St. Mary's City currently stands on the site of the Yaocomico village. The Yaocomico were a part of the Piscataway confederacy under the protection of the Tayac. The village, like many others in Maryland, was eventually abandoned in the face of colonial encroachment, disease, and raids from northern tribes.

A living village has been created at historic St. Mary's City that attempts in part to replicate the one that existed there when the Arc and Dove arrived.



Photo: Leeks hung from the walls of the longhouse at St. Mary's City's living woodland village.