SILAS D. HURRY
EDUCATION
CambridgeUniversity, SydneySussexCollege, Michaelmas Term, 1978
St. Mary's College of Maryland B.A., History and Social Science with a concentration in Anthropology.
Graduate with Honors, 1977
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE
1987PresentArchaeological Laboratory Director and Curator of Collections, Historic St. Mary's City
19811987Assistant Field Director for Maryland State Highway Archaeology Program, Division of Archaeology, Maryland Geological Survey
1981Conservator and Field Supervisor, Historic St. Mary's City
1981Field Supervisor, Division of Archaeology, Maryland Geological Survey
1980Principal Investigator, Ocean Hall,Maryland, Maryland Historical Trust and James Boyd
1980Principal Investigator, Old Stone House,Maryland Historical Trust and Daughters of Charity
197980 Laboratory Supervisor, Historic St. Mary's City
1978Survey Archaeologist, Project Assessments in Georgia, for Soils Systems Inc.
1978Laboratory Director, Edenton Courthouse Square Project for Soils Systems Inc and Interagency Archaeological Services, National Park Service
1977Archaeological Field Assistant, Conservator and Artifact Analyst, Historic St. Mary's City
1976 Laboratory Conservator and Assistant Curator, Center for Anthropological Studies
1975 Laboratory Intern, Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland
1974 Archaeological Excavator, History Division, State of Michigan
197273 Archaeological Excavator, Historic St. .Mary's City, Maryland
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Historical Archaeology, Inter-organizational representative for Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference (1998-2002), journal article reviewer
Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, Member of Executive Board (1997-1999, 2009-2015), Newsletter Coordinator for Maryland, Conference Co-Chair 1999 and 2008 Annual Meeting, journal and monograph series reviewer, and Webmaster
Council for Maryland Archaeology, Executive Board 19911994, Collections Committee, Maryland Archaeology Month Chair 1996- 1997, President 1997 – 1999, and Webmaster
Society for PostMedieval Archaeology
Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, 1994 Program Chair, President 1996 - 1998
St. Mary’s CountyHistorical Society, Executive Board of Directors
SELECTED REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
2016“Sourcing a Stone Paver from the Colonial St. Inigoes Manor,Maryland”, with Marcus M. Key, Jr., Leslie P. Milliman, and Michael A. Smolek. Northeast Historical Archaeology Volume 45.
2013“Fleeing the ‘Sad Face of Winter’: The Calverts and the Archaeology of Maryland’s First City”. ExploringAtlantic Transitions (Society of Post-Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series), edited by Peter Pope and Shannon Lewis-Simpson
2012J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology 2012: “George L. Miller”
Historical Archaeology No. 46 Vol. 2
2007Characterization of Building Materials from the Brick Chapel at Historic St. Mary's City by INAA and Petrographic Analysis. with Ruth Ann Armitage, Leah Minc, and David Hill in Archaeological Chemistry #968: Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretationedited by Michael D Glascock, Robert J Speakman, and Rachel S Popelka-Filcoff
2007The Whole Site is the Artifact: Interpreting the St. John’s Site,St. Mary’s City, Maryland.with Dorsey Bodeman in Past Meets PresentArchaeologists Partnering with Museum Curators, Teachers and Community Groupsedited John H. Jameson, Sherene Baugher
2006Maryland: “…where the winters be shorter and less rigorous”.From the Arctic to Avalon Papers in Honour of Jim Tuck. Proceedings of the Conference: “From the Arctic to Avalon: Transforming the History of Northeastern North America”,St. John’s, Newfoundland, October 14-16 2004 edited by Lisa Rankin and Peter Ramsden
2005 What is "what" in St. Mary's City?
Ceramics in America, 2005Chipstone Foundation and the University Press of New England
2004The Lead Coffins of St. Mary’s City: An Investigation of Life and Death in Early Maryland
Maryland Historical Magazine Vol 99 Number 3, with Henry Miller and Timothy Riordan
2001“once the Metropolis of Maryland” The History and Archaeology of Maryland’ First Capital Historic St. Mary’s City Foundation with contributions by Martin Sullivan, Timothy B. Riordan and Henry M. Miller
1999Nineteenth-Century Material Life in the Chesapeake Countryside. The Archaeology of 19th-Century Virginia,
Special Publication No. 36, Archaeological Society of Virginia and the Council of Virginia Archaeologists with Jessica Neuwirth
1998Seeing: The Power of Town Planning in the Chesapeake. Historical Archaeology No. 32 Vol. 4, with Mark P. Leone
1991Preface and Annotations to Excavation Report on the Angelica (Knoll) Area: A Colonial Historical Site on the Jones Farm in Calvert County, Maryland. By Robert A. Elder Jr., Maryland Archeology Vol. 27, No. 1
with Julia King
1991A Descriptive Analysis of White Clay Tobacco Pipes from the St. John's Site in St. Mary's City, Maryland. British Archaeological Reports International Series 566 Oxford,with Robert W. Keeler.
1990Archaeological Data Recovery at a Nineteenth Century Iron Workers' Dwelling at Harford Furnace, Maryland. MarylandGeological Survey, Division of Archeology File Report 217.
1990Archaeological Survey of Proposed Impact Areas for Maryland Route 650, Randolph Road to Maryland 198, Montgomery County, Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology File Report 218
1987Archaeological Reconnaissance and Testing: Maryland Route 2/4 Corridor, Calvert County, Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology File Report 211,with Dennis C. Curry and Maureen Kavanagh.
1985Additional Intensive Archaeological Testing of the Oxon Hill Manor Site: An 18th through 19th Century Plantation in Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology File Report 189, with Maureen Kavanagh.
1984Intensive Archaeological Testing of the Oxon Hill Manor Site: An 18th through 19th Century Plantation in Maryland. Maryland Geological Survey, Division of Archeology File Report 187.
1983Ceramic Supply in an Economically Isolated Frontier Community: PortageCounty the OhioWestern Reserve 1800 to 1825. Historical Archaeology No. 172, with George L. Miller
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1979 ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Teaching Assistant, Historic St. Mary’s City and St. Mary’s College of Maryland
1988 - PresentARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ANDCURATION
Co-Instructor, Historic St. Mary’s City and St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
1988 - PresentINDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, INTERNSHIP MENTOR, and ST. MARY’S PROJECTS Historic St. Mary’s City and St. Mary’s College of Maryland
1995 COLONIAL AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
Substitute Instructor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012St. Mary’s County Historic Preservation Award, St. Mary’s County Commissioners
2009Maryland Preservation Award for Educational Excellence, Maryland Historical Trust
2003Award for Excellence of Service, Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology
2001Heritage Preservation Book Award, Maryland Historical Trust
1978I.T.T International Fellow in Archaeology to Great Britain, Cambridge University and St. Mary's College of Maryland
1977Social Science Divisional Award, St. Mary's College of Maryland
1977Honors Graduate in History and Anthropology, St. Mary's College of Maryland
1977Fulbright Fellowship Nominee, St. Mary's College of Maryland