Archaeologists discover early Md. plantation in Cockeysville

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There?s plenty of trash nestled in the woods off Interstate 83 in Cockeysville. But not just the button, slate pencil, and several pieces of jagged stone and glass.

“This was the cheapest decorated stoneware you could get,” said archaeologist Julie Schablitsky, holding a sliver of cobalt stone. “It?s like modern-day Chinette.”

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