Martha W. McCartney is an American research historian and writer.
She worked for thirteen years at the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology, researching and excavating archaeological sites in Virginia.
[1] She is also a consultant for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and was project historian for the five-year Jamestown Archaeological Assessment conducted by the National Park Service.
[2][3] Her books include James City County: Keystone of the Commonwealth (1997),[4] The History of Green Spring Plantation (1998), The Free Black Community at Centerville (2000), Jamestown: An American Legacy (2001), which won the 2004 National Park Service Excellence in Interpretive Media award in the Cultural Book Category,[5] With Reverence for the Past: Gloucester County, Virginia (2001),[6] Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607–1635: A Biographical Dictionary (2007),[1][3] Jordan's Point, Virginia: Archaeology in Perspective, Prehistoric to Modern Times (2011),[7] and Mathews County, Virginia: Lost Landscapes, Untold Stories (2015).
[8] McCartney has won historic preservation awards, including a National History Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2001.