part | Annette Cook |
| July |
Pierced Silver Coin | Alex Glass |
| June |
It's All in The Details-Regimental Buttons from Valley Forge | Nancy S. Shippen |
| May |
A Carved Bone Figure | Dennis C. Curry and Maureen Kavanagh |
| April |
The Easter Egg Cache | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| March |
The Cost of a Pretty Penny | Kenya Brown Fusciello |
| February |
Fake Treasure | Nichole Doub |
| January |
Rachel Was Here | Annette Cook |
2009 Issues |
| December |
A Colonial Collection of Native American Artifacts | Sami Allen |
| November |
B & O Railroad Plate | Patricia Samford |
| October |
Bannerstones | Edward Chaney |
| September |
Havre de Grace Cannon | Caitlin Shaffer |
| August |
Witch Bottle | Rebecca Morehouse |
| July |
Smith/St.Leonard Chafing Dish | Alex Glass |
| June |
Copper Points from Posey Site | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| May |
Civil War Canteen | Nancy S. Shippen |
| April |
Artifact of An Archaeologist | Erin Wingfield |
| March |
Horne Point Fireback | Nichole Doub |
| February |
Saint Benedict Medal | Erin Wingfield |
| January |
A Model 1855 Bayonet | Gareth McNair-Lewis |
2008 Issues |
| December |
Popes Creek Pottery Vessels | Edward Chaney |
| November |
Friderich Emich Medallion | Erin Wingfield |
| October |
Jamestown Project | Kenya Brown Fusciello |
| September |
Writing Slate | Patricia Samford |
| August |
Rebecca Addison's Silver Thimble | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| July |
The CSS Alabama Dishes | Caitlin Shaffer |
| June |
Decorated Bone Pin | Rebecca Morehouse |
| May |
Triangular Bit Smoking Pipe | Edward Chaney |
| April |
Columbus Paddle Wheel | Kathy Concannon |
| March |
Inscribed "SS" Bodkin | Sara Rivers Cofield |
| February |
Tam O'Shanter Jug | Patricia Samford |
| January |
Modified Cowrie Shell | Patrica Samford |
