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"...iron gall ink on parchment"

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Georgia’s official copy of the Declaration of Independence was made with iron gall ink on parchment. It was made in response to a Congressional order made on January 18th, 1777.

"500 years of American food"---via the Smithsonian

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Like language, the food of a people provides a window to the inner workings and values of those who live within that culture. Some researchers use the term foodways to refer to “the study of the procurement, preparation, and consumption of food.

"African American Voices" Oakland Cemetery's first cell phone tour

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Jeanne Cyriaque, African American Programs Coordinator for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division has notified the SGA about the launch of “African American Voices,” Oakland Cemetery’s first cell phone walking tour, which consists of twelve burial sites, located in the African American burial section of the cemetery.

"Alligators, Mosquitoes and Shovel Tests"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Alligators, Mosquitoes and Shovel Tests: Archaeology in and Around Savannah"—Ellen Harris of the Chatham County Metropolitan Planning Commission will talk about recent digs and a proposed new archaeological ordinance for Chatham County on Saturday November 10, 2012 at 2:00PM at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum, 681 Fort Argyle Road (Rte.

"Archaeology from Reel to Real"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) To compare the archaeology of Indiana Jones and of “real” archaeologists, the National Science Foundation presents a web experience called “Archaeology from Reel to Real: A Special Report.

"Big things" in archaeology: cliodynamics and chiefdoms

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Detail from Gavrilets, Anderson, and Turchin (2010), Figure 2. The plots model the growth and decline dynamics of relative size of the largest polity, it’s complexity, etc.

"Preserving Georgia's Historic Cemeteries"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has a downloadable sixteen-page booklet dated November 2007, titled Preserving Georgia’s Historic Cemeteries, that you may find interesting.

1875 Scull Shoals article leads researcher home

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tom Gresham (searcheo@aol.com) While browsing through microfilmed issues of the Oglethorpe County newspaper, the Oglethorpe Echo, looking for a death notice, my eye was caught by a startling sub-headline “Acres of Human Bones Unearthed.

18th-century ship found during WTC construction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) World Trade Center location in Google Earth satellite photograph. Note how far it now is from the Hudson River, on the left edge of the image.

1906 Antiquities Act provisions under discussion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Nationally, many archaeological resources in the USA are protected through federal ownership in national parks, national landmarks, and other preserves. The legislation commonly known as the 1906 Antiquities Act (original text below) is critical legislation in the protection of archaeological sites.

1989 history of AAS by GS Lewis available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

George S. Lewis, a very active member of the Augusta Archaeological Society and the Society for Georgia Archaeology, wrote a history of the AAS in July 1989. Titled “A Brief History of the Augusta Archaeological Society,” this document is now available in PDF form.

2003 Roswell Mill cleanup day

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Members of the Bulloch Hall Archaeology Society, the SGA Chapter based in Roswell, organized a cleanup workday at Roswell Mill, on 11 January 2003. It was a bit cold, but, thankfully, sunny.

2003 Spring Meeting, Jekyll Island Hotel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Members met at the Jekyll Island Hotel for the 2003 Spring Meeting. Events included a delightful and informative public lecture by Judy Bense, of the University of West Florida, and a walking tour to several archaeological sites, including tabby ruins.

2004 lesson plan: Frontiers in the Soil

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SGA’s 2004 lesson plan centered on republication of Frontiers in the Soil: The Archaeology of Georgia. The author, Roy S. Dickens, Jr., was a well-known archaeologist who worked in Georgia, and across southeastern North America.

2005 Lesson Plan: "Indian Removal"

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The topic of the 2005 lesson plan, which meets CRCT Domains for 8th Grade History, is the Indian Removal of the early 1800s. The lesson plan details this period in Georgia’s history, suggests writing assignments, and explains how to make a puzzle called “Go Figure!

2006 Ocmulgee Archaeological Society

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

—photo by John Trussel John Trussell and Stephen Hammack visited two small caves along the Houston-Macon County line in August 2006 to look for petroglyphs. Only the Houston cave was large enough to crawl into, though John (2007 OAS Treasurer) put on his thinking cap and opted to take pictures.

2008 Archaeology Month Sponsors

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Primary Sponsor The Society for Georgia Archaeology Co-Sponsors Bland & Associates, Inc. Brockington and Associates, Norcross Coosawattee Foundation Council on American Indian Concerns Edwards-Pitman Environmental Environmental Services Inc., Savannah Fernbank Museum of Natural History Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists LAMAR Institute New South Associates, Stone Mountain Office of the State Archaeologist Panamerican Consultants, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Southeastern Archeological Services, Athens Terracon Consultants TRC, Atlanta Posted online on Thursday, May 1st, 2008

2008 Fall Meeting

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SGA members met for the Fall 2008 Meeting in Rome, in northwest Georgia on 18 October. During the morning and the first part of the afternoon, attendees heard presentations on various topics in a meeting room at the Civic Center downtown.

2008 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology

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Submitted by Dwight Kirkland (dkirk@alltel.net) The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team (SOGART) will hold its annual research symposium on Saturday, August 9, 2008, at South Georgia College, Douglas, Georgia. The meeting will be held in the Stubbs Hall auditorium (Science Building) with the morning session beginning at 8:30 AM and ending at noon.

2009 Archaeology Month Events brochure ready for downloading

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Events are scheduled across the state in conjunction with Archaeology Month 2009, in May. SGA has prepared a brochure listing this year’s events. Activities will be held across Georgia, from Cumberland Island to Augusta to Athens to Carrollton to Macon—and more!

2009 Archaeology Month Sponsors

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Primary Sponsor: The Society for Georgia Archaeology Co-Sponsors: Coosawattee Foundation Council on American Indian Concerns Edwards-Pitman Environmental Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists LAMAR Institute New South Associates, Stone Mountain Panamerican Consultants, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

2009 Lesson Plan now available

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Closeup of Etowah, c. A.D. 1325–1375, © 2004 by Steven Patricia; courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to offer the 2009 Lesson Plan, Learning through Archaeology: Etowah Indian Mounds.

2009 poster, Mounds in Our Midst

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) For Archaeology Month in May 2009, the SGA chose the theme Mounds in Our Midst. Georgia’s archaeological landscape features numerous sites with artificial, human-constructed earthen mounds.

2009 State Social Studies Fair winners

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On March 21st, SGA Vice-President Catherine Long attended the State Social Studies Fair on behalf of the Society and the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists. She judged student projects addressing archaeological topics.

2009: January Board Retreat

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The SGA’s Board of Directors and Officers met for a retreat on 23-24 January 2009 at Camp Martha Johnston Girl Scout Camp west of Macon. We inspected this large meeting room and dining hall and thought, if we didn’t need to darken the room, this would make a fine meeting place for a semi-annual SGA meeting.

2010 Archaeology Month activities announced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Please consult our Society’s online calendar to choose 2010 Archaeology Month events you want to attend! Here’s the direct link. May is Archaeology Month in Georgia, and this year’s Archaeology Month events begin in late April.

2010 Fall Meeting---in pictures!

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Standing tabby walls at Elizafield Plantation. This building was an octagon, and housed the mill for processing cane to make sugar, which was exported. The Society for Georgia Archaeology met on St.

2010 Georgia Social Studies Fair archaeology prizes awarded

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) The Georgia Social Studies Fair was held Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Dutchtown High School in Hampton, Georgia. The Georgia Council for the Social Studies has the following Statement of Purpose:

2010 lesson plan now available online

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Submitted by Tammy Herron (trforeha@mailbox.sc.edu) The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents this year’s lesson plan! It offers information, instruction, pictures, discussions, activities, and suggestions for additional reading and online resources.

2010 SAA Electronic Symposium papers available

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Lately, the Society for American Archaeology has included an Electronic Symposium as part of its annual meeting. This year’s annual meeting is scheduled for 14–18 April, 2010.

2010 summer internship at Russell Cave

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Campus to Careers is seeking an intern for its National Park Service Climate Change Internship Program at the Russell Cave National Monument, in northeast Alabama. The intern will work with archaeologist Sarah Sherwood assessing prehistoric climate conditions from soil samples.

2011 Archaeology Month event brochure now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Please access a trifold brochure listing 2011 Archaeology Month events prepared by SGA Secretary Pam Baughman by clicking here (PDF). Archaeology Month in Georgia is held during the month of May, and this year’s theme is Gone But Not Forgotten: Rediscovering the Civil War through Archaeology.

2011 Fall Meeting abstracts: An Historic Partnership

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Submitted by Lynn Pietak (lpietak@edwards-pitman.com) UPDATED 12 Oct, 4:23pm. Join members and guests of the SGA at the Society’s Fall Meeting on the 22nd of October, in room 171 (first floor) of the Zell B.

2011 Fall Meeting schedule set

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Submitted by Lynn Pietak (lpietak@edwards-pitman.com) UPDATED 4:24pm, Wed, 12 Oct! Plan to join members of the SGA and guests of the Society at the 2011 Fall Meeting, to be held all day on Saturday, 22 October, in room 171 (first floor) of the Zell B.

2011 Fort Daniel Faire conclusions

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by James D'Angelo (4drdee@bellsouth.net) Prior to the 2011 Fort Daniel Frontier Faire in Gwinnett County, Georgia, several geophysical surveys had been conducted at the site by Dr. Sheldon Skaggs of Georgia Southern University, the combined results of which suggested the presence of features within the footprint of the fort.

2011 Frontier Faire well attended

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Submitted by Leslie Perry (digsitelp@yahoo.com) Dr. James D’Angelo leading a tour of Fort Daniel. The October 15 and 16, 2011, Frontier Faire at Fort Daniel on Hog Mountain in Gwinnett County was sponsored by GARS (the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society), a Chapter of the SGA, and the FDF (Fort Daniel Foundation).

2011 SGA Spring meeting silent auction

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Submitted by Leslie Perry (SGA Board Member) During the 2011 SGA spring meeting, a silent auction will be held. Items can be won by silently submitting your bid on paper forms by the item.

2011 Spring Meeting call for papers

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Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) Henry County Chamber of Commerce; image from Google Maps street view. Join us on Saturday, May 14th for the Spring Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology.

2011 Spring Meeting dates tentatively set

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The 2011 Spring Meeting weekend is not finalized, but we will meet May 13–15. Read the details here. Posted online on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

2011: January and February observations on thesga.org

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The SGA’s website continues to be popular in the opening months of 2011. After a dip in November 2010 through January 2011 in daily pageviews, a measure not just of how many visitors the website has, but how much exploring they do, our February average daily pageviews were 356.

2012 Archaeology Month event brochure

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The SGA is proud to present the 2012 Archaeology Month event brochure, accessible by clicking here. This PDF is suitable for printing, posting, and distribution. All events listed in the brochure are also entered in the SGA’s online calendar.

2012 Fall Meeting abstracts

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To learn about archaeology in Georgia, attend this Fall’s meeting of the SGA! The SGA is proud to announce the presentations we’ll be hearing at the Fall Meeting, on Saturday, October 27th, at the Columbus Museum’s Patrick Theater.

2012 Fall Meeting presentation schedule

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The SGA is proud to announce the morning schedule for the 2012 Fall Meeting, Saturday, October 27th, at the Columbus Museum’s Patrick Theater. Click here to access a printable schedule online.

2012 Fall Meeting wrap-up

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Submitted by Catherine Long For all of you who attended SGA’s annual Fall Meeting—you experienced a great treat! SGA was hosted by the Columbus Museum and received a very warm welcome.

2012 Fort Daniel Frontier Faire scheduled for 20--21 October

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Submitted by Leslie Perry (lpdigsite@netscape.net) The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), a Chapter of SGA, and the Friends of Fort Daniel Foundation (FDF), will host their annual Fort Daniel Frontier Faire on Saturday, October 20 from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday, October 21 from 11am to 4pm.

2012 Georgia Social Studies Fair SGA/GCPA award winners

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Submitted by Lynn Pietak (lpietak@edwards-pitman.com) It was my great pleasure to attend the Georgia Social Studies Fair 2012 and to give awards sponsored by the Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) and the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA).

2012 Places in Peril announced

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Chattahoochee Park Pavilion, Gainesville. Photo from the Georgia Trust website here. Image by Halston Pitman. What places in Georgia with importance value are most under threat right now?

2012 SOGART symposium call for papers

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Submitted by S. Dwight Kirkland (dkirk@windstream.net) SOGART is a Chapter of the SGA based in Douglas. SOGART stands for South Georgia Archaeological Research Team. SOGART’s Dwight Kirkland writes…\ SOGART has set the date for the 2012 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology at August 18th.

2012 Spring Meeting: Presentations and tour

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Submitted by Catherine Long, President, the SGA (diggergirl77@gmail.com) The annual SGA Spring Meeting was held on Saturday, May 19th, at the Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville. As a co-sponsor of the meeting, SGA members and attendees were welcomed to the state-of-the art campus with beautiful signs and hospitable staff.

2012 state budget: Georgia Archives funding reduced in HB 78

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

‘Tis the season for budget negotiations. Here’s the news about the Georgia Archives budget, according to Friends of Georgia Archives & History Chair Virginia Shadron (online here). The Georgia Archives, as their website says: “identifies and preserves Georgia’s most valuable historical documents.

2013 Social Studies Fair winners

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Submitted by Leslie Perry SGA Vice-President Leslie Perry represented the SGA and the GCPA at the Fair…. Seventh-grader Kameron Gaston with his winning project, “Nazca Lines: Why Are They Here?”

2013 Spring Meeting Call for Papers, Preliminary Program

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Submitted by Pamela Baughman (sgasecretary@thesga.org) Join us on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 for the Spring Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. The theme for Archaeology Month is “Digging and Diving into the Past: Celebrating 20 Years of Georgia Archaeology Awareness.

2014 lesson plan on site destruction now available

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Submitted by Tammy Herron The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents this year’s lesson plan! This document offers information, instruction, pictures, discussions, activities, and suggestions for additional reading and online resources.

2014 SOGART symposium call for papers---UPDATED

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This message is a call for papers for the 2014 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology to be held on August 23, 2014 in the Stubbs Hall Auditorium on the Douglas Campus of South Georgia State College.

2015 Georgia Student Archaeological Research Grants Offered

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Submitted by Tom Lewis (researchgrant@thesga.org) The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA), Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA), and Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are sponsoring student research grants for 2015.

2016 Georgia Student Archaeological Research Grants Offered

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA), Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA), and Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are sponsoring student research grants for 2016. These research grants are competitive awards given to support undergraduate and graduate student research that focuses on the archaeology of Georgia.

2017 Archaeology Month Events

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Join us as we celebrate Georgia Archaeology Month throughout the month of May! Thanks to the hard work of Society for Georgia Archaeology members across the state, the month of May is packed with exciting events for you to attend!

2017 Archaeology Month Poster

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May is Archaeology Month in Georgia! The theme of both Archaeology Month and of the Spring Meeting is “Raised from the Depths: The Archaeology of the Civil War in Georgia." The meeting in Savannah will focus on the Civil War in Georgia and will spotlight the recent raising of the CSS Georgia and ongoing preservation work on the Confederate warship.

2017 Archaeology Month Proclamation

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On Thursday, May 25, 2017 SGA members Bryan Tucker, Kate Deeley, Laura Kate Schnitzer, and Mary Trudeau met with Governor Nathan Deal for the signing of the proclamation declaring May as Archaeology Month in Georgia.

2017 Georgia Student Archaeological Research Grants Offered

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA), Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA), and Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are sponsoring student research grants for 2017. These research grants are competitive awards given to support undergraduate and graduate student research that focuses on the archaeology of Georgia.

2017 Symposium on the Archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain

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The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team (SOGART) held its annual research symposium on February 11, 2017, at South Georgia State College in Douglas, Georgia. Archaeologists from Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina convened to discuss their research and current events in Atlantic Coastal Plain archaeology.

2018 Archaeology Month Events

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2019 SGA Spring Meeting Information

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Heritage Under the Waters: the Archaeology of Georgia’s Reservoirs Spring Meeting 2019 The SGA Spring Meeting will be held on May 18^th^ (Saturday), 2019 in Athens, GA at the University of Georgia’s Laboratory of Archaeology.

4th annual Seven Islands Artifact ID Day growing interest among the public

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Stephen Hammack (stephen.hammack.ctr@robins.af.mil) The ArchaeoBus and exhibit tents at Seven Islands Artifact ID Day. Click on the thumbnails below to see more pictures We had over 200 attendees at the Seven Islands Artifact ID Day on October 23, 2010, about 100 of whom visited the SGA ArchaeoBus, tent, and tables.

A bit of US military history...

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Quick: what is the only installation built by the United States military during the settling of the interior of the continent to protect Indians from Indians (rather than settlers from Native Americans, or for some other purpose)?

A Brief Historical Background of the SGA

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization composed of interested members of the general public along with avocational and professional archaeologists. SGA has its roots in the late 1930s when a group of prominent individuals who shared a common interest in Georgia archaeology united.

A discussion of Joseph Caldwell's Late Archaic Stamp Creek Focus of northwest Georgia

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Submitted by Jerald Ledbetter (RJLedbettr@aol.com) Many of the archeological phase names currently used for northwest Georgia are directly attributable to the work of Joseph Caldwell in Allatoona Reservoir more than fifty years ago (Caldwell 1950, 1957).

A gift that keeps giving

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Submitted by Sudha Shah (sudhaashah@gmail.com) During this holiday season, consider honoring a special someone with a contribution in their name to the Endowment Fund of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. Give a remarkable gift that touches generations to come and preserves your archaeological legacy in Georgia.

A message from Winston Churchill

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Submitted by Rita Elliott We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.—Winston Churchill The Society for Georgia Archaeology welcomes your contribution to its growing Endowment Fund.

A summary of Georgia's archaeological sequence

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Period Time Subsistence Pattern Settlement Pattern Diagnostic Features Post war, AD\ Corporate Suburban-urbanization, Public works, global economy, 1945 to agriculture, second homes, rural transistors, information age Present international trade, abandonment interstate service industry, and highways, civil service disposable products, railroad abandonment, Teflon, computers

A Swift Creek Site in southern Indiana

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Submitted by Dean Wood (wdeanwood@southres.com) In September 2006, Leake Site Principal Investigators Scot Keith and Dean Wood took a trip to Indiana in order to conduct research into the Mann site, a Middle Woodland Hopewell site located in southwestern Indiana.

AAS Archaeology Day flyer ready

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Join event cosponsors Augusta Archaeological Society and Augusta Museum of History on Saturday, May 8th 2010, at the 1797 Ezekiel Harris House, 1822 Broad Street in Augusta for myriad activities, including flint knapping, primitive skills demonstrations, artifact identification, Ezekiel Harris House tours, and Paleoindian point identification and recordation by archaeologists who will be on-hand to speak with visitors.

AAS Chapter busy with meetings, events

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The Augusta Archaeology Society Chapter is busy now with a variety of projects, meetings, and events. We are working on an update of our Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Hafted Biface Types booklet, this time adding an abbreviated ceramics component.

AAS December newsletter now available

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The Augusta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, publishes a newsletter called The Debitage. The December 2009 issue is available as a PDF, downloadable as separate pages.

AAS elects new officers

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Our annual holiday party was held Thursday night December 13th at the home of Audrey and Paul Mahoney. Officers elected for 2008 were as follows. President – Rosanne Stutts Vice President – John Arena

AAS February meeting speaker: Scot Keith

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) SGA member Allen Vegotsky writes on behalf of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society: I am very pleased to announce that the next presentation the the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS) will be given by Scot Keith.

AAS field trips, meetings

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The Augusta Archaeological Society has been busy with a variety of stewardship, research, and outreach activities. John Arena and John Whatley visited Stallings Island on September 12 to check on the status of the vegetation, goats, and donkeys for the Archaeological Conservancy.

AAS members host Archaeology Identification Day

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May 23 was a great Archaeology Identification Day in Augusta. Rain threatened all day long but in the end, there were 160 visitors who came to the 1797 Ezekiel Harris House on Broad Street.

AAS October 2009 newsletter, The Debitage

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The Augusta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, publishes a newsletter called The Debitage. The October 2009 issue is available as a PDF, downloadable as separate pages.

AAS presents Archaeology Day 2013

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Submitted by Tammy Herron Organizers of the 2013 Archaeology Day invite you to attend on Saturday, May 4th between 10AM and 4PM. The event will be held at the historic Ezekiel Harris House located at 1822 Broad Street in Augusta, Georgia.

AAS sets August meeting

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The Augusta Archaeological Society’s August meeting will be Friday, August 13th at Villa Europa Restaurant, Augusta. The speaker will be Jared Wood of the University of Georgia, discussing Mississippian-period research he’s carried out in Screven County.

AAS's newsletter details activities throughout 2011

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Catch up with the news of the SGA’s Augusta Chapter, the Augusta Archaeological Society, by reading the December 2011 issue of the AAS’s newsletter, The Debitage. The issue details activities of the AAS in 2011, and plans for a holiday party on December 8th.

Abandonment/reuse of the Etowah mounds

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Cover photo on the paperback edition of King’s book on Etowah, showing straight-down view of the base of original steps that lead up the side of the largest mound in prehistoric times, and are beneath the modern steps.

Abby (aka Abbey, the bus, the bookmobile) is christened

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Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) With the crash of a champagne bottle over her fender, a new green bough laid upon her, the cadence of a drum roll, and the suspenseful unveiling of the tarp, Abby the ArchaeoBus was officially christened.

Abby the ArchaeBus Enters the University of South Carolina

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Figure 1. My trek to the University of South Carolina (USC) was due to an invitation from the Archaeological Society of South Carolina (ASSC), who was holding its 50^th^ Anniversary and wanted yours truly, Abby the ArchaeoBus to be the main attraction.

Abby the ArchaeoBus, Frankie Snow, and the SGA honored by the SAA

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Submitted by Tammy Herron, President A few weeks ago I stated in the President’s message that there were two bits of exciting news with regard to Georgia archaeology that I couldn’t wait to tell you about!

abiotic

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environmental features that are physical rather than biological, and thus characterized by the absence of life; opposite of biotic Posted online on Thursday, April 16th, 2009

aborigine

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of, or pertaining to, an original or native inhabitant of a region (the word aborigine comes from the Latin phrase ab origine, meaning ‘from the beginning’) Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

absolute dating techniques

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the methods that determine when an event occurred in calendar years; usually noted as years before the present, with ‚“present” meaning 1950 Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Activities at Elachee, and on the Chestatee River

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Georgia Mountains Archaeological Society (GMAS) members hosted “Georgia Archaeology Day at Elachee” on Saturday, May 10, in the large classroom at our sponsor’s Environmental Education facility near Gainesville. There were exhibits on the various projects the club members have been involved in, field and laboratory techniques used by archaeologists, and experimental archaeology exhibits such as pottery making and stone tool making kits.

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from the Latin anno domini, designates the period after year 1 in the Christian or Gregorian calendar Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

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like AD, but indicates uncorrected radiocarbon dates Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Adam King to present on summer testing at Etowah

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Dr. King last spoke to GAAS members in March 2012 on the meaning of Mississippian imagery found at Etowah. We look forward to hearing about remote sensing and the findings from this summer’s dig at the same site.

Advanced metal detecting class offered

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Building on the success of their first course offering in Charleston, SC in August 2012, Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist (AMDA) and the continuing professional education program of the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) are proud to announce that the second AMDA course offering will be April, 19–21, 2013, in Pine Mountain, Georgia.

Affiliated Chapters

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Augusta Archaeological Society (Unknown Status) -—- Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (BRAG) Email: brag.quild@gmail.com Officers:Tony Shore, President;Chris Worick, Vice President;Jack Wynn, Secretary;Manny Carvalho, Treasurer;Bill Balco, UNG Advisor; Mailing address:905 Halls Mill Rd.

agriculture

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the intensive cultivation of soil and production of crops; farming Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

An American archaeologist in England: Perceptions of the past

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Submitted by Mike Johnson (m.a.johnson@durham.ac.uk) Around this time last year, as I prepared to board a plane and begin my MA program in the United Kingdom, I began to ask myself if the complication and expense of continuing my education in the UK was really worth it.

An ethnohistorian's insights into untangling the past

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Many of us wonder what it might have been like to wander the New World with an early European adventurer. In 1984, Dr. Charles Hudson, an ethnohistorian at the University of Georgia, and his wife, Joyce Rockwood Hudson, did just that.

An update on the Archaic period across North America

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.edu) You may not know that PDFs of back issues of the Society for American Archaeology’s magazine The SAA Archaeological Record are available for free, except for the latest issue.

Announcing a summer 2009 field project blog

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) SGA President Dennis Blanton wears a day-job hat, as Curator of Native American Archaeology at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, in Atlanta. This summer he’s working on a field project excavating at an early Spanish site in Telfair County.

Announcing the 2013 Waring Distinguished Lecture in Anthropology at the University of West Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Department of Anthropology at the University of West Georgia is pleased to announce the 2013 Waring Distinguished Lecture in Anthropology: Ice Age Peopling of the Americas: Do Stones, Bones, and Genes Tell the Same Story?

Announcing the fifth annual Ft. Daniel Frontier Faire

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett chapter of the SGA (GARS), along with the Ft. Daniel Foundation, is sponsoring the fifth annual Ft. Daniel Frontier Faire on Saturday, October 19, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.

Annual Conference on South Carolina Archaeology April 9, 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Chris Judge, Program Chair (judge@sc.edu) What do Ice Age hunters on the banks of the Saluda River near Columbia, General Francis Marion, slave potters in the Lowcountry, the Confederate Navy, and cadavers dug up on USC’s horseshoe have in common?

Annual website statistics: 2009--2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) How does thesga.org measure up? Here are some basic statistics on the traffic the SGA’s website received from 2009 through 2011. The current version of the website “went live” in March of 2009, so we have only partial-year statistics for that year.

anthropogenic

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of or relating to or as a result of human impacts on nature; originating in human activity Posted online on Thursday, April 16th, 2009

anthropology

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the study of humans and their cultural behavior from a holistic perspective, involving (in New World academics) these four sub-fields: archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

April 13th GAAS meeting: Smoking ritual in the Mississippian Southeast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton, Fernbank Museum of Natural History Editor’s note: Dennis Blanton, Curator of the Native American collection-Fernbank Museum of Natural History, will be guest lecturer at the April 13th GAAS meeting discussing his research regarding Native American prehistoric pipes and their significance.

April 2012 Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The April issue, volume 1, issue 3, of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), is now available. The name of the newsletter is Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

April 2014 Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The April 2014 issue, volume III, issue 4, of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), is now available. The name of the newsletter is Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

April 2016 Archaeology Events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

April Chapter Meetings Ocmulgee Archaeological Society Monday, April 4, 6:30 pm Mercer University Science and Engineering Building, Room 202, 1550 College Street, Macon 31201 This month’s speaker is OAS member and Archaeologist Stephen Hammock.

April 21, 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

…and after shots. Aw man, another butt shot! Just because archaeologists are always bending over to dig (and consequently getting butt shots in their photos) doesn’t mean they have to do that to me, too!

April 30, 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Y-a-w-n….Ahhh….Y-a-w-n….Ooh, sorry Diary! I’m just waking up. I’ve been resting in south Georgia for the past few months after a busy fall 2011. In fact, I was just dreaming about my last big gig I did…last fall at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia.

April 8, 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

\ I was christened Abby on May 16, 2009. These photos show the big party SGA gave me. Look at all my guests! There was a drum roll and my unveiling, and a kazoo band and a cake with my picture and little pink party favors and door prizes… It’s hard to be a celebrity, but I think I handle it quite well.

April GARS meeting topic: a Spanish Paleolithic cave

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim D'Angelo (4drdee@bellsouth.net) Dr. Jim D’Angelo will give a presentation on examples of Cro-Magnon and later cave art, at the monthly meeting of the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, a chapter of the SGA, at its meeting on Thursday April 8, 2010.

Archaeo-Volunteers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Give back to projects and missions that you’re interested in. Let SGA be the recipient of your volunteerism. Archaeo-Volunteers: The World Guide to Archaeological and Heritage Volunteering, a 2009 book edited by Fabio Ausenda and Erin McCloskey (ISBN: 978-88-89060-15-5), is a good place to start if you are interested in working with a project abroad, however.

ArchaeoBus at Fort Hawkins for week

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Image from the cover of The Fort Hawkins Master Plan. Click here to access that document. This week, 24–31 October, 2011, the SGA’s ArchaeoBus is at Fort Hawkins, while excavations are in progress.

ArchaeoBus contact updated

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The ArchaeoBus is Georgia’s Mobile Archaeology Classroom! The contact for the ArchaeoBus is now Jenna Pirtle; click here to contact the Archaeobus staff and bring Abby to your future event!

ArchaeoBus in Stone Mountain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott and Nick Joseph (archaeobus@thesga.org) Abby the ArchaeoBus is now in residence at New South Associates in Stone Mountain. NSA has a wonderful crew lined up and will be doing public outreach with Abby for most of the next six months or so (now through early summer).

ArchaeoBus scheduling for October 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The ArchaeoBus is touring in October 2010! In her diary, Abby notes that she attended the CoastFest in Brunswick on October 2nd—along with over 7500 human visitors! Then, from October 7 through 17, the ArchaeoBus will be in Perry, south of Macon, at the Georgia National Fair.

ArchaeoBus teaches teachers in Athens

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Photos by GCSS Board Member Ed Jackson. On Friday, October 21st, 2011, the ArchaeoBus spent the day at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies conference in Athens. GCSS Conference Coordinator Diane Sloan notes that 510 attended the conference, and that “the conference was a great success due in no small part to your participation.

ArchaeoBus visits Glynn County school

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The online version of Jacksonville’s The Florida Times-Union published a story on the Society’s own ArchaeoBus on 24 November 2009, saying: Glynn County students are getting an education this week without have to dig for it.

ArchaeoBus visits library in Danielsville

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tom Gresham \ The ArchaeoBus is back in the Athens area and made a visit on April 16th, 2011, to the Madison County Library in Danielsville. Tom Gresham and Teresa Groover hosted the half-day “open bus” on a pretty, windy, spring day.

ArchaeoBus visits: teacher information

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s ArchaeoBus is a Mobile Archaeology Classroom. Teachers in Clarke County, Georgia, can make reservations now for January through June of 2010. Click here for Guidelines for Educators, which includes a request form and student response form.

ArchaeoBus volunteers enjoy the Georgia National Fair: Story and photographs

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) The SGA’s new website content editor Kelly Woodard compiled this story of the memories SGA volunteers took home after working at the ArchaeoBus during the Fair.

ArchaeoBus wrapped for the road

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In November 2008, the ArchaeoBus got wrapped! A generous grant of $5,000.00 from Georgia Transmission Corporation, the public utilities company that oversees all of the EMCs in Georgia paid for the output and installation of the wrap by Digital Graphics & Signs, of Athens.

ArchaeoBus, Georgia National Fair, and seeds

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

\ Visit the Georgia National Fair—October 7–17, in Perry! Step into the ArchaeoBus while you’re there! Find the ArchaeoBus not far from the South Gate, near the Petting Zoo! Enjoy fun activities with kids hosted by Society for Georgia Archaeology volunteers at the ArchaeoBus!

Archaeogenetics summarized in Current Biology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Global Genetic History of Homo sapiens is the title of a new special issue of Current Biology (volume 20, issue 4, dated 23 February 2010), with eight papers available free online.

Archaeological data complements Civil War records

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo by Josh D. Weiss for the Wall Street Journal, showing Garrett Silliman recording Civil War archaeological remains. What happened in the Kennesaw/Smyrna area during June 1864?

Archaeological documentation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron, President An important aspect of conducting archaeology is documentation. Much of an archaeologist’s time is spent taking notes regarding observations in the field, filling out forms to document what is found in excavation units, taking photographs to document findings, drawing detailed maps, recording soils, completing artifact analysis forms, recording conservation treatments used on certain artifacts in the lab, and so forth.

Archaeological Encounters in Georgia's Spanish Period

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SGA’s 2008 Archaeology Month topic was “Archaeological Encounters in Georgia’s Spanish Period” and the Society produced an accompanying lesson plan for teachers. Part of the background text reads: We may never know exactly how the first meeting went between Spanish explorers and Native American Indians in Georgia.

Archaeological Encounters in Georgia's Spanish Period

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SGA’s 2008 poster for Archaeology Month is “Archaeological Encounters in Georgia’s Spanish Period.” In this dramatic and eye-catching presentation, three human figures in outline dominate the poster’s imagery. The figure on the left is of a Spanish Conquistador.

Archaeological Ethics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology promotes the preservation of information about the past. Part of the Society’s mission is to educate the public about the past and about the conservation of archaeological sites and artifacts.

Archaeological events of interest this week!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild will meet Wednesday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the United Community Bank Building on Morrison Moore Parkway in Dahlonega. Their meeting will feature Russ Wright who will give an illustrated talk on the “Glass Site”, a site located southeast of Macon with potential evidence the area was visited by Hernando de Soto’s expedition in 1540.

Archaeological excavations in Augusta reveal material culture of racial segregation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Brad Botwick (New South Associates, inc.) Official and institutionalized racial segregation was a significant aspect of urban life in the southern United States during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Archaeological investigations of "the Gulch" in downtown Atlanta

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dylan Woodliff Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI) and New South Associates (NSA), under contract with HNTB Corporation, recently completed preliminary investigations of the Gulch, a low-lying area of downtown Atlanta long associated with the railroads, in preparation for the planned Georgia MultiModal Passenger Terminal (MMPT).

Archaeological lessons for us today: Coping with environmental stresses

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) What would you reply if you were asked this question? Archaeological investigations can help us understand the present, and give us insights into the future of the world.

archaeological record

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the material remains of past human activities, including any features or alteration of the landscape Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

archaeological resources

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artifacts, sites, their contexts within the physical and cultural environments, and the information that can be garnered from them Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

archaeological site

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a place where human activity took place and material remains were left behind Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Archaeological Society of South Carolina's Fall Field Day announcement

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Forehand (TRFOREHA@mailbox.sc.edu) The Archaeological Society of South Carolina’s annual Fall Field Day will be held on October 25th at Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site in Summerville, South Carolina.

Archaeological vandalism: Two stories

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Satellite image of Leptis Magna from Google Maps. Note the Wadi Lebda flowing along the east side of the archaeological zone. How much do people value historic ruins, archaeological sites, and standing buildings?

Archaeologist Constanza Ceruti speaks at UNG

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron and Jack Wynn On Wednesday, March 6th, Dr. Constanza Ceruti, an Argentine high-altitude archaeologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer, was the guest speaker at the University of North Georgia (UNG) campus in Dahlonega.

Archaeologist Erin Drake to speak in Duluth

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild will meet on Wednesday, September 25, at 7:00 pm at the United Community Bank. This month’s speaker will be Erin Drake, Senior Archaeologist with Terracon, Inc.

Archaeologist Garrett Silliman lecture at Stone Mountain Park

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Stone Mountain Park Lecture Series is hosting their last free lecture in the series entitled Current Research in the Archaeology of the Atlanta Campaign, hosted by the Stone Mountain Historical Society.

Archaeologists think about worms---really!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Earthworms leave the soil (at least some species do) when there’s a lot of rain, because the soil can get so moist they begin to drown.

Archaeologists use iPads during excavations at Pompeii

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Original caption from Apple website: Researchers compare wall annotations in iDraw. Says Ellis, “We need to simply draw a lot of what we’re recording, because as we dig down through these layers we are essentially destroying the site.

Archaeologists' commitment to the public

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) My two Catahoula-mix dogs and I enjoy walking and hiking. We live in Atlanta and were thought to be a few miles from the nearest park.

archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of past human culture by analyzing the material remains (sites and artifacts) people left behind; the science of archaeology involves recording, interpreting, and recreating past human life Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Archaeology and chronology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) One common definition of what archaeologists do is that they study past ways of life. One important issue that arises for archaeologists is chronology. Chronology is the order or sequence of events—in short, what came before and what came after.

Archaeology and Georgia's Laws

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Without the proper permits and permissions, in Georgia it is illegal to: Collect artifacts on public land. Dig or disturb an archaeological site on public land or in Georgia’s waterways.

Archaeology and learning: Summer opportunities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapresident@thesga.org sgapresident@thesga.org) Question: Well, it’s summer now and what are kids doing? Answer: Attending summer camp and having fun on summer vacation! One of the great opportunities to educate children about archaeology occurs during the summer months.

Archaeology at the State Social Science Fair

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Matthew Newberry On May 3, 2014 students from Georgia elementary, middle, and high schools convened on the campus of Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia to compete in the annual State Social Science Fair hosted by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies.

Archaeology blogs ranked

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://radiologytechnicianschools.net/50-best-blogs-for-archaeology-students/ may interest you…. Posted online on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Archaeology bus rolling right along

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Archaeology Bus Committee has several exciting items to report to the membership. First, John (JC) Burns of jcbD, has generously provided pro-bono work to create the graphic and text design that will go around the vehicle.

Archaeology cut from House budget

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Late on the afternoon of March 24, Georgians for Preservation Action, a group that works in partnership with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, circulated an email reporting that the Georgia House budget for SFY 2010 cuts over $279,000 in funding for the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, effectively gutting the state’s archaeology program.

Archaeology Day in Augusta, May 7th, 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Organizers of Archaeology Day at the 1797 Ezekiel Harris House, 1822 Broad Street, in Augusta, invite you to attend on Saturday, May 7th. Free admission. The event is sponsored by the Augusta Museum of History and the Augusta Archaeological Society, a Chapter of the SGA.

Archaeology Day scheduled for May 6th in Augusta

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Organizers of the 2012 Archaeology Day at the 1797 Ezekiel Harris House, 1822 Broad Street, in Augusta, invite you to attend on Saturday, May 6th between 10AM and 4PM. Admission is free.

Archaeology demonstration at the Callaway Gardens Preserve

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dean Wood (wdeanwood@southres.com) Screening at Callaway Gardens Site 9Hs157. Southern Research, Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc., and the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation held an archaeology demonstration dig in conjunction with the Summer Meeting of the American Council of Engineer Companies/Georgia on June 16th.

Archaeology for Dummies

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Nancy White (nwhite@cas.usf.edu) Wiley Publishing has just issued Archaeology for Dummies ($21.95) by SGA member Nancy White. The book tells how archaeology is detective work and traces over 2 million years of prehistoric human cultures.

Archaeology in the Classroom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Long-time SGA member Rita Elliott edited this 1992 special issue of Early Georgia; its full title is ‚“Archaeology in the Classroom: By Teachers for Teachers—Used Archaeology: Practical Classroom Ideas for Teachers by Teachers.

Archaeology meeting and pottery washing---January 13th at New Echota

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim Langford (jlangford@fc-solutions.com) Greetings to Friends of Archaeology in Georgia!! On Thursday, January 13, 2011, we will have our annual “pottery washing” event and workshop at New Echota Historic Site located near Calhoun.

Archaeology Month 2008 recap

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Betsy Shirk (b.shirk@comcast.net) From the spring symposium at Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, which kicked off Archaeology Month, to the proclamation signing ceremony at the Capitol, which this year provided closure, Archaeology Month 2008 was a success.

Archaeology Month 2009 Recap

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron and Betsy Shirk (forehand@sc.edu or b.shirk@comcast.net) The sixteenth annual Georgia Archaeology Awareness promotion, Archaeology Month 2009, had as its theme Mounds in Our Midst: Monuments of Prehistoric Culture in Georgia.

Archaeology Month 2010 Recap

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy F. Herron (TRFOREHA@mailbox.sc.edu) The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s seventeenth annual Georgia Archaeology Awareness promotion, Archaeology Month 2010, had as its theme Making the Past Come to Life: Exploring Ancient Techniques.

Archaeology Month 2010, event planning

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (forehand@sc.edu) The theme for Archaeology Month 2010 will focus on Primitive Technology, and the committee is very close to deciding on a catchy title for use on the poster and other promotional literature for this celebration.

Archaeology Month 2011 SGA meeting weekend a success

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy F. Herron (tfherron@gmail.com) Group photo at Nash Farm Battlefield on Sunday. Front Row (l to r): Rita Elliott, Mark Pollard, Jenna Pirtle and Jake Geeslin. Back Row (l to r): Catherine Long, Tammy Herron, Bill Bryant, Ben Baughman, Pam Baughman, Scott Chandler, Wayne Wilkes, Dan Elliott, Cassie Barrow holding William Barrow, Georgianna Barrow, and Andrea Dodd.

Archaeology Month 2012 posters are rolled and stuffed

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Leslie Perry (digsitelp@yahoo.com) On Monday, April 2, 2012, Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society members Catherine Long, Leslie Perry, Jim D’Angelo, Frank Perry, and Wayne Waldrip gathered at the offices of the cultural resources firm TRC, Inc.

Archaeology Month activities announced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA is proud to announce the events associated with this year’s Archaeology Month. May is Archaeology Month in Georgia! And, the theme for this year’s Archaeology Month is “Native Shores, European Waves: Contact Archaeology in Georgia.

Archaeology Month activities announced

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA is proud to announce the events associated with this year’s Archaeology Month. May is Archaeology Month in Georgia! And, the theme for this year’s Archaeology Month is “Dynamic Borders: The Archaeology of Cumberland Island.

Archaeology Month events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Johnson (pamjohnson@dot.ga.gov) Please visit our online calendar to read about events happening around the state for 2009 Archaeology Month! May is Archaeology Month in Georgia! Posted online on Friday, March 13th, 2009

Archaeology Month proclaimed

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Many archaeologists came to the Capitol to witness Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signing the Proclamation of Archaeology Month on 10 June 2008. Pictured, left to right, with the Governor (seated) are Mary Beth Reed, Ray Luce, David Crass, Terry Jackson, Phil Quirk, Bill Jordan, Myles Bland, Kathryn Ruedrich, Betsy Shirk, Tom Gresham, Tammy Herron, and Jim D’Angelo.

Archaeology news from Robins Air Force Base

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Stephen Hammack (sthrnarchaeology@pstel.net) Mercer students examine C-47 crash site from the 1940s—now an historic site! The Environmental Management Division at Robins Air Force Base has been busy this summer and fall working with local students and helping to coordinate the base’s annual Native American Heritage Observance (NAHO) month.

Archaeology of the Atlanta Campaign to be addressed at GAAS monthly meeting: 12 January

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society will start off the new year with a stimulating presentation by Garrett Silliman of Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc., titled Current Research in the Archaeology of the Atlanta Campaign.

Archaeology programs at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dean Wood (wdeanwood@southres.com) The Preserve at Callaway Gardens is offering archaeology programs again this year. The Preserve at Callaway Gardens encompasses thousands of acres of land west of Callaway Gardens in Harris County.

Archaeology's greatest challenge in the media

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Promotional image from the official Indiana Jones website. Archaeologists are interesting and have mystique. The challenge of the next decade, and beyond, is to harness glamour.

Archaeology: Real world to hypotheses, theories

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Elsewhere on this website, archaeology is defined as: the study of past human culture by analyzing the material remains (sites and artifacts) people left behind; the science of archaeology involves recording, interpreting, and recreating past human life

Archaic

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a New World cultural period, about 10,000-3000 BP, marked by mobile gathering-and-hunting life and a mostly egalitarian social organization Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Archived records of lands taken through eminent domain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Southeast Region Archives, supported by your tax dollars, house diverse historical records collected by the government. They note on their website: Records in the National Archives tell the story of southern families and communities, technological advances that changed lives, and social and economic forces that shaped the makeup of our society.

Archives to remain open

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Georgia State Archives are to remain open. In late September 2012, as we noted on this website, Georgia’s Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced that the Archives would close to the public on November 1st.

Archives update: Call NOW

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dial NOW. TODAY. The SGA is a member of the Coalition to Preserve the Georgia Archives. Please read the following and dial your Representative NOW! The Rules Committee in the Georgia House of Representatives has placed HB 287 on the schedule to be voted on tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26th.

Are archaeology and civic engagement interlinked?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archeology has a unique role to play in Civic Engagement because fundamentally it is in the business of creating knowledge from a resource often held in the public trust: the archeological record.

Are Georgia parks underfunded in NPS budget?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The National Park Service has announced that almost $2.5 million of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act monies will be spent on parks in Georgia. That’s about 1/3 of a percent—that is, 0.

Are historical records true?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Picture from Frontispiece of Riparian Lands of the Mississippi River: Past—Present—Prospective, by Frank H. Thompkins (1901, published in New Orleans, available as a free download from Google Books).

arrowheads

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

stone points that were small and light enough to have been attached to an arrow shaft and shot from a bow; the term PPK is a more general term. Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Arrows or spears?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo by Maggie Villiger; from the the PBS website. You’re going hunting. You have both arrows and spears. Which do you choose? After all, as Dr.

artifact

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

any object made, modified, or used by humans Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Artifact identification day at Indian Spring Hotel, near Flovilla

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Join archaeologist Stephen Hammack and members of the Ocmulgee Archaeological Society, a Chapter of the SGA, at the historic Indian Spring Hotel across from the entrance to Indian Springs State Park for the Seven Islands Artifact Identification Day.

Artifact styles...do not always match genetic data

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) PIDBA Georgia image SGA0160.jpg, available online here. Mr. Ledbetter’s sketch drawings show each flake scar, and help the viewer understand how the stone tool was made and used.

Artifacts and context

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeologists frequently make the point that artifacts can convey certain kinds of important information, but artifacts found in context can convey so much more information.

Artifacts in Athens: an historic cannon

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Speaking of artifacts and Athens, plan to attend the SGA’s fund-raising auction on 22 October 2011 at the Terrapin Brewery (265 Newton Bridge Road, Athens). Pre-auction activities begin at 6:30pm, and include brewery tours, beer tasting, tours of the ArchaeoBus, music by live band, silent auction bidding, and socializing.

ASSC Annual Meeting and second call for papers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jon Leader (leader@sc.edu) Second call for papers The Archaeological Society of South Carolina is pleased to Call for Papers for the 36th Annual Conference that will be held on April 9th and 10th 2010.

ASSC conference features keynote lecture on Etowah

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Archaeology Society of South Carolina is holding its annual conference in Columbia this Saturday, March 2nd, from 8:30 to 5:00 in Gambrell Room 250. Registration for the conference on Saturday is $10 with a reduced rate of $5 for seniors and students.

assemblage

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a group of artifacts found together that were used at the same time or for similar tasks Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Atlanta Antiquity for July and August

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Newsletter Editor Louie Campbell of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA, has forwarded digital copies of the July and August issues of Atlanta Antiquity for your perusal.

Atlanta Beltline and the Old Fourth Ward

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Last week’s Weekly Ponder discussed land use change over time on a hill east-northeast of downtown Atlanta. Not far away, urban planners have plotted out a redevelopment project that includes a multi-use transportation corridor that passes just west of that hill.

Atlanta past and present: Terminus 2.0

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Rebecca Burns writes a lively and informative blog on Atlanta called Terminus 2.0. Check it out here. She notes: Is it paradoxical to blog about history?

atlatl

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

an early weapon that increased both the force and distance that a spear could be thrown, used primarily for large game The word is a corruption of the Nahuatl word ahtlatl (Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs of the Basin of Mexico area around modern Mexico City).

Attend first ArchaeoBus event---the unveiling!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s another incentive to attend the SGA’s Spring Meeting on Saturday, May 16th: the SGA’s brand new ArchaeoBus will be unveiled! Attend the “christening” at 4 pm on Saturday! We’ll have door prizes, refreshments, and an interactive kazoo event!

Attend the SGA Spring Meeting!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Make plans NOW to attend the SGA meeting May 16th and 17th in Macon. On Saturday, we’ll enjoy presentations at the Anderson Amphitheater in the Taylor Building on the campus of Wesleyan College.

ATTENTION LOVERS OF GEORGIA ARCHAEOLOGY!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Contact Your Senator Today: A Call to Action. There is new proposed legislation that would seek to bypass Georgia laws in place to locate, study, and protect archaeological and other natural resources.

Attention: Hosts of Archaeology Month 2011 events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pam Baughman, SGA Secretary (sgasecretary@thesga.org) If you hosted an event during Archaeology Month 2011, SGA Secretary Pam Baughman asks: Thank you for hosting an event for Archaeology Month 2011.

attribute

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a characteristic of an artifact, such as size, shape, or color Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Audacious Archaeology Auction items (\#1)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

During the day on Saturday, meet with SGA members at the semi-annual meeting, at the Zell B. Miller Learning Center (48 Baxter Street at S. Lumpkin Street, Athens, 30605) on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens.

August 2016 Archaeology Events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

August Chapter Meetings Ocmulgee Archaeological Society Monday, August 1, 6:30 pm Mercer University Science and Engineering Building, Room 143, 1550 College Street, Macon 31201. Room 143 is on the lower floor of the building.

August 5th, 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This was just one of several bad cracks and bullet holes in my lenses! The red outline shows just how long this one crack was. I had been driving around for years, not seeing too well at all.

August 6, 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Fort Daniel. While touring this spring, I added yet another fort visit to my list! This time I got to check out Fort Daniel, where the “Fort Daniel Colonial Faire” was in full swing.

August 7th, 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Fun! Georgia has its very own monadnock, right in…appropriately enough…. Stone Mountain! (I think I see a connection!) Stone Mountain is the largest exposed granite rock in the world (but not the tallest).

August Board Meeting: In detail

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) The Society for Georgia Archaeology held a Summer Board Meeting at South Georgia College, in Douglas, on Friday, August 17th. Board Members and Officers enjoyed the lovely campus of the college and are grateful to Frankie Snow, Dwight Kirkland, and Vicki Giddens in making these arrangements.

August meeting of SGA leadership a success

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Board Members listening to presentation by Terry Jackson about how sensitive archaeological site location information in the Georgia Archeological Site Files (Athens) could be shared with Georgia’s twelve Regional Planning Commissions to help guide development decisions without compromising the archaeological information.

Augusta Archaeological Society Upcoming Lecture!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Augusta Archaeological Society has an exciting FREE upcoming lecture by John Ladson- “A Glimpse into Paleo Man and Mega Fauna in Florida”: The Page-Ladson Site at the Augusta Museum of History.

Avondale Burial Place video

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by J.W. Joseph (jwjoseph@newsouthassoc.com) Image from avondaleburialplace.org’s banner. The Avondale Burial Place is an unmarked and unrecorded African American burial place in southern Bibb County that Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) encountered during the Sardis Church Road expansion project.

B.R.A.G Meeting Announcement for April 10, 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dr. David Patterson of the Biology Department at the University of North Georgia will speak to the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild on Wednesday, April 11, at 6:00 pm. His topic will be “Human and animal adaptation in dynamic ecosystems: case studies from the fossil record of Africa and coastal Georgia.

B.R.A.G Meeting Announcement for February 14, 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Archaeologist Steven Hammock will speak to the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (B.R.A.G.) on Wednesday, February 14 at 6:00 pm at the Dahlonega Parks and Recreation Building. His topic is “Creek Rising: Ethnogenesis in Middle Georgia’s Ocmulgee River Valley,” ethnohistory and archaeology of the Historic Creek Indians in the 16th and 17th centuries.

B.R.A.G Meeting Announcement- May 9, 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dr. Hugh B. Matternes of New South Associates in Stone Mountain will discuss his work on “Upland Box Tombs: Southern Variants on a Popular Nineteenth Century Grave Cover” for the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild 6pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

B.R.A.G Meeting Announcement-August 8, 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The upcoming B.R.A.G guest speaker this coming Wednesday at 6pm is Dr. Nicola Sharrat from Georgia State University. Her talk is based on her work at the highland Andean site of Tiwanaku, Peru.

B.R.A.G Meeting Announcement-June 13, 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Archaeologist Sarah Love of the Department of Historic Preservation will discuss how community engagement and archaeology can be used to help listing sites on the National Register of Historic Places. To highlight the importance of archaeology to National Register eligibility, she presents a case study of an African-American schoolhouse from Northwest Georgia for the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild 6pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

B.R.A.G. meeting announcement for March 8th in Dahlonega

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (B.R.A.G.) has been able to get Dr. David Noble as a speaker for our March 8th meeting. Dr. Noble, a Periodontic Dentist, and co-author of “Patriots in the Georgia Revolutionary War Engagements 1776-1782” will speak on the “Cutting Edge of Science at Kettle Creek” using cadaver dogs, X-ray Flurescence and ground penetrating radar to locate burials.

B.R.A.G. meeting announcement for October 11th in Dahlonega

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeological Guild (B.R.A.G) is a SGA chapter in north Georgia. Their next meeting will be at 6:00 At the Dahlonega Parks and Recreation Building at 365 Riley Rd.

Back issues available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A limited number of printed copies of past issues of Early Georgia are available for order. Click here to download an Adobe Acrobat PDF order form. As of 2014, the SGA Board has priced back issues as $5.

Back issues of Early Georgia available for order or free download!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

As you know, membership in SGA includes current issues of Early Georgia, a longstanding twice-yearly publication of the Society that serves as Georgia’s premier archaeology journal. But what about all those great past issues that were mailed out before you joined?

band

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a mostly egalitarian form of social organization, based on kinship and marriage Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Bartow History Museum hosts preview of Leake site exhibit

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Bartow History Museum invites you to a special event on October 3, 2013. Bartow County’s Leake site exhibit preview will begin at 6:00 p.m. and a lecture will begin at 7:00 p.

basketry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the art of making baskets or other items constructed from woven fibers or other flexible materials Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

BC

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

before Christ in the Christian or Gregorian calendar, or the period before year 1 Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

bc

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

like BC, meaning before Christ, but for uncorrected radiocarbon dates Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Beautiful ceramic pieces: Audacious Archaeology Auction items (\#2)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Best Buy gives \$4,000 grant for ArchaeoBus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) ArchaeoBus is quickly becoming more than just a pretty face! The last Profile article described the colorful “wrap” that will embellish the exterior of the vehicle and create an exciting traveling billboard for public archaeology outreach.

Beveled points and Edgefield scrapers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Scott Jones (info@mediaprehistoria.com) The Edgefield scraper is a diagnostic tool of the Early Archaic period that is geographically distributed throughout much of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida. It is essentially a unifacial hafted tool with a bifacially worked side-notched base that typically co-occurs with side-notched points of the Big Sandy/Bolen/Taylor group (Goodyear et al.

Beware of ticks!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Johnson Baughman (pajgriffin@comcast.net) May is Archaeology Month in the state of Georgia, and also Historic Preservation Month, but did you also know that May is Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month?

BHAS conducts diverse activities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In December we held our meeting with festive flare by combining two events. Members provided a pot luck dinner, with a cool presentation by Jack Wynn on the “Archaeology of Upland Peru.

BHAS members active

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Bulloch Hall Archaeological Society (BHAS) chapter was invited by the Roswell Historical Society (RHS) to share archaeology with the people of Roswell. On March 15 and 16, a table was provided in the Showcase of Homes.

biface

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a stone tool, such as a projectile point, that has been modified on both sides (faces) Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Big buildings: Monumental and civic-ceremonial architecture

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Archaeologists have a term for outsized buildings and other structures—monumental architecture. This just simply means that they are big. Often large buildings are part of complexes, or groups of buildings, walls, and paths or roadways, on specially modified locations (large, artificially flattened or raised areas; as part of open areas like parks or plazas).

biotic

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

of or relating to or resulting from living beings; opposite of abiotic Posted online on Thursday, April 16th, 2009

bioturbation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

changes in the soil due to natural processes done by living things, which include the action of roots, worms, and digging creatures, etc. These processes cause the movement of and changes to artifacts and features after deposition.

Birth announcement

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (rfelliott@windstream.net) The Society for Georgia Archaeology is pleased to announce a recent birth after a long labor. The new arrival is a beautiful, baby bus. ArchaeoBus arrived on November 21, 2008, measuring 16’ long and weighing several tons.

blade

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a long, thin flake of stone that’s produced in some techniques of stone tool making Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Blog reviews thesga.org

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The blog is here. The blog’s title is Archaeology, Museums and Public Outreach. The blogger is Robert Connolly, Director of the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa in Memphis, Tennessee.

Blood Mountain shelter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Appalachian Trail is a famous footpath that extends over 2100 miles from Georgia north all the way into Maine, the northeastern-most state in the United States of America.

Blue jeans and radiocarbon dating

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) This Weekly Ponder began with an attempt to explain “cal BP.” The abbreviation stands for a calibrated date Before Present. But, what does “cal BP” really mean?

Blue Ridge Parkway archive online with geolocation data

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Geolocation of the images categorized as Construction and Heavy Equipment (Construction), and Workmen in Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

Blueberries for...all?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) These are modern high-bush blueberries. The fruit are still green; the photo was taken in Atlanta in early May. You may be hearing more about BlackBerries (the smartphones) these days, but blueberries are worth a Ponder.

Board meets May 14th, Albany

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In conjunction with the Spring Meeting during 2010 Archaeology Month, SGA’s Board and Officers met in Albany for about three hours on Friday afternoon, May 14th, the day before the general meeting.

Book chapter highlights Holder's work on the Georgia coast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Keith Stephenson “Preston Holder’s WPA Excavations in Glynn and Chatham Counties, Georgia, 1936-1938” by Kevin Kiernan. Pp. 202-222. In Shovel Ready: Archaeology and Roosevelt’s New Deal for America edited by Bernard K.

Book review: Archaeological Encounters with Georgia's Spanish Period, 1526-1700

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Recently, members of the SGA received Archaeological Encounters in Georgia’s Spanish Period, 1526-1700: New Findings and Perspectives, edited by Dennis B. Blanton and Robert A. DeVillar, a joint publication of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, Special Publication Number 2 and the Institute for Global Initiatives’ Journal of Global Initiative, Volume 5, Number 1.

Bookmobile today---Archaeology bus tomorrow

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Betsy Shirk The story of the transformation of the Bookmobile acquired by SGA from the Athens Clarke County Regional Library continues! The Archaeology Mobile Advisory Panel had its first meeting on Saturday, November 10.

Botanical lesson: Osage orange tree

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Osage orange hedgerow and windbreak in a late March snowstorm in Michigan. The background for this discussion is drawn from Frank F. Schambach’s ground-breaking article in Plains Anthropologist (vol.

BP

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

designates years before present, with 1950 the index year that’s considered “the present,” for corrected radiocarbon dates Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

bp

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

like BP, a designation for years before present, with 1950 the index year that’s considered “the present,” but for uncorrected radiocarbon dates Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

BRAG artifact identification day set for Saturday, March 15

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild members and archaeologist Dr. Jack T. Wynn of the University of North Georgia will examine, record, and identify your prehistoric artifact collections and discuss their function. “While we can’t appraise or speculate about the value of an object, we can certainly talk about who, what, when, where, and how.

BRAG March 2015 Newsletter is here!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild’s March 2015 newsletter is here! Catch up with the activities that took place in March including excavations at Farmer’s Bottom with the Forest Service and Southern Research, Inc.

BRAG meeting focuses on Moundville archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (BRAG) will meet on Wednesday, January 22, at 7:00 p.m., at the United Community Bank in Dahlonega, Georgia, 206 Morrison Moore Parkway. BRAG President Tony Shore will give a presentation titled, “Moundville Archaeology and the Moundville Museum.

BRAG meeting talk featuring Göbekli Tepe

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild will meet Thursday, November 2, at 7:00 p.m., at the United Community Bank on Morrison Moore Parkway (Hwy 52), Dahlonega. Archaeologist Dr. James D’Angelo will speak about the nearly 12,000 year old temple at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, which he recently visited.

BRAG meeting to focus on Bartram's travels

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild will meet Thursday, October 23, at 7 p.m., at the United Community Bank Building on Morrison Moore Parkway, Dahlonega. Cliff Shaw will present a program titled “William Bartram and the Search for his Great Buffalo Lick in Oglethorpe County.

BRAG members assist with field surveys

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tony Shore (President-Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild) On October 6, 8, and 13 of 2010, Blue Ridge Archaeological Guild members assisted Becky Bruce-Vaughters (US Forest Service archaeologist) and Dr. Jack Wynn (US Forest Service archaeologist, retired) in conducting shovel tests, metal detection, and artifact collections at two historical sites near the shoreline of beautiful Nottley Lake in Blairsville, Georgia.

BRAG members to discuss work at the Topper Site

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (BRAG) will meet Thursday, August 22, at 7:00 pm in the Community Room at United Community Bank, on Morrison Moore Parkway in Dahlonega. Club President Tony Shore and Susanne Shore will talk about their experiences in 2010 and 2011 at the Topper Site, a pre-Clovis excavation along the upper Savannah River in South Carolina.

Browse rare maps online at UGA's Hargrett Library

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The University of Georgia Libraries have a special section called the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Among the materials available there is a rare map collection.

Broxton Rocks wetlands mitigation tract testing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by SEARCH (352-333-0049) Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. (SEARCH) of Jonesville, Florida conducted limited Phase II test excavations at two archaeological sites (9CF17 and 9CF71) located within the proposed Broxton Rocks wetlands mitigation bank near the Ocmulgee River in Coffee County, Georgia, in September of 2005.

Building better climate change models

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Fact: Georgia has many archaeological sites along the coast at sea level or only a few feet above sea level. Fact: Scientists have measured a global rise in sea level over the last few years.

built environment

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

human-made constructions that, at least loosely, may be called buildings, plus all sorts of architecture and engineered structures Posted online on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Buried chemical clues to our human past

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Scientists studying ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland conclude that the Earth’s climate changed rapidly about 14,700 years ago. They studied the oxygen isotopes in air bubbles trapped in the ice.

Busy spring and early summer for AAS

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Augusta Archaeological Society (AAS) has recently gained a few members—YEAH!!! We continue to meet every other month at Famous Dave’s, a barbeque restaurant located at 2821 Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia.

By the numbers: SGA and the Georgia National Fair 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott, ArchaeoBus Chair (ritafelliott@gmail.com) 0…days with rain 11…days of the Fair 15…hours per “Fair Day” 26…volunteers working the SGA ArchaeoBus 685…ArchaeoBus volunteer hours worked at the Fair

Bylaws

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SGA Bylaws ARTICLE 1: REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT Amended and restated BYLAWS, effective as of October 13, 2001 1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The Corporation shall at all times maintain a registered office in the State of Georgia and shall have not more than one (1) registered agent whose business office is identical with such registered office.

Ca. 1800 Georgia illuminated in Creek ethnohistory

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Ethnohistorian Robbie Ethridge set herself with high goals when she wrote Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World (2003: University of North Carolina Press). As she notes in the introduction (page 1):

cabotage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

navigation of coastal waters Posted online on Sunday, September 6th, 2009

cache

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a set or group of artifacts placed aside and intended for later use Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Call before you dig!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Christine Neal (christine.neal@dnr.state.ga.us) The recent amendment to one of Georgia’s archaeology laws might affect you, whether you are an avocational or professional archaeologist. Code Section 12-3-621 has always required a person who is going to dig on an archaeological site to first notify the Office of the State Archaeologist.

Call for Papers for 2012 Spring SGA meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Johnson Baughman (pajgriffin@comcast.net) Join us on Saturday, May 19th, for the 2012 Spring Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. The theme for Archaeology Month is Commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Call for papers for October 2011 SGA meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Lynn Pietak (lpietak@edwards-pitman.com) Join us on Saturday, October 22nd, for the Fall Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. We welcome papers on all subjects for this meeting. Students are encouraged to participate.

Call for Papers for SOGART's 2009 Symposium

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team, a chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, has scheduled their 2009 Symposium for August 15th at South Georgia College in Douglas. The topic of the symposium is the archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain.

Call for papers for the SGA Fall 2013 Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Amanda Morrow The SGA is soliciting presentations for the 2013 Fall Meeting, to be held Saturday, October 26, at UGA’s Miller Learning Center in Room 171. We have the space from 7:30 a.

Call for Papers for the SGA Spring 2015 Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

There is still time to contribute to Georgia Archaeology Month by presenting your research on Georgia Archaeology! The SGA is soliciting presentations for the 2015 Spring Meeting, to be held Saturday, May 30, at the Lowndes County Historic Society Museum in Valdosta, Georgia, from 9:00 a.

Call for papers: 2011 Symposium on the archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by S. Dwight Kirkland, Program Planner (dkirkland@sehorizons.com) The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team (SOGART) will hold its annual research symposium on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at South Georgia College, Douglas, Georgia.

Call for Papers: 2015 Symposium on the Archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by S. Dwight Kirkland (dkirk@windstream.net) This is the official call for papers for the 2015 Symposium on the Archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain to be held on August 22, 2015 at South Georgia State College, Douglas, Georgia campus.

Call for papers: Fall Meeting, Columbus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA is soliciting presentations for the 2012 Fall Meeting, to be held Saturday, October 27th, at the Columbus Museum’s Patrick Theater. We will listen to presentations in the morning, take a break for lunch (we may organize box lunches—stay tuned), then tour in the afternoon (including the acclaimed National Civil War Naval Museum).

Call for Short Reports for the 2019 volume of Early Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology is looking for Short Reports for the Fall 2019 volume of Early Georgia!! Reports may be more technical, address a specific topic, and be of primary interest to relatively fewer readers.

Call for Short Reports for the Fall 2017 volume of Early Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology is looking for Short Reports for the Fall 2017 volume of Early Georgia!! Reports may be more technical, address a specific topic, and be of primary interest to relatively fewer readers.

Call for student papers or posters, Fall 2015 SGA meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The fall SGA meeting is quickly approaching, but there’s still time to contribute! SGA is soliciting short paper and/or poster presentations for the fall meeting to be held the morning of Saturday, October 17 at Fort Daniel Elementary School in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Call for student submissions to The Profile

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit brief research reports, reviews of archaeological presentations and lectures, and essays about archaeological fieldwork and field trip experiences to The Profile.

Call your representative NOW about 2012 budgeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) It’s budgeting time (late February, 2012) for the State of Georgia, and once again the budget of the Historic Preservation Division (HPD), which includes the Office of the State Archaeologist and more, is threatened with debilitating cuts.

Call your Senator/Representative---NOW

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (sgapresident@thesga.org) The time is NOW for you to act…. Dial NOW. Details below….\ Dear SGA Members, As you may have read in my President’s Message, the SGA has joined The Coalition to Preserve the Georgia Archives and will be listed as a supporting organization in the Georgia Archives advocacy document.

Camp Lawton artifact news

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In mid-August 2011, Georgia Southern University released a story on artifacts from Camp Lawton, a Confederate prisoner of war camp near Millen. This story is drawn from that information.

Camp Lawton in the news

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Close-up from a contemporary news illustration of Camp Lawton from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News, January 15, 1865, kindly provided by the LAMAR Institute’s Dan Elliott. Note the stockade wall in the background.

Camp Sumter at Andersonville: The notorious Civil War prison

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Amanda Morrow Camp Sumter, now Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Americus in western Georgia, opened for the first time to prisoners captured from Union forces on February 24, 1864—150 years ago today.

Canada geese

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Canada geese are native to North America and eastern Siberia and northeastern China. They are migratory birds, and their scientific name is Branta canadensis. We see migrating geese frequently today in the spring and autumn.

Cartesian coordinate system

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a three-dimensional coordinate system in which the coordinates of a point are its distances from each of three intersecting perpendicular planes along lines parallel to the other two Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Casa Grande: the USA's first archaeological reserve

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) View from walkway exiting visitor center, 2009. Between the modern cities of Tucson and Phoenix are the famous crumbling prehispanic architecture now central to the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.

Casting a critical eye on historical research

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Historical research is an adventure into the past! Archaeologists use historical research to amplify the archaeological record. History is the past that can be amplified by written records.

Catch up on GARS newsletter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Read about the activities of the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), a Chapter of the SGA based in Gwinnett County, in their newsletter, Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin. Access a PDF of the January 2013 issue by clicking here.

Cause and effect: Climatic change

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Scientists, including archaeologists, think about cause and effect, and the factors that muddy our understanding of a hypothesized cause-and-effect relationship. This is part of the scientific method.

Cave Spring hotel found to have log walls

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

\ Recently, Paulette Harbin wrote to the SGA website telling us about an exciting project the Cave Spring Historical Society has undertaken. Cave Spring is in northwest Georgia, northwest of Cedartown.

Cemeteries and lot lines

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Stephen A. Hammack (stephen.hammack.ctr@robins.af.mil) A little known fact about historic cemeteries is that they were often purposefully placed on land lot lines. This was a fairly common 19th-century practice back in the day when individuals owned entire land lots (202.

Cemeteries are constructed for the deceased but hold insights into the beliefs of the living

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) The Flat Rock Cemetery in Lithonia, Georgia, displays the widespread rural African-American custom of burying the dead with simple fieldstones placed at the head and foot of the interment.

ceramics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

pottery, or items made from clay and heated in a fire, which chemically changes the soil to a more durable yet brittle material Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

CGAS holds Spring Fling, attends ArchaeoFest

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Spring ended with a flurry of activity for the Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society, with ArchaeoFest on May 31 and CGAS’ Spring Fling on June 7. With temperatures that did not evoke spring—a heat advisory was in effect—a small but hardy group braved the heat for a wonderful program, “Revolutionary War Savannah: Beyond Spring Hill” by Rita Elliott of the Coastal Heritage Society.

CGAS sponsors talk in February

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chica Arndt of the Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society writes: Just a note to let you know that the Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society is sponsoring a speaker on Super Museum Sunday, February 6, 2011, at 2:00 pm at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum, 681 Fort Argyle Road (Route 204), Savannah.

Changes over time across the landscape

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Augustus Hurt Plantation marker, erected by the Georgia Historical Commission in 1956, discusses events that occurred here in July 1864. Human-inhabited landscapes usually are continuously changed.

Changes underway for the SGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton Good things are happening this spring in the Society for Georgia Archaeology—I hope that you can be a part of them all. Annual Spring Meeting. You won’t want to miss our annual spring meeting featuring the Archaeology Month theme, Mounds in Our Midst.

Changing tack: Restructuring at HPD

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dr. David Crass, State Archaeologist (David.Crass@dnr.state.ga.us) This article was first published in HPD’s Preservation Posts, Issue 9, February 2010. Click here to see the original. One of the most difficult, but most important, sailing evolutions is called “coming about.

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest activities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

After several years in which the position was vacant, the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest filled the position of District Archaeologist on the Oconee Ranger District in Eatonton, Georgia, in April 2005. James Wettstaed took this position after working as an archaeologist with the U.

Chemical testing shows Native Americans used ritual drink for centuries

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photograph accompanying Science Now article, “Starbucks of Ancient America?” by Elizabeth Norton. Original caption: All the buzz. Traces of black drink, a highly caffeinated drink indigenous to the southeastern United States, were found in beakers like these from Cahokia, an ancient city outside current-day St.

chiefdom

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the territory and people lead by a hereditary chief; also, a common term for a form of human social organization that incorporates multiple communities into a single hierarchical social unit that has, as a basic part of its structure, institutionalized differences in social status (ranking)

Choctaw dictionary

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) By the early 1800s, Choctaw-speakers lived across Mississippi and in what are now modern neighboring states. Choctaw is closely related to the languages that peoples living in what is now Georgia spoke at that time.

chronology

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the ordered arrangement of cultures, events, or objects in time Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

circa

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from the Latin word meaning approximately; often used before a date, and abbreviated “ca.” (for example, ca. 1530) Posted online on Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Civil War symposium at Kennesaw State University, March 19--21

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Image from Symposium Poster, available here online. The Center for the Study of the Civil War Era cordially invites you to attend the 7th Annual Symposium on New Interpretations of the American Civil War, titled Alternative Southern Realities: African Americans and the American Civil War.

clan

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a social unit tracing descent from a common ancestor; the ancestor may be real or mythical Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

classification

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taxonomy, or a system of arranging artifacts into groups or categories according to certain set of criteria, usually shared qualities or characteristics The term is not limited to artifacts, and may be used for types of social organization and myriad other concepts.

Climate change and Georgia's archaeological resources

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In mid-June 2009 the government of the USA, through the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), released an authoritative assessment of national and regional impacts of global climate change called “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.

Coastal Georgia Chapter events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Our club had a busy fall season starting off with our October 18 tour, where we visited the Effingham Old Jail Museum and the Reiser-Zoller House to see an amazing array of 19th and early 20th century tools and household furnishings—the stuff we often dig up in its fragmentary, rusted, and broken state!

Coastal Heritage Society blog records investigations of Revolutionary period sites in Savannah

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Visit a frequently updated blog called Savannah Under Fire to read about the latest discoveries of Coastal Heritage Society archaeologists, supported by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program.

Coastfest 2003

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SGA was proud to have a table with activities for children and information for adults at Coastfest 2003, on October 4th. All photographs are copyright Michael Shirk. Posted online on Saturday, October 4th, 2003

CoastFest 2009, 3 October in Brunswick

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Each year the SGA sponsors an archaeology event at CoastFest in Brunswick. This year, in addition to interactive events under the SGA tent, the ArchaeoBus will have its resources available to the thousands of visitors who attend each year.

Collective learning, baseball caps, and Clovis points

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) David Christian, in his 2004 volume Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, argues that what sets humans apart from other species, even other species of hominids, is our capacity for collective learning.

Colonoware Examined: Another Heritage Remembered

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Karen Denham Downen, BFA, MHP (Graduate Certificate in Native American Studies Potter, Educator and Preservationist) Colonoware Examined: Another Heritage Remembered is now available for purchase. All proceeds are used to fund activities and publications of the Conference on Historic Site Archaeology.

Columbian Exchange quiz results

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) After late September (2011), you may have found a twelve-question quiz on our website about the Columbian Exchange. As we noted then, the Columbian Exchange refers to human contact between the Old World and the New World that began with Christopher Columbus’s First Expedition, in 1492.

Columbus Museum exhibition on George Cooke and Thomas Hope

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Annotations: George Cooke & Thomas Hope and the Influence of Antiquity exhibition is on view at the Columbus Museum through Sunday, July 22, 2012. George Cooke (1793-1849), who began his career as a self-taught painter, sought to increase his skill and knowledge by following the custom of many American artists in traveling to Europe.

Columbus Museum to transfer ownership of an important mound site to UGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Mike Bunn, Associate Curator of History, The Columbus Museum (mbunn@columbusmuseum.com) Many readers of The Profile have no doubt heard of the recent announcement of the pending transfer of ownership of the Singer-Moye mound site from the Columbus Museum to the University of Georgia.

Combating damage and deterioration of artifacts

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) JR, fabricator of exhibits in the SGA’s ArchaeoBus, takes into account the safety of artifacts that will be put in the exhibits when constructing the displays.

commensal

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a relationship in which two or more organisms (e.g., humans and mice) live in close association and in which one may derive benefit from the other, and neither harms the other

Comment period ends mid-August 2011 for Cumberland Island plan

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Photo from NPS website here. Original caption: The Grange, one of the reserved properties located in the Dungeness Historic District. The National Park Service manages the Cumberland Island National Seashore, along Georgia’s coast.

Complete online survey NOW

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division (HPD) has composed a survey to solicit your input about the goals of their program. Fill it out now! It’s online! It’s easy! It’s important and it’ll take maybe five minutes of your time.

compliance project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

an archaeological project, involving survey and possibly excavation, as required by law at the Federal or State level Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

component

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archaeologists use this term to refer to a particular period (or era) in which an archaeological site was occupied; a site occupied in more than one period is referred to as a multi-component site

Concern over Georgia budget has national scope

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The SGA website’s editor has just learned that the Society for American Archaeology expressed strongly worded concerns to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Georgia State Senate about cuts to archaeology program funding during budget negotiations in late March.

Conflict: Georgia's Expanding Boundaries

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Archaeology Month events in 2007 focused on the theme “Conflict: Georgia’s Expanding Boundaries, 1733-1833.” Click here to download a copy of SGA’s 2007 poster commemorating this theme. Posted online on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Consequences of travel to human history

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Sunset crowds on Broadway near Times Square in New York City. People move around. Archaeology and history show this repeatedly. People don’t stay in one place.

Conservation news near and far

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Theater ruins at the ancient Greek city of Heraclea Minoa, on Sicily’s southwest coast (here on Google Maps). The Greek settlement was probably founded about 550 BC, and abandoned about five centuries later.

Considering household wealth: residential architecture

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) People live in houses. Clearly, that’s not true everywhere at every time. But, pre-modern peoples tended to live in structures we are comfortable calling houses. Of course, structures with multiple living units, commonly found in cities, but also in places like the Puebloan areas of the North American Southwest, began to be built long ago, too.

Considering taxonomies in the twenty-first century

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Deptford Cord Marked sherd photo from the University of Georgia’s website “Georgia Indian Pottery Site." Archaeologists deal with taxonomies, and sometimes help develop them. A taxonomy is a system for classification, and in science is usually rank-based.

Construction crew at UGA unearths artifacts

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photograph by David Manning, and from onlineAthens.com website. Lee Shearer’s August 18th, 2009, story published by onlineAthens.com, notes that a construction project on the University of Georgia campus in Athens has revealed archaeological artifacts.

Contact

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Contents of Early Georgia now listed online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Researchers and the curious can now peruse the titles and authors of all articles published in Early Georgia since SGA began publishing the journal in 1950. A link to the order form is at the top of the page.

context

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the location or placement of an artifact, feature, or site, including its relationship to other artifacts, features, and the surrounding environment Context includes the soil around archaeological materials. Sometimes, the context of artifacts is more informative than the artifacts!

convento

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Spanish term for a complex of buildings, often encircled by a wall, in which Catholic friars or nuns live and do much of their work Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Coosawattee Foundation issues challenge grant for SGA's Endowment Fund

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

What, you missed the Audacious Archaeology Auction? Guess what—it is not too late to contribute to the Endowment Fund of the SGA! A challenge grant opportunity has been issued by the Coosawattee Foundation—the Foundation will match up to $250.

core

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

in lithics, it’s a nucleus of stone from which flakes have been removed Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Criel Mound, South Charleston, West Virginia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In October 2008 I visited a circular Indian mound on the south bank of the Kanawha River, in South Charleston, West Virginia. The mound is right downtown and is the focus of the central municipal park.

cultural anthropology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of modern humans and their learned behaviors and culture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Cultural heritage tourism: Main Street USA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Historic Thomasville, Georgia (courtesy of the Georgia Archives) MSNBC recently featured this story praising the flourishing Main Street Program located in Thomasville, Georgia. This news reel discusses how Thomasville’s award-winning program is helping the small Georgian town prosper, even during a recession.

cultural resource management (CRM)

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in general, this term applies to the recording and investigation of archaeological sites uncovered or to be impacted by planned public construction and engineering projects, although it extends to archival research and other undertakings; see also public archaeology

culture

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the learned beliefs and behaviors shared, and passed on, by the members of a society Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

culture history

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the descriptive who, where, and when of a particular culture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Cumberland Island teacher training event: May 22nd

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Amber (aweiss@flagler.edu) Consider attending this all-day event at Cumberland Island, intended to familiarize educators with archaeology resources for the classroom that can enhance learning opportunities in math, science, art, and social studies.

cuneiform

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

an early form of recordation (writing) used in Mesopotamia from the third to the first millennium BC, consisting of symbols carved into clay using a reed tool Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

curate (curation)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

to preserve and protect an item (e.g., an artifact) in perpetuity; also, to resharpen and reuse, usually, a lithic tool Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Current SAA Archaeological Record thought-provoking

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) How do North American archaeologists deal with issues relating to race, and especially to issues related to peoples native to the New World? How do they classify past peoples?

CW Ceram on archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) CW Ceram is famous for his book, Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology, originally published in German in 1949. In fact, for years, this was the serious book on archaeology that most people had read.

Dams hold more than water

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Satellite photograph from Google Maps of the Eagle & Phenix dam in the Chattahoochee River at Columbus prior to destruction. Dams hold water. They may also conceal archaeological information.

Data from geophysical survey can reveal important insights without excavation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Artist’s rendering of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum during boom times, by Sue White, provided by the University of Nottingham to Science Daily. In July 2009, Science Daily, an online news website, published an article about the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor St.

De Soto, Hernando

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hernando De Soto was one of the first European explorers traveling into the interior of the Southeastern US (in the early 1500s) Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

debitage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

stone debris that results from making stone tools, although some of the debris also may be used as tools Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

December 12th, 2012

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When I was here for Archaeology Day over the summer I knew this would be a great place to spread the word about the fun and importance of ARCHAEOLOGY!! I am so excited that New South Associates invited me back to strut my archaeological stuff and educate kids and older folks all over the Stone Mountain/East Atlanta/Dekalb County area!

December 21, 2017

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Figure 1. Discovering socio-economics through puzzle pieces. Figure 2. Getting a helping hand at identifying seeds, pollen, and phytoliths from archaeological sites. Figure 3. All hands on deck, inside the ArchaeoBus!

December 30th, 2016

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Figure 1. Here I am outside the Classic Center in Athens getting ready for my big day! Figure 2. My view of the booths in action! Archaeology volunteers and the public unite!

December issue GARS newsletter available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Read about the activities of the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), a Chapter of the SGA based in Gwinnett County in their newsletter, Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin. Access a PDF of the December 2012 issue by clicking here.

Dedicated members make SGA efforts a success

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton (dennis.blanton@fernbankmuseum.org) Our annual public meetings and Archaeology Month events are occasions that expose all that is good about SGA. Our members respond with a great turnout and inevitably we reach a goodly number of others who are just plain curious about Georgia archaeology.

DeKalb County research project open to the public

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division (HPD) is partnering with the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance, Inc. in a public archaeology project at the Lyon Farm in DeKalb County.

dendrochronology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a dating technique based on the number and variation in tree rings; usually, there is one ring for each year of growth and specific climatic changes are evident in thickness of ring

depositional factors

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the effects, either natural (like flooding) or human-induced (like plowing), on the material remains and features of the archaeological record. Depositional factors must be taken into consideration before any interpretation or dating of a site can occur.

Description of Indian mound from the 1770s

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Ever wonder what an Indian mound was like in the late eighteenth century? In the 1793 edition (published in Dublin) of William Bartram’s Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws…, Bartram (page 348) describes what he saw:

diachronic

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over time, through time; the term especially refers to change that happens as time passes; contrast with synchronic Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

diagnostic artifact

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an item that was only made or used for a limited period, and thus indicates use during a particular period or by a certain group who made or used it; there can also be diagnostic assemblages

Dial senators now to preserve Archives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA has joined The Coalition to Preserve the Georgia Archives and needs you to help support the Archives. Get ready to DIAL NOW. Calls to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and/or the Senate Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee are especially important.

Diaries as research tools

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The online look of the diary of Abby the ArchaeoBus. Diaries are one kind of document or information sought by archivists for permanent or long-term preservation.

Dick's Ridge serpentine stone wall

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tommy Hudson (myrockart@yahoo.com) About twenty years ago I heard of a “serpent” that had been constructed out of stone on Dick’s Ridge in northwest Georgia. Last year a local informant, Wade Gilbert, led me to not one but three such stone constructions in the same area.

Dig into this website

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Yes, dig into this website…like an archaeologist! Discover its layers, its hidden treasures. One good place to start are stories about our publications, the journal Early Georgia, our quarterly newsletter, The Profile, and a few special publications.

Digging Savannah app has launched

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Laura Seifert The Digging Savannah app is now available in the Google Play marketplace. The app will work on most Android devices including smartphones and tablets. Just search for “Digging Savannah.

Digging Savannah iPhone app now available in iTunes

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Laura Seifert The Digging Savannah iPhone app has launched and is now available in iTunes! This app joins our recently updated Android app. The Digging Savannah smartphone apps allow you to discover Savannah’s archaeology sites.

Discovery of unknown cemeteries at Hunter Army Airfield sheds light on a forgotten past

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Shalonda Rountree (shalonda.rountree@us.army.mil) Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia has been the focus of an important archaeological discovery over the last three years. In August of 2006 during excavation for a fiber-optic utility line in the heart of the Airfield’s cantonment, construction workers encountered several bones quite unexpectedly.

disturbance processes

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

after an artifact or place is abandoned, it can be affected by many types of disturbance processes, e.g., percolating rainwater, erosion, digging creatures, later human occupation including being trampled underfoot, etc.

Dju notice?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Perhaps you watched Steve Jobs and other Apple people introduce the iPad on 27 January 2010…. Fans of archaeology might have noted that one of the major demonstrations, of the program Keynote (does a better job of making presentations than the Microsoft program Powerpoint), used the topic “Seven Wonders of the World,” which focused on selected archaeological sites.

DNR website redesigned

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The website of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been redesigned, and is now more attractive, not to mention informative! The DNR is the state entity responsible for Georgia’s cultural resources.

DNR-Historic Preservation Division hires two new archaeologists

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Richard Moss (DNR-Historic Preservation Division) The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources now employs two additional archaeologists, Rachel Black and Richard Moss. Black serves as a review archaeologist and is primarily responsible for assessing archaeological investigations conducted by/for the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Donate to the SGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Endowment Fund In 2001, the Board of Directors of The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) created a permanent Endowment Fund. The primary purpose of this fund is to create and build a sustainable source of funding for projects that will continue SGA’s mission as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization promoting archaeological preservation, research, and public education.

Download digital version of 2011 Archaeology Month poster

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to offer this year’s Archaeology Month poster, celebrating the theme Gone But Not Forgotten: Rediscovering the Civil War through Archaeology—and May is Archaeology Month in Georgia.

Download publications from the SRARP

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP), a division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, has added new content to their website. Among the additions are PDF versions of all 12 publications in the Savannah River Archaeological Research Papers and the four volumes in the Savannah River Archaeological Research Heritage Series.

Download the digital version of the 2014 Georgia Archaeology Month poster

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to offer this year’s Georgia Archaeology Month poster showcasing the theme Site Destruction: Pieces of Our Past Lost Forever—and May is Archaeology Month in Georgia.

Download the digital version of the 2015 Georgia Archaeology Month poster

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to offer this year’s Georgia Archaeology Month poster showcasing the theme Native Shores, European Waves: Contact Archaeology in Georgia—and May is Archaeology Month in Georgia.

Dr. Tucker becomes State Archaeologist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On 11 April 2012, the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced that Georgia has a new State Archaeologist, Dr. Bryan Tucker.

Dr. Zachary Hruby: Life at Georgia State University

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Zachary Hruby (Georgia State University) I have been loving my time at Georgia State University, I think it is a great place for giving power to the people through education.

drip line

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a small but distinct linear pattern in the soil that forms when rainwater is focused to drip in certain places; they are an example of a disturbance process A tree with a dense crown of leaves can have a drip line around its outer extent.

Dugout canoe déjà vu?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Fred Scheidler Initial view of dugout canoe in 1970. In late December 1970, I assisted the Broward County Archaeological Society in the location, recovery, and restoration of an abandoned, twelve and a half foot long, cypress dugout canoe.

DVD focuses on Georgia sites

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A new DVD on Georgia prehistory, prepared by SGA member and Lost Worlds founder Gary Daniels, is available for purchase. The DVD covers the past 4000 years of Native American archaeology in the state, specifically focusing on six sites: the Sapelo Shell Ring complex, the Fort Mountain stone wall, Rock Eagle/Rock Hawk, Kolomoki Mounds, Ocmulgee Mounds and Etowah Mounds.

Early Cherokee syllabary symbols found in cave

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In the 1820s, a syllabary of the Cherokee language became widely used. It’s inventor had a birth name of George Gist (or Guess), but by this time went by a Cherokee name pronounced something like Sikwayi or Sogwali, although it is commonly spelled Sequoyah.

Early Georgia 41(2), Fall 2013

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by M. Jared Wood (earlygeorgia@thesga.org) Here is the supplemental material for the Fall 2013 issue of Early Georgia (Volume 41, number 2), each as a downloadable Acrobat PDF file:

Early Georgia back issues available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Early Georgia issue scheduling

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Submitted by M. Jared Wood (earlygeorgia@thesga.org) Greetings SGA members and readers of Early Georgia— I’m sure many of you have noticed the unfortunate lack of a Fall 2012 issue of our journal.

Early Georgia wants you!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Early Georgia Book Review Editor Maureen Meyers is looking for contributors to the Book Review section of Early Georgia. This section reviews professional archaeology books and online reports of interest to Early Georgia readers.

Early Georgia: Information for Authors

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Early Georgia publishes papers on the archaeology of Georgia and closely related subjects. While all submissions are subject to editorial review, authors may request to have their papers reviewed through a formal peer review process.

Early historic Native American world view presented in fiction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Charles Hudson lays out his goal in the introduction to his 2003 novel, Conversations with the High Priest of Coosa (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press; ISBN 0807854212):

Echeconnee Creek sites tested

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Ellis Environmental Group Archaeologists with EEG recently completed the evaluations of 11 sites on Robins Air Force Base in Houston County, Georgia. Sites 9HT55 and 9HT56, both near Echeconnee Creek, were the only two found to be eligible for listing on the National Register.

Eco-tour for six: Audacious Archaeology Auction item (\#5)

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ecology

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the study of the relationships between organisms (here, humans) and their environment Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

ecosystem

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a dynamic complex of organisms (biota), including humans, and their physical environment, interacting as a functional unit; they may vary greatly in size and composition, and display functional relationships within and between systems

Electromagnetic induction research at Ocmulgee reported

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Figure 2 from Bigman’s article. Original caption: “Photograph of the Funeral Mound (looking north). This figure is available in colour online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/arp.” Find the article and this figure online here.

elite

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persons having the highest sociopolitical rank and the most influence over other members of the community and society; they have more status than the common people Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Elliott speaks about Ossabaw

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For several years, our spring event has been a lecture that we sponsor with the Savannah College of Art and Design. This year on April 8, our speaker was Dan Elliott of the Lamar Institute, who talked about his excavations on Ossabaw Island in “Tip of the Iceberg: Archaeology and Architecture at North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island.

Endowment Fund supports first project!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) Ever wonder what happens to all those wonderful Endowment contributions to the Society for Georgia (SGA) Archaeology Endowment Fund? The contributions generate interest that is used to fund archaeology research and public education projects.

environment

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the natural world, usually in reference to a particular geographic area; archaeologists often describe the environment with reference to landforms, watercourses, climate, and food resources Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

EPEI tests possible Late Lamar Wolfskin phase farmsteads

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Phil Quirk (pquirk@edwards-pitman.com) Tom Lewis and Jake Pitman with the backhoe at 9OG554. Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI) has been busy conducting several small-scale transportation related Phase I surveys throughout Georgia.

ESRAC 2009---meeting info and call for papers

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Submitted by Tommy Hudson (myrockart@yahoo.com) The Eastern States Rock Art Conference will be held in the Atlanta area this coming year at Red Top Mountain State Park, located approximately 30 miles north of Atlanta.

ethnography

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a descriptive study or report of peoples and their material and social culture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Etowah hours reduced, nighttime tour planned

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Planning an outing to Etowah? Note that with budget cutbacks, the park is only open Thursdays through Saturdays, 9 am to 5 pm. However, on Saturday, the 3rd of October, the park will be open for a torchlight tour from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.

Events abound for Archaeology Month 2013

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May is Archaeology Month in Georgia, and thanks to the hard work of SGA members across the state, this year the month of May is packed with exciting events in nearly every corner of Georgia.

Events abound for Archaeology Month 2014

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Join us as we celebrate Georgia Archaeology Month throughout the month of May, from the mountains to the sea. Thanks to the hard work of Society for Georgia Archaeology members across the state, the month of May is packed with exciting events for you to attend!

Examining the built environment

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The long trajectory of humanity encompasses a transition from living in the out-of-doors to living indoors—across much of the globe and for much of the time.

excavation

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the systematic, planned digging of an archaeological site in order to obtain information about the past human activity Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Excavation and dating of a stone pile, Walker County, northwestern Georgia

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Submitted by Jannie Loubser and Tommy Hudson (jloubser@newsouthassoc.com) Introduction The current owner of a 700-acre ranch on Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, bought the property in 1948 from a Euro- American family that owned it since the late 1830s.

experimental archaeology

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activities that investigate the natural or human-made processes that produced and/or modified artifacts and archaeological sites Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Explore thesga.org's new tag cloud

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Since our initial implementation of the revamped website early this year, we’ve continued to add stories and make sure the new material can be found. We continue to work toward making our Society’s website useful and informative to students, educators, researchers, and those with an interest in our human past.

Exploring the Civil War through historic maps

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Just where were the Battles of the Civil War fought? How about the Battles of the Atlanta Campaign, which began in spring 1864 in the Chattanooga area?

Fall 2007 meeting abstracts

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In Fall 2007, SGA met at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center, 2020 Clean Water Drive (near The Mall of Georgia), Buford. The Search For Fort Daniel Jim D’Angelo, TRC and Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society

Fall 2010 Meeting agenda---illustrated!

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Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Historic Preservation of Prehistoric, Colonial and Plantation Structures on the Coast We are looking forward to welcoming a large crowd of you to the Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Fall Meeting, Friday-Sunday, 15-17 October 2010.

Fall 2011 SGA meeting, auction, and festivities

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Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) Enjoy additional photographs in the galleries at the end of the story. Click on a thumbnail and the photo will enlarge, and you can click through the gallery.

Fall 2012 issue of The Profile now available

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You now can download or read issue number 154 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in July, August, or September of 2012.

Fall 2013 meeting schedule now available

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The schedule for the Fall 2013 meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology is now available. Access a PDF of the schedule by clicking here. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, at the Zell B.

Fall 2014 President's Message

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Submitted by Tammy Herron, President The changing of the seasons is in the air, and so is the changing of the guard for the SGA! New officers for the organization will be elected at the upcoming board meeting on Friday, October 17, 2014.

Fall 2015 Meeting Information

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Mark your calendar: the SGA Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2015. The meeting will be concurrent with the Fort Daniel Foundation’s 7th Annual Frontier Faire being held all day Saturday.

Fall excavations on St. Catherines Island

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Submitted by Anna M. Semon (asemon@amnh.org) Jennifer Salinas and Elizabeth Drolet screening soil during the Back Creek Village shovel test pit survey. This past October, the American Museum of Natural History returned to St.

Fall Meeting registration still open

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Tabby ruins on the Coast. The deadline for discount room rates at Sea Palms expired on 8 September. You can still book rooms at their usual rates. You can still order $5 box lunches for the Saturday picnic on Gascoigne Bluff until 8 October, and you can register right up to the start of the meeting in the conference hall at Sea Palms on Saturday, 16 October, from 8-9 am.

Fall Meeting Report, 2009

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Submitted by Catherine Long (Catherine.Long@gwinnettcounty.com) The SGA Fall Meeting was held at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center on Saturday, October 17th in Buford, Georgia. A great panel of presenters enlightened avocational and professional archaeologists on their latest work.

Fall Meeting scheduled for October 27th

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Mark your calendar: the SGA’s 2012 Fall Meeting is set for Saturday, October 27th, at the Columbus Museum, just east of downtown Columbus on Wynnton Road (32.

Fall Picnic; dugout canoe

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Submitted by Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society This year our Society held its Fall Picnic on November 3 at Fife Plantation, later than usual due to warnings about heat and mosquitoes, the hazards of visiting a Savannah River plantation.

Fall-Winter 2009 issue of The Profile downloadable

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Number 143, the Fall-Winter 2009 issue of The Profile, the newsletter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, is now available online by clicking here. (Since it’s a combined issue, clicking on Fall or Winter 2009 will bring you to the same content.

feature

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evidence at archaeological sites which are not artifacts Examples of features include fire pits or hearths, trash pits, post holes from structures, wells, chimneys and chimney bases, building foundations, and burials.

February 2010 news from AAS

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The Augusta Archaeological Society’s February speaker will be Robert W. Benson. The meeting will be at the Flyin’ Cowboy Restaurant, 2821 Washington Road, Augusta, on Thursday February 4th, at 6:30 pm.

February 2016 Archaeology Events

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February Archaeology Lectures Ocmulgee Archaeological Society The society met at Mercer University on Monday, February 8th. This month’s speaker is author and Associate Professor of History at Middle Georgia State University, Dr.

February 8th GAAS meeting: Medley of Fernbank intern studies

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Submitted by Dennis Blanton (GAAS President) Please join us on Tuesday, February 8th at 7 PM for the regular monthly meeting of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society. As usual we will gather in the large auditorium at Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, 30307.

February GIAS meeting: The life and times of the sixteenth century Guale

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The Golden Isles Archaeological Society will hold their February meeting Tuesday the 7^th^ at St. Simons Elementary School (805 Ocean Blvd.) in the Cafeteria at 7:00pm. The meeting will feature Ryan Sipe of Georgia Southern University and is titled Georgia’s Mission Frontier: The Life and Times of the Sixteenth Century Guale.

Federal historic preservation grants announced

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In mid-December 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the National Park Service is awarding $46.5 million in historic preservation grants to 59 states and U.

Federal Omnibus Appropriations Act funds some archaeology

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On March 11th, President Obama signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 1105), which funds federal departments, agencies, and programs not funded through the regular appropriations process for FY2009, which began October 1, 2008.

Fee-free days at some National Parks in 2011

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The National Park Service has announced several fee-free days at more than 100 national parks in 2011. The fee waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees, but not camping, tours, third-party charges, and other fees.

Fernbank announces new exhibit on De Soto opening in May

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Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta announces that an exhibit titled “De Soto’s Footprints: New Archaeological Evidence from Georgia” will open in May 2010. The exhibit features the findings of Fernbank Museum’s ongoing archaeological explorations along the lower Ocmulgee River.

Fernbank managing St. Catherines Island archaeological collection

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Much of the routine archaeological activity at Fernbank concerns management of the St. Catherines Island archaeological collection. Great strides have been made to bring housing of the collection up to contemporary standards, and planning is underway for a new exhibit that will feature the many stories represented by this remarkable set of artifacts.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

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Visitors can explore permanent and special exhibits that display archaeological artifacts and ancient fossils, and enjoy science interactives and examine from all sides the imposing skeleton of the largest dinosaur species ever discovered.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History Adult/Student Archaeology Program

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An introduction to the archaeological study of Georgia’s earliest history through hands-on participation What? Week-long summer day program When? Monday-Friday, June 2-6, June 9-13, or June 23-27, 2008 for adult sessions; June 16-20, 2008 for high school session Where?

field notes

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the written materials, including notes, drawings, sketches, etc., that an archaeologist takes during a field project Field notes are often held (curated) just like artifacts, and are augmented by other records such as photographs and videos.

Field trip to the Roswell Mills scheduled for November 15th

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The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society has scheduled a field trip to the Roswell Mills site for Sunday, November 15. Archaeologist Jim D’Angelo, who conducted limited excavations at the site in 2008, will lead the walking tour, which will follow existing trails, including the recently constructed trail through the ruins of second 1853 mill.

field work

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archaeological investigations in the out-of-doors; include surface collecting and excavations Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Final program available for the 2012 Spring Meeting

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Submitted by Catherine Long, SGA President (diggergirl77@gmail.com) Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the Spring Meeting co-sponsored by SGA and Georgia Gwinnett College! The date is Saturday, May 19, 2012, starting at 8am in the state-of-the art Student Center.

Final program for the SGA Fall 2013 meeting available

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The final program for the Fall 2013 meeting of the SGA is now available. Access a PDF of the schedule by clicking here. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, at the Zell B.

Fire-fighting can threaten archaeological resources

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Image of the Honey Prairie Complex fires dated 13 June 2011, offered online here by the Earth Observatory, which is part of NASA. The black line is the Georgia–Florida border.

First Americans lecture in Dahlonega, April 4th

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Read all stories on this website about the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild by clicking here. Could the First Americans have been Russian or French? So far, there are three theories of how people first reached the Americas: you decide.

First issue of the new all-electronic Profile is in production!

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) THE PROFILE IS COMING! THE PROFILE IS COMING! Larissa Thomas, editor of The Profile, is working on the newest issue, which will appear here on this website when finished.

First two GARS newsletters available

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UPDATED! Volume 1, Issues 1 and 2 of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), are now available. The name of the newsletter is Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

flake

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flattish debris from stone tool making that may or may not be used as a tool Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Flat Rock African-American Museum & Archives 1st annual celebration honors ancestors

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Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Celebrants gathered at location of Flat Rock Historic Church. More photos are below the story; click on thumbnails to enlarge. This past weekend I found myself attending the Flat Rock Archives Slave Cemetery Dedication and Libation Ceremony in Lithonia, Georgia.

Flat Rock Community history celebration: October 30th

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The Flat Rock Archives and Museum is hosting its 1st Annual Commemorative Ancestors’ Walk and Community History Celebration Saturday, October 30, 2010. Flat Rock Archives and Museum invites you to join efforts to restore, preserve and protect the historic Flat Rock Slave Cemetery—the resting place of more than two hundred slaves and ancestors.

flintknapper (knapper)

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a person who makes stone tools Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Food storage is linked to horticulture

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Reconstructed corn crib (elevated storage structure) in the museum at Angel Mounds, a Middle Mississippian period archaeological site in southern Indiana that is a State Park open to the public.

Forensic anthropologist to speak at UNG

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Accomplished forensic anthropologist, Dr. Frederick Snow, is coming to UNG to give a talk titled, “No Hummers, No Leather Pants, No DNA in Ten Minutes, No CSI.” His talk will be held at the Health and Natural Sciences Auditorium at the Dahlonega Campus of the University of North Georgia.

Fort Daniel and GARS to host annual Frontier Faire October 15-16, 2011

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Submitted by James J. D’Angelo (President and Site Archaeologist) The Fort Daniel Foundation and the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society will hold their Annual Frontier Faire on October 15-16, 2011, at 2505 Braselton Highway 124, Hog Mountain, Dacula, Georgia.

Fort Daniel event is in the news

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On Saturday, May 22, 2010, Fort Daniel hosted the Fort Daniel Faire and Public Archaeology Event, 11alive reports online. Reporter Jennifer Leslie writes about this historical site that sits on private property:

Fort Daniel Fair a success

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The Gwinnett County chapter of SGA, Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, and The Fort Daniel Foundation sponsored the fifth annual Fort Daniel Frontier Fair on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Fort Daniel on Highway 124 in Buford, Georgia.

Fort Daniel Foundation schedules annual meeting for December 15th

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The Fort Daniel Foundation has scheduled its annual meeting for 7:00 pm on December 15th at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center (GJAC) in Lawrenceville in the 2nd floor conference room center.

Fort Daniel named "Regionally Important Resource"

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Submitted by James J. D'Angelo (4drdee@bellsouth.net) Jim D’Angelo, member of the SGA and the SGA chapter Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society—GARS, as well as leader with the Fort Daniel Foundation, recently sent the following: “You will be proud, I’m sure, to know that our Fort Daniel project as been named a ‘Regionally Important Resource’ by the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Fort Daniel news, artifacts

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Submitted by Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society Figure 1. English leaded crystal from Fort Daniel. GARS continues its study of the Fort Daniel site (9GW623) in Gwinnett County, having completed the first phase of investigations on November 9 after 16 weekends in the field.

Fort Daniel tract now owned by Gwinnett County

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Submitted by Jim D’Angelo GARS and FDF efforts at the Fort Daniel site in Gwinnett County have finally paid off. On December 21, 2012, Gwinnett County closed on the 4.5-acre tract within which the entire fort site is situated.

Fort Daniel volunteers honored

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On Tuesday, September 16, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners honored volunteers from the Fort Daniel Foundation for their work on the historic site. Click here to read the coverage in the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Fort Daniel: A geophysical survey of an 1813 Georgia frontier fort

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Submitted by Dr. Sheldon Skaggs and Dr. James D’Angelo (sheldonskaggs@georgiasouthern.edu) The search for the exact location of Fort Daniel began in the summer of 2007 when the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), under the direction of Dr.

FPAN provides teacher resources online

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Florida Public Archaeology Network has been established by the Florida legislature to provide, among other things, public outreach. The East Central Region of FPAN has posted online various teacher resources, including PDFs of two books of hands-on archaeology activities that teachers can use.

Frank Schnell memorial service scheduled for March 14th

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Photo from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer online. Frank Schnell’s memorial service is scheduled for March 14, 2010, at 3:30 at the Lumus Chapel at Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia. He died in mid-January.

Free lecture, pottery washing event, January 14th

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Submitted by Jim Langford (jlangford@fc-solutions.com) Back by popular demand, the Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society will hold a prehistoric pottery washing and seminar on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at New Echota Historic Site located near Calhoun, Georgia.

friary

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the residence of Spanish priests or members of certain Catholic orders, especially the mendicant orders (Franciscans, Augustinians, Dominicans, and Carmelites) Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Friends of Scull Shoals Herb Walk in memory of Dr. Durham

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Submitted by Debbie Cosgrove (turtle127@windstream.net) Editor’s Note: Horticulturist Debbie Cosgrove recounts the November 7, 2010, herb walk in which she identified and discussed native herbs and other plants used by Dr.

Frontiers in the Soil

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SGA’s 2004 topic for Archaeology Month revolved around the new edition of Frontiers in the Soil. The book, with its compelling cartoon images, was the basis of the 2004 Archaeology Month poster.

Frontiers in the Soil chapter challenge

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Submitted by Leslie Perry Frontiers in the Soil is a classic in archaeological literature that should be useful to everyone. First printed in 1979, Frontiers interprets Georgia’s past using accessible and humorous text by Roy S.

Frontiers in the Soil, 2nd edition

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This entertaining, colorful cartoon book is about archaeology, particularly in Georgia; it is accurate and amusing. The book features hand-lettered text accompanied by eye-catching, vivid, often humorous artwork. The volume also provides various ideas for archaeological projects.

Frontiers, chapter 4

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The SGA is selling a terrific softcover book about archaeology in Georgia called Frontiers in the Soil. Get a copy (click here for ordering information), and flip to page 98, chapter IV, “You and archaeology.

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Full issue as PDF: Winter 2008

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Full Senate will vote on April 1 on budget that eviscerates archaeology program

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On the 31st of March, Georgians for Preservation Action, a group that works in partnership with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, reported the following: The Senate Appropriations committee just passed the SFY 2010 budget.

funerary objects

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goods, either everyday or special, that are placed in a burial; they often signify the social status of their owner (leader, shaman, mother, husband, etc.) Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

GAAS announces May speaker

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) May is Georgia Archaeology Month with a theme this year of the War of 1812 Bicentennial. Considering the theme, our May speaker, Michael Bunn, of Columbus, Georgia is especially appropriate.

GAAS April meeting report

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Submitted by Leslie Perry The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS) speaker for April 2013 was Dr. James D’Angelo, Archaeological Adviser to the SGA chapter of Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) and Treasurer of the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists.

GAAS April meeting topic is William Bartram

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Dr. Jim Kautz will speak to the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA, at our regular GAAS meeting on Tuesday April 13th. (These gatherings are on the 2nd Tuesday night of every month, and start about 7 PM with the talks beginning at 7:30 PM.

GAAS April meeting: Forts Daniel and Peachtree

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The Greater Atlanta Chapter (GAAS) of the SGA will meet next on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013, at 6:30 pm at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. The speaker will be Jim D’Angelo, who will discuss recently discovered information in the National Archives on the roles of Fort Peachtree and Fort Daniel in the Creek Indian War of 1813-1815.

GAAS busy with monthly meetings

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Submitted by Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society This has been another great year for the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, with membership increases and excellent monthly meeting programs. We are pleased to have new members from many backgrounds, including professional archaeologists, students, and avocational archaeologists.

GAAS February meeting: MARTA archaeology

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The next meeting of the Greater Atlanta Chapter (GAAS) of the Society for Georgia Archaeology will be on February 12th at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, and begin at 6:30PM.

GAAS gets Singer-Moye update

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Submitted by Lyn Kirkland and Stefan Brannan The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society is a Chapter of the SGA. Brannan spoke at the Chapter’s March 2013 monthly meeting on March 12th. Read all stories on this website about GAAS activities by clicking here.

GAAS January meeting rescheduled for Tuesday, the 25th, 2011

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) The January meeting is rescheduled for Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Everything else is as follows: Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society member Allen Vegotsky sent thesga.org the following notice….

GAAS January meeting scheduled

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) GAAS member Allen Vegotsky keeps the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the SGA and all of us current on meeting information….\ Happy New Year! Have you ever thought about all the ways that people are researching and contributing to historic preservation?

GAAS January newsletter now available

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The latest edition of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS) newsletter, Atlanta Antiquity, is now available. Access a copy by clicking here. Posted online on Sunday, February 9th, 2014

GAAS March meeting presentation topic: Etowah

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) GAAS member Allen Vegotsky keeps the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the SGA and all of us current on meeting information…. It is a real pleasure to announce the GAAS (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) presentation for March [2012].

GAAS May meeting report

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky On May 14th, the Greater Atlanta Chapter (GAAS) meeting featured an inspiring video, I Remember, I Believe (see below), about the discovery of an unmarked African American cemetery dating to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

GAAS member Robert Skarda to be featured on the GPB's Georgia Traveler series

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Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Georgia author and member of the Greater Atlanta Archaeology Society (GAAS), Robert Skarda just finished a great on-camera interview with the film crew of the GPB’s “Georgia Traveler” series at the Scull Shoals site.

GAAS November speaker David Smith will discuss Mesoamerican caves

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) The next GAAS (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) meeting will be, as usual, on the second Tuesday of the month (November 8th, 2011). The meeting will be at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History located on Clifton Road (just north of Ponce de Leon) and the talk will begin at 7:30 PM.

GAAS schedules lecture on Maya archaeology

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) The October meeting of GAAS—the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA—looks compelling especially for those of you who share my fascination with Mesoamerican archaeology and culture.

GAAS schedules March meeting

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The next meeting of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA, will be March 9th, 2010, at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History (Clifton Road, just north of Ponce de Leon), at 7:30 PM.

GAAS September meeting featuring Archaeologist Dr. Glover discussing The Maritime Maya

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) Welcome back to a new year of exciting archaeological talks beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 13th, with Dr. Jeffrey Glover of Georgia State University’s Department of Anthropology as our initial speaker.

GAAS talks trash at February meeting

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Submitted by Lyn Kirkland, GAAS member and SGA Board Member Ever wonder what Atlantans threw away 100 years ago? Well, soon we will know as a result of The Phoenix Project overseen by Georgia State University (GSU).

GAAS teams with the Flat Rock Archive

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Beginning in May 2008, members of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society have participated in a project complete with a sense of historic preservation and civic responsibility. Dedicating time and tools, members of GAAS have teamed up with the Flat Rock Archive in Lithonia, Georgia, to help in the restoration and documentation of the historic Flat Rock cemetery.

GAAS to learn about Singer-Moye in March

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The Greater Atlanta Chapter (GAAS) of the SGA will meet next on March 12th, 2013. The program will begin at 6:30 PM at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Our speaker will be Stefan Brannan of the University of Georgia.

GAAS to meet November 13th

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It is a pleasure to announce that the GAAS speaker at our next meeting (Tuesday, November 13th, 6:30PM) will be Tommy Hudson. Mr. Hudson has been a member of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a Chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, in past years and has made important contributions to Georgia archaeology.

GAAS Update: Summer 2011

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Submitted by David Kasriel & Allen Vegotsky (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) ABOVE: Doug Sain (left), Pleistocene terrace supervisor, assisting in extraction of OSL sample at Topper. BELOW RIGHT: Carol Reed and large core in the preClovis Pleistocene terrace; excavation of the artifact will have to be completed in the 2012 season.

GAAS visits Stewart County

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Submitted by Lyn B. Kirkland and Elizabeth Allan (lkirkla@aol.com) On Friday, June 29, 2012, twenty-plus members of the GAAS (the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a Chapter of the SGA)—professional and avocational archaeologists—and their guests visited several notable locations in Lumpkin, Stewart County, in Southwest Georgia: the Bedingfield Inn, the Hatchett Drug Store Museum, and the Singer/Moye archaeological site, a complex of nine Mississippian mounds, which now belongs to the University of Georgia.

GARS and FDF hold Frontier Faire

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Skip Hopkins at the Helm of the FDF Catherine Long trains young archaeologists Jim D'Angelo Pitches Ft. Daniel Park Master Plan Members of the Keith Family Tour Ft. Daniel The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) and the Friends of Fort Daniel (FFD), recently announced that FFD has reorganized as The Fort Daniel Foundation (FDF).

GARS excavations at Fort Daniel reveal trench, hearth

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Figure 1. Trench feature with hearth feature in background, both at the bottom of the plowzone. The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) has put excavations at Fort Daniel on hold until analysis of recovered artifacts, representing more than one year of investigations at the site, and preparation of a technical report are completed.

GARS explores rock piles, Fort Daniel, mystery artifacts

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Tom Gresham talking about rock pile sites at the February GARS meeting. The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society has moved their monthly meeting date to the first Wednesday of the month, but is still meeting 7:30 to 9:00 PM in the Gwinnett County Justice and Administration Building, 75 Langley Road, Lawrenceville.

GARS investigates Berkmar "mystery" site

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Submitted by James D'Angelo (4drdee@bellsouth.net) Editor’s note: On 2 May 2011, thesga.org received this communique from Jim about activities over the weekend by members of the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS)….

GARS is busy at rock shelter, Fort Daniel

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Families visiting the rock shelter site during the Winn Faire. The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) held a public archaeology day at the Creekside Rock Shelter on the property of the historic Elisha Winn House in the Gwinnett County during the 2009 Winn Faire (October 13 and 14).

GARS members consider bricks and mortar during fieldtrip

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Submitted by Jim D’Angelo (4drdee@bellsouth.net) Despite the rains the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) field trip in March 2011 to the Howard Cement Company site and vicinity was fun and profitable.

GARS to sponsor Frontier Faire

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Submitted by Leslie Perry (Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society) The Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), along with Fort Daniel Foundation (FDF) members are sponsoring a Frontier Faire to be held Saturday, October 15, 2011, from 10am to 5pm and on Sunday, October 16, 2011, from 11am to 4pm.

GARS update: Archaeology Month 2010 and Fort Daniel activities

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Submitted by James J. D'Angelo (4drdee@bellsouth.net) Figure 1. Fort Daniel clay being hand molded by John Hopkins the old fashioned way. The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society—GARS—teamed with the Fort Daniel Foundation to again combine their public archaeology event with FDF’s 2nd annual Frontier Faire at the Fort Daniel site in Gwinnett County, May 22-23.

GARS will meet on November 17th

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The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society will have its regular meeting for November 2009 on the 17th, beginning at 7 pm. The meeting will be held at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center (GJAC) in Lawrenceville in the 2nd floor conference room center.

GDOT Archaeology Unit busy

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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Archaeology Unit at the Office of Environment/Location is an integral part of the GDOT mission statement that promises a “safe, seamless and sustainable transportation system that supports Georgia’s economy and is sensitive to its citizens and environment.

GDOT busy around the state, beyond

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Submitted by Shawn Patch (shawn.patch@dot.state.ga.us) On May 5, 2005, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) co-sponsored Archaeology Day at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains. Timed to coincide with Georgia’s Archaeology Month, this event turned out to be highly successful and richly rewarding for the both the sponsors and participants.

geographic information systems (GIS)

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computer systems for recording, storing, and manipulating information that is linked to geographic location (spatial data); a GIS database is often represented by layers, each a different type of information (e.

geology

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the study of the origin, structure and history of the earth, including the processes that act on it Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Georgia Archaeology Month 2017 Display at Oldest Visitor Center in the State

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If you are traveling near Sylvania, Georgia, stop in and see the Georgia Archaeology Month 2017 display at the oldest Visitor Information Center in the state. The center is located at 8463 Burton’s Ferry Hwy.

Georgia Archaeology Month: Technologies in Archaeology and GIS

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May is Archaeology Month in Georgia!

Our theme for Archaeology Month this year is “Technologies in Archaeology.” The events of the last year have demonstrated the importance of technologies in keeping us connected. We want to spotlight the different ways that technologies have been used to interpret Georgia’s past, and the archaeologists doing the research to bring us these interpretations.

In addition to highlighting events across the state celebrating Archaeology Month, we’ll be sharing archaeological research projects in Georgia that utilize different technologies. To kick us off, we’d like to introduce the work of archaeologist and SGA Board Member, Dr. Lindsey Cochran!

To see more: Click Here!

Georgia archaeology: Transportation sites

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) If you’re interested in the archaeology of Georgia, check out the titles you can access for free, which are published by the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology, by clicking here.

Georgia Archives expands hours of operation

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The Georgia Archives will expand its hours of operation by one additional day per week. Beginning July 15 the public can visit the Georgia archives on Tuesdays. Click here for the official press release.

Georgia Archives need you

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Mrs. Glenda E.A. Anderson, Member, Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB) writes in an email of March 24th, 2013: PLEASE CALL MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE & SENATE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON THE 2014 BUDGET TODAY.

Georgia Archives to close

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Finish your research at the Georgia Archives before November 1st, 2012. That’s because the Archives will close to the public on that day. Staffing will be “reduced,” as Secretary of State Brian Kemp put it in his statement.

Georgia Archives update

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The SGA is a member of the Coalition to Preserve the Georgia Archives and has received the following information from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board (GHRAB) regarding HB 287, a bill to transfer the Georgia Archives from the Secretary of State’s Office to the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia.

Georgia Archives update

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Submitted by Tammy Herron Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently signed HB287 into law to transfer the administration of the Division of Archives and History from the Office of the Secretary of State to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

Georgia Archives update to SGA: Success in legislative session

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Great news! As a Coalition Partner, the SGA has received the following update from Kaye Minchew and Ken Thomas, Co-Chairs of the Coalition to Preserve the Georgia Archives. With the end of the Georgia Legislature on March 28, the following was achieved:

Georgia Department of Transportation update

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Submitted by Pamela Johnson (pamjohnson@dot.ga.gov) Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) archaeologists met in September at New Echota State Historic Site in Gordon County with members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Elder’s Advisory Council and Federal Highway Administration to discuss the proposed bridge replacements and roadway improvements to State Route (SR) 225.

Georgia Flashback: A learning tool for Georgia students

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Submitted by Teresa Lotti (tlotti@dot.ga.gov) UPDATE: The link to this game no longer exists, so following a link in this article is useless. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) includes in its mission statement a provision for environmental stewardship, and the Office of Environmental Services, Cultural Resources Section fulfills this mission through a variety of projects and public outreach initiatives.

Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association Annual Conference: September 17--18

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association’s Annual Conference, Tangible Links to Our Past, will be held in Rome, Georgia September 17-18 2009, at the Rome Forum Conference Center, downtown.

Georgia On My Mind Days at Georgia Visitor Centers

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The Visitor Information Center Program of the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Tourism Division is once again sponsoring Georgia On My Mind Days at Georgia’s Visitor Centers. These events are free, and SGA can set up a table/display (we must provide the table) to distribute our brochures and informational fliers; offer fun, educational games and activities for kids; and generally educate the public about archaeology in Georgia and perhaps drum up new members.

Georgia public libraries "Dig into Reading"

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Submitted by Pam Baughman The theme for this year’s summer reading program in Georgia public libraries is “Dig Into Reading.” The SGA has coordinated programs with many libraries across the state, some in conjunction with this past Archaeology Month.

Georgia Social Studies Fair -- special Archaeology Award winners!

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Submitted by Richard Moss, SGA Board Member The 2015 Georgia State Social Studies Fair was held last weekend on Saturday, April 18th at Clayton State University in Morrow. The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) and Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA) proudly sponsor two special prizes awarded each year at the fair, and it was my pleasure to attend and present the awards of $50 and a copy of Frontiers in the Soil to two deserving students!

Georgia Social Studies Fair 2011 archaeology awards

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Submitted by Lynn Pietak, SGA Board Member In my role as an SGA board member, I was asked by President Catherine Long to attend the Georgia Social Studies Fair 2011, to give awards sponsored by the Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) and the Georgia Council for Professional Archaeologists (GCPA).

Georgia Social Studies Fair 2016-- special Archaeology Award winners!

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Submitted by Richard Moss The 2016 Georgia State Social Studies Fair was held Saturday, April 16th at Clayton State University in Morrow. The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) and Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA) proudly sponsor two special prizes awarded each year at the fair, and it was my pleasure to attend and present the awards of $50 and a copy of Frontiers in the Soil to two deserving students!

Georgia Social Studies Fair 2018

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On Saturday, April 14, the Society for Georgia Archaeology and the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists annual prizes were awarded at Georgia Social Studies Fair. The Society judges were blown away by the quality of the student projects and selecting winners was a difficult process.

Georgia Southern University begins archaeological investigations at Magnolia Springs State Park

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Submitted by Kevin Chapman (jchapma2@georgiasouthern.edu) Ground penetrating radar study underway at Camp Lawton archaeological site. Archaeological investigations have begun at Camp Lawton in Magnolia Springs State Park near Millen, Georgia. The excavations are the result of a partnership between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Georgia Southern University.

Georgia wins SAA Poster award

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On Friday, April 24, the Society for American Archaeology, at their Annual Business Meeting, held this year in Atlanta, presented the Archaeology Month Poster Award to Georgia. Each state is qualified to submit a poster each year.

Georgia's naval stores industry: Harvesting

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Display showing a pine tree with bark sliced of so that the sap will run out and be collected into a Herty cup (see below) to be processed into naval stores.

Georgia, Can You Dig It? A Georgia Archaeology Faire

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) would like to invite you to join us at the 73^rd^ Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) Meeting for an opportunity to learn about Georgia archaeology!

Get your copy of Frontiers!

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Are you looking for a terrific book to introduce you to archaeology in Georgia—one that’s perfect for folks of every age? Read Frontiers in the Soil by the late archaeologist Roy S.

Get your copy of the 2011 Lesson Plan

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Submitted by Tammy Herron (tfherron@gmail.com) The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents the 2011 Lesson Plan—“Learning Through Archaeology: Rediscovering the Civil War in Georgia.” This Plan was developed based on the theme selected for Georgia Archaeology Month 2011—Gone But Not Forgotten: Rediscovering the Civil War Through Archaeology.

Get your copy of the 2015 Lesson Plan!

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Submitted by Tammy Herron The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents the 2015 Lesson Plan. It is the eighteenth in SGA’s series of Archaeology Month-themed lesson plans, and it offers teachers and students alike lots of information, instruction, pictures, discussions, activities, and suggestions for additional reading and online resources to coincide with this year’s archaeology month theme.

Get Your Copy of the 2016 Lesson Plan

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Submitted by Rita Elliott The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents the 2016 Lesson Plan. It is the nineteenth in SGA’s series of Archaeology Month-themed lesson plans, and it offers teachers and students alike lots of information, instruction, pictures, discussions, activities, and suggestions for additional reading and online resources to coincide with this year’s archaeology month theme.

Get Your Copy of the 2017 Lesson Plan

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents the 2017 Lesson Plan. It is the twentieth in SGA’s series of Archaeology Month-themed lesson plans, and it offers teachers and students alike lots of information, instruction, pictures, discussions, activities, and suggestions for additional reading and online resources to coincide with this year’s archaeology month theme.

Get Your Copy of the 2018 Lesson Plan!

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology proudly presents the 2018 Lesson Plan. It is the twenty-first in SGA’s series of Archaeology Month-themed lesson plans, and it offers teachers and students alike lots of information, instruction, pictures, discussions, activities, and suggestions for additional reading and online resources to coincide with this year’s archaeology month theme.

GIAS's April meeting: Speaker will be Mack Carlton

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The Antiquarian is the newsletter of the SGA’s newest chapter, The Golden Isles Archaeological Society. Read the March 2011 issue by clicking here. The next GIAS meeting will be at 7 PM on April 12th at the St.

global positioning system (GPS)

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a satellite technology used to pinpoint ground locations that archaeologists use when doing fieldwork, including to make accurate, detailed maps, or for locating previously-recorded archaeological sites Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Golden Isles members busy contributing to multiple projects

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Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) SGA Board Member Kevin Kiernan is a member of the SGA’s Golden Isles Chapter, based on St. Simons. He writes about the Chapter members’ latest activities.

gourd

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an early plant domesticate in Southeastern North America, in the pumpkin, squash, and cucumber family; it was used more for its vessel/utensil characteristics when dried, than as food Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Governor proclaims May Georgia Archaeology Month

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Left to right: Rob Moon, Savannah Archeological Research Program; Brandon Batt, Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.; Lori Thompson, Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.; Governor Nathan Deal; Catherine Long, Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center, and SGA President; Pam Baughman, Georgia Department of Transportation, and SGA Secretary; Dave Crass, State Archaeologist and Director, Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources; and Tammy Herron, Savannah Archeological Research Program, and SGA Vice-President.

Governor signs 2009 Archaeology Month proclamation

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On Thursday, 2 April, Governor Sonny Perdue proclaimed May Archaeology Month for 2009. The proclamation states: Whereas: Georgia’s archaeological sites are important to our state’s heritage, making the arrival of American Indians more than 10,000 years ago and documenting the exploration, colonization and founding of our nation by Europeans, Africans and Asians; and

Governor's Award in the Humanities presented to Rita Elliott

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Submitted by Tom Gresham (searcheo@aol.com) Rita Elliott, one of the most active, creative and energetic SGA members in recent memory, was awarded the prestigious Governor’s Award in the Humanities at a banquet in downtown Atlanta on May 11, 2010.

Graham Creek Paleoindian Inventory Report available online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Scott Jones In 1979, Mr. Lee Thomas surface collected 86 probable Paleoindian bifaces and tools from a plowed field near the Oostanaula River in Gordon County, Georgia. Known as the Graham Creek (9GO32) site, it was initially assigned a Woodland period date.

Granite from Elberton

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Elberton is a community east-northeast of Atlanta, not far from the state line. Elberton is atop the northern end of a subterranean deposit of granite that extends southwest past Lexington.

Grants and Awards

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Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society February Newsletter

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its Atlanta Antiquities Vol 5 No 2 February 2017(1). The newsletter contains information about the recently approved Fort Frederica Legislation as well as information on February guest speaker, Emma Mason, an archaeologist with GDNR HPD who will present on an archaeological database that will be used by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office.

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society March Newsletter

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its March newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol 5 No 3 March 2017. The newsletter contains information about the March guest speaker, Scott Jones, prehistoric technologies expert, who will present on lithic resources in Georgia and perform a flintknapping demonstration.

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter- February 2018

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its February newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 2 The newsletter contains information about the February guest speaker, Dr. David Noble, who will present on Kettle Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield.

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter- March 2018

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its March newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 3. The newsletter contains information about the March guest speakers, graduate students from Georgia State University who will be talking about their research.

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter-May 2018

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its May newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 5. The newsletter contains information about the May guest speaker, David Amrine who will be giving a talk titled “A Primer on Nails in Archaeological Contexts or: ‘How to Stop Worrying and Love the Nail”.

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter-October 2018

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its October newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 7. The newsletter contains information about the October guest speaker, Dr. Michael L. Young who will be giving a talk titled “Unearthing Values and Belief: Technological Style and the Style of Consumption at Quaker Domestic Sites and in the Caribbean”.

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society-April 2018

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its April newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 4. The newsletter contains information about the March guest speaker, Steven Scurry, who will present on The Oconee War—-Defending the Beloved Land: Borderland Warfare in Georgia History 1783 – 1796.

Greenspace is good for archaeology

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Greenspace projects involve lands set aside to remain undeveloped. In cities, publicly owned greenspace is often in parks. The central purpose of greenspace is to assure that some terrain remain protected from building.

grid

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two sets of imaginary uniformly spaced lines that cross at right angles and are used to divide an archaeological site into units and allow accurate measure of an object or feature’s location on the site; used to measure and record provenience (latitude and longitude comprise a grid)

ground penetrating radar (GPR)

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a remote sensing device that sends a radar pulse deep into the soil, allowing the archaeologist to interpret the anomalies or images that are detected Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

GSU students get experience at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) When the March 2008 tornado struck the downtown area, Atlanta’s historic Oakland Cemetery especially suffered from the root balls brought up by toppled trees. Historic Oakland Foundation Director of Restoration and Landscapes Kevin Kuharic recognized that some of the root balls had the potential for containing human remains, and requested assistance from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) Meeting Announcement for April 17, 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The next GARS meeting will be on Tuesday, April 17 20 at the Fort Daniel Meeting Room beginning at 7pm at Fort Daniel Archaeological Site (2505 Braselton Hwy, Buford, GA). Guest speaker Sarah Love from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division will be presenting on the economic impacts of historic preservation.

Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society Newsletter- April 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society has recently released its April newsletter- Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin Vol VII, Issue 4. The newsletter contains information about the addition of the Georgia Northeast Freeway Branch and its recent listing to the National Register of Historic Places.

Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society Newsletter- May 2018

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society has recently released its May newsletter- the Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin, Vol. VII, Issue 5. This issue contains an article by Eli Stancel “Military Structure During the War of 1812” as well as shorter updates about Historic Preservation Month and preserving history through archaeology at sites such as Fort Daniel.

Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society's Newsletter-March

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society’s March newsletter is ready! You can download it here or download from the GARS Web site. Posted online on Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

Gwinnett Chapter busy with Fort Daniel activities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

GARS and Friends of Fort Daniel (FFD), a special committee created for Fort Daniel preservation efforts, have had a lot going on since the last Profile. Since Fort Daniel’s listing as one of ten historic properties listed the Georgia Trust’s 2009 Places in Peril, GARS and FFD have submitted an application for a Georgia Trust preservation grant.

Have a drink in a "new" eighteenth century coffeehouse

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) View east down Williamsburg’s Duke of Gloucester Street, from Google Earth, a free downloadable program. If you want to have coffee in an historic eighteenth century coffeehouse, you can now do so!

Hawai'i archaeological site data available online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Excavations at Kuliouou shelter, Hawai’i, 1950, from Bishop Museum website. In Hawai’i, the Bishop Museum is the repository of information on the state’s archaeological sites. Recently, the Museum has released this data online in a searchable database.

Help save UGA's Rutherford Hall

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Inger Wood (ingerwood@gmail.com) Get busy! Attend this meeting tonight! UGA’s Student Historic Preservation Organization, along with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, and other interested parties, have been trying to change the minds of our University Architects concerning the fate of Rutherford Hall, a dorm on the Myers Quad.

Help wanted (Or, Uncle Dan wants YOU!)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Georgia Mountains chapter (GMAS) is looking for a few good men and women with a strong archaeological interest in field survey, recording sites, and investigating prehistoric and historic occupations here in northeast Georgia.

Henry D. Green Symposium highlights Georgia history

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long The Seventh Biennial Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts was held Thursday, January 30 through Saturday, February 1 at the University of Georgia Hotel and Conference Center.

Herb Walk in Greene County on November 7th

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Photo from OnLineAthens. The Friends of Scull Shoals will sponsor a guided tour of Dr. Durham’s Herb Walk beginning at 2:00 pm on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the Scull Shoals Education Center in Greene County.

Heritage management system discussed

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The classic rule in preservation is that you can’t preserve something until you know you have it. —Timothy P. Whalen, Director, Getty Conservation Institute*

Highlights from the August 2011 Board Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapres@thesga.org) Board Member Inger Wood (standing) and SGA President Catherine Long (right) listen to presentation by Terry Jackson. Members of the SGA leadership met Saturday afternoon, 27 August 2011, in the Georgia Room at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon.

Hilton Head Chapter hosting CGAS speaker

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chica Arndt, President of the Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society (CGAS), will be speaking at the Tuesday, November 15th, 2011, meeting of the Hilton Head Chapter of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina.

Historic Georgia soil maps online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Alabama’s Historical Map Archive includes digital versions of early twentieth century soil maps of Georgia. However, to view the maps you must download the free Mr SID plugin.

Historic photographs of Ocmulgee

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Are you looking for historic photographs of our National Parks? The National Park Service’s Historic Photograph Collection includes more than two million images, and you can browse the two thousand they’ve posted online.

historic preservation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

besides being a social movement aimed at heritage conservation, it is more formally defined as the process of sustaining the form and extent of historic properties; also see preservation Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Historic preservation is good for Georgia's economy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On 28 January 2011, the Georgia DNR’s Historic Preservation Division released Good News in Tough Times: Historic Preservation and the Georgia Economy, a report dated September 2010, on the impact of historic preservation on the state’s economy.

Historic preservation primer available from HPD

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Preservation planning is important. Careful preservation planning means knowledge about important historical and archaeological resources are part of the planning process. Here’s why we identify and conserve such resources:

historic/history

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the portion of the past defined by the presence of written records Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

History grows at the Garden of the Coastal Plain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Inger Wood The Garden of the Coastal Plain at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro has served as a botanical and historical oasis on the edge of campus for over twenty-five years.

History of Atlanta combines text and images

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Rebecca Burns uses photographs and archival information to tell the history of Atlanta in her 2010 book Atlanta: Yesterday & Today. The former Atlanta magazine editor-in-chief says her volume:

History underfoot

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Before there was blacktop, some streets were paved with stone or brick. East of Piedmont Park, in Atlanta, is a street that still is paved with bricks.

holism

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an approach used by anthropologists that emphasizes the whole rather than parts of human society, including the physical and cultural influences on human behavior Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Hominid remains lecture in Statesboro, February 12th

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, a 1990 graduate of Georgia Southern University, is returning to his alma mater to share the story of his journey from SGA past-President Dr.

horticulture

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the cultivation of fruits, vegetables and flowers; gardening Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Host an Archaeology Month event

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman (sgasecretary@thesga.org) For the 20th year, SGA is coordinating Georgia Archaeology Month, a statewide promotion held each May that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Host an Event for Georgia Archaeology Month May 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman (pbaughman@dot.ga.gov) For the 17th year, the SGA is coordinating Georgia Archaeology Month, a statewide promotion that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Host an event for Georgia Archaeology Month May 2014

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Melissa McKay, SGA Secretary For the 21st year, the SGA is coordinating Georgia Archaeology Month, a statewide promotion that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Host an event for Georgia Archaeology Month, May 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman (pajgriffin@comcast.net) For the 19th year, SGA is coordinating Georgia Archaeology Month, a statewide promotion that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Hotel reservation deadline extended

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Plan to join SGA members and guests at the 2012 Fall Meeting, on Saturday, October 27th, at the Columbus Museum’s Patrick Theater. Meeting organizers have reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn, 2800 Manchester Expressway (32.

HoverCrafts might be of help

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Bill Frazier (fishtrap@bellsouth.net) We all know that there are some riverine areas that are nearly impossible to reach, but may hold information about the past, especially if you are interested in resources such as fishtraps.

How can understanding the past help us with...global food production?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Early European settlers were impressed by the productivity and sustainability of Native American agriculture in the Northeast. Today, as farmers begin to come to grips with the consequences of modern, mechanized agriculture, i.

How did climate change affect Pleistocene megafauna?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Illustration by Barry Roal Carlsen, provided by University of Wisconsin—Madison. Did people kill off Pleistocene megafauna in North America, or were those species done in by climate shifts?

How do we decode the past?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Bonus question: this photograph was taken on Tybee Island. Is it sunrise or sunset? Take a look at the Smithsonian Institution’s online lesson plan about archaeology.

How do you describe a color?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Scientists have to figure out how to solve all kinds of problems that seem like they shouldn’t be problems until you think about them. So, how do you describe a color so I know the exact shade you’re talking about?

How important is dating?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) This is the website of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, so the dating we’re talking about is “how old…” not a kind of courtship behavior.

How important was cooking in human evolution?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Published in spring 2009, Richard Wrangham’s book Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (Basic Books) argues that the ability to use fire for cooking foodstuffs allowed the changes that have made humans a distinct species.

How to disperse a mob and other endowment lessons

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (endowment@thesga.org) Police Commissioner: “If you were ordered to disperse a mob, what would you do?” Applicant: Pass around the hat, sir.” Police Commissioner: “That’ll do; you’re hired.

HPD co-sponsors hands-on cemetery workshops

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Practical training in action, courtesy of Jonathan Appell. Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division, in partnership with the Decatur Preservation Alliance/Friends of Decatur Cemetery and the Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association, sponsored four hands-on cemetery conservation workshops in October and early November 2008.

HPD initiates monthly e-journal

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has begun a monthly e-journal, called Preservation Posts, with longer, in-depth articles compared to their weekly newsletter, Preservation Georgia Online.

HPD needs your input

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) From the cover of HPD’s current Preservation Plan. Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division has composed a survey to solicit your input about the goals of their program.

HPD offices moving; new address after November 1st

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources is moving back into state offices at the end of this month. As a result, the office will have limited service on October 26-27, will be closed October 28 through November 3rd, and will have limited service November 4-6.

HPD uses online survey and public discussions to frame 5-year plan

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) From the cover of HPD’s current Preservation Plan. Beginning in July 2010, and again in February 2011, the SGA urged you to complete an online survey posted by Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division (HPD), which solicited public input in framing their next five-year historic preservation plan.

HPD's Preservation Georgia now online-only

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division circulated its first online edition of Preservation Georgia Online (formerly Preservation Georgia), a weekly newsletter. The newsletter includes stories and a detailed calendar of events relevant to historic preservation in Georgia, including some archaeology events.

hunter-gatherers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sometimes instead written gatherer-hunters, to emphasize that gathering usually provides a most of the calories, hunter-gathers are peoples who subsist on foods obtained from the wilds, from foraging and hunting species that are not domesticated; hunting-and-gathering peoples tend to live in social groups that are relatively non-hierarchical and politically egalitarian.

Hynes "runs" research project in Egypt

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society and SGA member Terry Hynes recently “directed” a small project in the famous Valley of the Kings in the Theban Hills in Egypt’s Nile Valley. Terry also toured Luxor and boated on the Nile during her trip-of-a-lifetime in early January.

ice age

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any of a series of climatically cold periods marked by alternating periods of glaciation and warming Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Identification Day and more...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

As usual, the Augusta Archaeological Society members have been involved in a number of activities related to archaeology and history. John Arena and John Whatley worked with the Ocmulgee Archaeological Society on an artifact identification day at the Old Capitol Museum in Milledgeville July 12.

Identifying and dating glass bottles

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Bottle photograph from Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website. If you’re interested in historic bottles, you may enjoy browsing the Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website.

impact

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any effect on the archaeological record; in most cases, this term is used to describe the damage construction and other development projects do to archaeological resources Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

In difficult economic times, we thank you

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (endowment@thesga.org) In economic times such as we are experiencing today, it may be difficult to contribute to your favorite worthy non-profit. We understand and we appreciate past and current donors.

In honor and in honorariums

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) Recently my husband, Dan, and I learned of the deaths of two friends. Both had been clergy and both were connected to the coastal colonial site of the Salzburgers, some of Georgia’s first European settlers.

in situ

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In situ is properly italicized because it is a Latin term; it refers to the original placement of an artifact or feature encountered during survey or excavation Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

In the National Park System, cultural resources "are in serious trouble"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Image from page 4 of The State of America’s National Parks, a report by the Center for Park Research of the National Parks Conservation Association. It is identified as: “This historic structure in Yosemite National Park now serves as a museum and bookstore.

Incoming SGA President's message: Fall 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) SGA President Catherine Long “talks archaeology” with a visitor to the ArchaeoBus exhibit at the Georgia National Fair in October 2010. The 2010 Fall Meeting was truly remarkable—several new board members and officers, awesome tours around St.

Indian

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see Native American Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Industrial development at Fort Gaines, Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dean Wood (wdeanwood@southres.com) Southern Research, Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. has conducted historical research and field survey of a tract in Fort Gaines along the Chattahoochee River. Our research included a search of Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division’s National Register of Historic Places files, the Georgia Archaeological Site Files, The Georgia Department of Archives and History’s Virtual Archives, and the Digital Library of Georgia.

Inside the Ring: Recent excavations at the St. Catherines Island shell ring

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Matthew C. Sanger (sanger@amnh.org) The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has been lucky enough to work on St. Catherines Island, Georgia for the last 30+ years. Since 2006, the museum has focused its attention on the Late Archaic Period (3000-1000 B.

Interactive Civil War timeline offered by NY Times

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) One-hundred-and-fifty years ago on December 8th 1860, the Southern Senatorial caucus met in Washington, DC. A New York Times story published the next day noted:

Interesting artifact

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Heather Mauldin (hmauldin@newsouthassoc.com) Click to see larger. New South Associates, Inc., recently performed excavations at the Berry Creek site (9MO487) in Monroe County, Georgia, for Georgia Power Company.

Interpreting broken pottery: Exploring rim diameters

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeologists may find themselves faced by piles and bags of broken pottery that they need to interpret. Interpretation begins with trying to see which pieces fit together and what size and shape the vessels they came from were when they were whole.

Introduction: New Editor, Early Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jared Wood (woody@uga.edu) Hello SGA members, As many of you already know, I am the incoming Editor of SGA’s publication Early Georgia. I am proud to accept this position; SGA is a vibrant organization that serves a vital role in the archaeology of Georgia.

Introduction: The Profile's new editor

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Greetings All! I, Kelly Woodard, would like to introduce myself as the incoming editor for The Profile newsletter and website. As a recent graduate of Georgia State University, I am excited to be an active member of the Georgia archaeological community, especially the Society for Georgia Archaeology.

Iraq archaeological sites mapped by Sergeant in his spare time

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Image is a terrain map of Iraq from Google Maps. Staff Sgt. Luke Koladish, 114th Public Affairs Detachment, writes that Sgt. Ronald Peters, a geospatial analyst whose hometown is Fort Lewis, Washington, with Multi-National Corps – Iraq C-7, has been mapping the archaeological sites of Iraq in his spare time.

Is religion an adaptive behavior?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Religion is a difficult concept to put into words. Most of us would acknowledge that a good definition of religion must include that it is practiced, at least some of the time, by groups of people, and that it involves symbolism.

It's not what you find, but what you find out

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Linda Lane, member of SGA’s local chapter Golden Isles Archaeological Society (GIAS) wrote an article for Dig magazine titled “It’s Not What You Find-But What You Find Out.

Italy's Rome imitates the SGA's ArchaeoBus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA is very proud of drawing upon volunteer resources, donations from generous supporters, and creative exhibit ideas, particularly from Chief Tender Rita Elliott, to create, launch, and staff our ArchaeoBus.

January 2011 newsletter of the GAAS available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA, has forwarded a digital copy of the January 2011 issue of Atlanta Antiquity for your perusal. The GAAS meets monthly, except in the summer months of July and August, so this newsletter provides a way for members to stay in touch.

January 2011 SAA Archaeological Record online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The January 2011 newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology, The SAA Archaeological Record, is now available free online (requires Flash). In addition to the regular sections, the issue includes a Special Forum of ten articles titled “Digital Communication and Collaboration: Perspectives from Zooarchaeology.

January 2013 GAAS meeting set

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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society is pleased to announce that Jannie Loubser will be the speaker at the meeting on January 8, 2013, at the Fernbank Museum Auditorium, which will begin at 6:30PM.

Jekyll Island and the telephone

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) An important event in the history of the telephone happened on Jekyll Island. If you wander around the historic area south of the Jekyll Island Clubhouse, now the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, you will find a plexiglass box encompassing an old telephone.

Jekyll Island's hidden past

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Submitted by Ray Crook (rcrook@westga.edu) Portrayal of Native American life on Jekyll Island (original painting by Melissa Crawford, Art Major at the University of West Georgia). People have called the small barrier island now known as Jekyll home for many centuries, but only the most obvious and recent reminders of that history are usually recognized today.

Jerald Ledbetter Obituary- Friend, Colleague, Archaeologist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

It is with great sadness that SGA announces the death of Robert Jerald Ledbetter, 70, on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia after a brief illness.

Join the SGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

If you don’t know already, membership in the Society for Georgia Archaeology is an outstanding value! For a basic individual membership fee of $25 (other categories are available, see below or membership form), you can be engaged in archaeology in Georgia on multiple levels—local, regional, and statewide.

Joint Research Grants debut

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July 10th, 2013

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\ Our tour around this area wasn’t over, as we headed to the Ephesus Library in Roopville! It was a little rainy, but the kids over at the Ephesus Library were full of smiles and sunshine!

July 16th, 2013

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\ These kids are part of the Summer Arts Camp over at the ART Station, and gosh were they bright! They got every question on my true/false quiz! They really knew their archaeoFacts!

July 17th, 2013

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\ Of course the kids had a great time playing around with the games inside as well! They were all over answering some tough archaeological true/false questions, and seeing how an archaeologist sees things.

July 22nd, 2013

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\ We also got to meet some other pretty nifty people there! I was really excited to get to meet the Marietta Derby Darlins! Many of you may not know this, but I have always wanted to be a roller derby gal…ever since I was just a little archaeoCar.

July 31, 2012

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I love to park next to the blockhouse replica at Fort Hawkins! It is so historic (and it doesn’t hurt that it makes my multiple tonnage feel petite!) In May, I returned to one of my regular haunts, Fort Hawkins in Macon.

June 12th, 2013

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\ It was a scorcher outside, but much like the famous Stone Mountain, the kids at Hairston Crossing didn’t take the opportunity to come out and learn about the wonderful world of archaeology for GRANITE!

June 14th, 2013

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\ Dacula is home to the oldest buildings in the metropolitan Atlanta area, and it was great to be around such rich history. Dacula is also home to some pretty intelligent kids as well!

June 15th, 2013

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\ “Georgia On My Mind Day” was being held there, so I thought it might be cool to teach the folks in the area a little bit about archaeology! A lot of the school children that visited with me throughout the day said that they had a great time.

June 18th, 2013

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\ The Stonecrest Library is located in Lithonia, and Lithonia actually means “city/town of stone.” The name makes sense! The children had a rock solid will to learn, and they really had a great time with me, and my New South crew!

June 18th, 2014

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\ Not only did we get to play around outside, but my New South crew played some fun games with the kids inside, where they got to learn how archaeologists observe and study artifacts.

June 2, 2010

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They even got to study animal bones to learn about people’s diet, environment, and the kinds of animals they raised or hunted. This photo shows my new Junior Ranger friends standing next to me.

June 2014 Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The June 2014 issue, volume III/issue 6, of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), is now available. The name of the newsletter is Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

June 2016 Archaeology Events

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June Chapter Meetings Ocmulgee Archaeological Society Monday, June 6, 6:30 pm Mercer University Science and Engineering Building, Room 143, 1550 College Street, Macon 31201. Please note the room change to the lower floor of the building.

June 21st, 2013

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\ In the late 1800s, Buford was known for its leather production, and was nicknamed “The Leather City.” Well I didn’t notice much leather at the library, but I sure did notice how much everyone was enjoying themselves!

June 28th, 2013

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\ The kids in Collins Hill were really getting into all of the games that I brought along with me. They really wanted to learn about archaeology, because it was a scorcher outside!

June 29, 2015

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Photo 1 J.R. gets to work repairing my cabinets. Here local guest inspectors Agnes and Rene’ examine the first stage of my spa treatments. Fortunately, they gave me high marks all around.

June 3rd, 2013

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\ Our first stop on our tour of libraries was in Newnan in Coweta County, where I got to pay a visit to the wonderful kids and adults at the A.

June 6th, 2013

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\ Johns Creek is a pretty young and up and coming area, and all of the wonderful kids sure proved it! They even had a snow cone truck to keep everyone nice and cooled down, while I turned up the fun with all the exciting activities for the kids to play.

June Atlanta Antiquity available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The June issue of Atlanta Antiquity, the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society’s monthly newsletter is now available. Newsletter Editor Louie Campbell always puts together a useful and informative publication, with information not only about archaeology in Georgia, but about archaeology around the world.

June GARS newsletter available

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June GARS newsletter is here!

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The June issue (volume 1, issue 5) of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), is now available. The newsletter is called Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

Keep your eyes peeled: old buildings

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) If you have a choice, and are driving across Georgia, try to avoid the main highways and interstates, and then look for interesting features across the landscape, including old buildings and the remains of abandoned road grades.

Keep your eyes peeled: plaques

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Keep your eyes peeled for…metal plaques attached to immovable objects like buildings (not that buildings can’t be knocked down, but…). This plaque is on the outside of a Fire Station in Atlanta, number 19, to be exact.

Kevin Kiernan to lecture at the Ashantilly Center in Darien, Georgia, September 18, 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kevin Kiernan Kevin Kiernan, Board member of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, will speak on “WPA Archaeology on St Simons Island during the Great Depression” at The Ashantilly Center in Darien, Georgia, Sunday, September 18, 2011, at 5 PM.

kill site

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a location where an animal or animals were killed and sometimes butchered Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

knapping

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controlled breakage of suitable stones to make stone tools (lithics) Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Kolomoki and southwest Georgia

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In 2002, the Society focused Archaeology Month events around prehistoric archaeological sites in southwest Georgia, specifically the famous site of Kolomoki. Click here to download a copy of SGA’s 2002 poster commemorating this theme.

Lamar Institute to dig at Fort Hawkins

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Macon.com contributing writer Jim Gaines featured a story August 30, 2011, regarding the Lamar Institute’s renewal of their 2005 dig at Fort Hawkins. The article mainly addresses the call for volunteers at the site from October 10 through 28, 2011.

Late-breaking Archaeology Month activity sponsored by the Friends of Scull Shoals

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Submitted by Jack Wynn (jtmfwynn@windstream.net) Event: Spring Crafts Festival, Scull Shoals Mill Village Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009 Time: 10 AM – 4:00 PM Location: Macedonia Road to FS Road 1234, Off GA Highway15, between Athens and Greensboro.

Leake Site exhibition opens in Columbus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gateway to the Past: Georgia’s Leake Site exhibition is now open and will be on display through Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the Columbus Museum, on Wynnton Road east of downtown Columbus.

Leake Site on Georgia Trust's 2010 Places in Peril list

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

On November 4th 2009, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation announced its 2010 list of Georgia’s top ten Places in Peril, which includes the Leake Archaeological Site, a rich Middle Woodland and Late Mississippian-period prehistoric settlement on the outskirts of Cartersville.

Leake site talk at Tellus Museum

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Scot Keith (New South Associates, inc.) Scot Keith, Archaeologist and Principal Investigator with New South Associates (in photo at right, on the Leake site during excavations), will be giving a talk about the Leake site at the Tellus Science Museum near Cartersville, Thursday, February 3, 2011.

Leake Site update, 2009

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Submitted by Scot Keith (asymmie@yahoo.com) Between 2004 and 2006, Southern Research conducted two separate data recovery investigations at the Leake site, located in the Etowah River floodplain just southwest of Cartersville in Bartow County.

Learn about Georgia's prehistoric pottery online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.edu) Want to learn about the decorations on prehistoric pottery from Georgia? Try the University of Georgia’s website “Georgia Indian Pottery Site.” The current version was developed this year, and improves on the previous version, which was begun in 2005.

Learning about the past: Jefferson Davis

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) Google Maps view of Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site, near Irwinville. As I ventured out into traffic to navigate my way through Atlanta and the ubiquitous immobility of rush hour, I was thrilled to arrive several hours later unscathed and without any trouble—to the other side of Macon.

Learning from the past: where people lived changed over time

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In your travels and when looking at maps of Georgia, you can see that today’s human population is irregularly distributed across the state. There’s a huge demographic core in metro-Atlanta, with additional centers around Augusta, Savannah, Columbus, Macon, and Athens.

Learning through archaeology: Kolomoki

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Georgia Archaeology Month 2002 focused on the prehistory of southwest Georgia, and especially the archaeology of the famous village and mound community we now call Kolomoki (pronounced ‚“Coal-oh-moe-key”), which is located in Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park in Early County, near Blakely.

Lecture on De Soto at Fernbank, November 1st

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta announces a lecture by SGA President and Fernbank Curator of Native American Archaeology Dennis Blanton, to be held on Sunday, November 1st, at 4 pm.

level

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a layer of soil in an excavation; it can be measured in regular units (e.g., every 10 cm) or may correspond to natural strata Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Lewis Larson passes

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The archaeological community mourns the loss of Lewis H. Larson, Jr. who passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2012. In the Winter 2004 thematic issue of Southeastern Archaeology, published in honor of Lew Larson’s contributions to the field of archaeology in the Southeast, David J.

Limestone and learning

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Georgia Mountains Archaeological Society The Georgia Mountains Chapter continues with the members’ interest and research into the Gainesville limestone and lime production industry. Most work lately has been into the historic records of the industry in the Gainesville area, and crews have revisited the kiln reported here earlier, and found additional constructions in the vicinity.

linguistics

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the study of language and culture and their interaction Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Linguistics is archaeology's cousin

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeology, in North America, is one of four sub-fields of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of humans and their cultural behavior from a holistic perspective. Archaeology is a sub-field of anthropology because it focuses on past human cultures.

Links between language diversity and archaeology?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) A recent study finds high linguistic variability in areas that also have high biodiversity. As LJ Gorenflo and his co-authors observe: New World portion of Gorenflo et al.

Links to websites focused on archaeological studies in Georgia

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This is just a partial list…. Bartowdig is a website about a single Native American archaeological site in northwest Georgia. Part of the site is beneath a state highway. Widening of that highway precipitated recent research to mitigate the impact on the part of the ancient community that would be destroyed by road construction.

lithics

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stone fashioned into artifacts, or used as tools Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Long Swamp site reexamined

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (770-333-9484) Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI), under a contract with GDOT, has completed a large-scale data recovery project at 9CK1, the Long Swamp site, situated on the Etowah River outside of Ball Ground, Georgia.

Long time GAAS member will be October speaker

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) Our October speaker will be Curtis Headrick, long time member of GAAS and a dedicated student of Central American cultures. Lyn Kirkland provided the following:

Long-distance travel: The Leake Site example

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Look at a topographic map of Georgia. First of all, you may realize that carving Georgia out of the terrain of southeastern North America creates artificial boundaries if you’re looking at topography.

Lookout Mountain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Humans are humans; we tend to like some of the same places on the landscape no matter who we are and when we are alive. This means that some of the same places were occupied over and over.

looter

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a person who illegally collects artifacts or destroys archaeological resources; many do this to make a profit Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Loss of Georgia's archaeological heritage detailed

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Site Loss in Georgia is a special issue of Early Georgia, published in Spring 2005. The first article, “When the Past is Destroyed: Loss of Archaeological Sites Due to Urbanization,” by Stephen Kowalewski, evaluates the state of preservation

LR Binford on cultural evolution

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) When a leader in a field dies, it’s appropriate to take a look at her/his legacy. In April 2011, archaeologist Lewis R. Binford (b. 1931) died.

Macon hotel rooms reserved

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA* has reserved a block of 30 hotel rooms at the Fairfield Inn near Wesleyan College for Friday, May 15-Sunday, May 17th. At this rate, check-in is therefore on Friday, and check-out is on Sunday morning.

majolica

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a visually distinctive painted earthenware pottery that the Spanish brought to the New World that is diagnostic of sites of the Early Colonial period Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Make plans for Spring Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Please plan to join members and guests of the SGA at our semi-annual meeting this spring, scheduled for Saturday, May 18th in Macon. Preliminary plans include a morning session of presentations at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, a break for a boxed lunch (or bring your own), tour of Ocmulgee National Monument by Dan Bigman, and more presentations at Ocmulgee in the afternoon.

Making money may not be a long-term solution

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) How do you make money? (Get a job? Ask mom? Umm….) How do you make money—if you’re a “country”? (Hmm….) Image from New York Times online; caption: “A $1000 Confederate bill printed at the National Bank Note Company.

Maps and mapping: Georgia's coast in 1562

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Portion of the British Library’s copy of the 1562 map by cartographer Diego Gutiérrez and engraver Hieronymus Cock. Note in the upper left of this screen grab the

March 13th, 2013

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March 18, 2013

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The college crowd adores me! They were taking various anthropology and archaeology classes. It was a lot of fun. I think they learned a lot about archaeology that supported what they were studying in class.

March 1st GIAS meeting: Visitor's Club of the Brunswick Board of Trade in the late 1930s

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Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Click above to go to a larger Google interactive map of the area. Posted online on Thursday, February 24th, 2011

March 2010 SAA Archaeological Record online

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The Society for American Archaeology, a national organization with over 7000 members, publishes a newsletter, The SAA Archaeological Record, five times each year. The SAA offers that newsletter for free via the Internet.

March 2016 Archaeology Events

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March Chapter Meetings Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild Sunday, March 6, 6:00 pm University of North Georgia, Young Hall, Room 202, W Main Street at College Circle, Dahlonega, GA 30597

March 8th GAAS meeting: Obsidian for the dead

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dr. Zachary Hruby (Georgia State University) Please join us on Tuesday, March 8th at 7 PM for the regular monthly meeting of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society. The meeting will be at Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, 30307.

March GARS newsletter available

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Maria Almodovar Obituary- Georgia Archaeologist and Friend

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Maria (Marilyn) Almodovar September 9, 1949 – February 14, 2018 Maria (Marilyn) Almodovar passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018, due to dementia-related complications. Two of her closest friends were at her bedside near Aiken, South Carolina where she had been under hospice care.

Maritime and inland transportation networks over time

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Transportation networks, and the potential for social connectivity across landmasses and via waterways and along coastlines is worth pondering as part of reconstructing an understanding of our human past that emphasizes continuity—social, political, technological, etc.

Mark your calendars for the Sixth Annual Frontier Faire

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) and the Fort Daniel Foundation are pleased to announce the Sixth Annual Fort Daniel Frontier Faire, scheduled for Saturday, September 20, 2014. Access a PDF of the announcement by clicking here.

material remains

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any artifacts, features or other items used or produced by humans Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

May 1, 2012

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Some of my new friends from Westside Middle School. In the afternoon over 80 homeschool students and their parents from the Auburn area came to visit. Good thing I have brand-new-steps!

May 17, 2010

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It took four and a half hours to go from near Savannah to Albany. I breezed along the back roads, going through lots of quaint towns. (I love to do that because people always stare and point at me.

May 18th Spring Meeting schedule

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA invites you to join us at the 2013 Spring Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, May 18, at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, 301 Cherry Street, Macon (see map below).

May 19th is set for Spring Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Mark your calendar: the SGA’s Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday May 19th, as part of 2012 Archaeology Month celebrations. This year’s Archaeology Month theme is Commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.

May 2012 GARS newsletter available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The May issue (volume 1, issue 4) of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), is now available. The newsletter is called Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

May 2014 Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The May 2014 issue, volume III/issue 5, of the newsletter of the Gwinnett County Chapter of SGA, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), is now available. The name of the newsletter is Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin.

May 2018 Archaeology Month Poster

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May is Archaeology Month in Georgia! The theme of both Archaeology Month and of the Spring Meeting is “A Capital Idea! The Archaeology and History of Georgia’s Seats of Power” The meeting in Milledgeville will have a lecture from keynote speaker Dr.

May 22, 2010

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I hope I didn’t take away everyone’s attention from all the other interesting stations they had set up under tents.) Kids and families and adults at the festival learned about all the different parts of archaeology and got to try their hands at different activities under the tents.

May 23rd, 2014

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\ As we were rolling through this beautiful historic town, my New South crew and I were noticing that a lot of the town looked fairly familiar…. That was when we found out that Senoia was actually Woodbury in the hit AMC show The Walking Dead!

May 29, 2010

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\ I thought I was gonna lose a tire! I’ve never had a backfire from my muffler that loud! Turns out they were shooting rounds of muskets and then topping it off by firing a big cannon!

May 6th, 2014

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\ The AASU Anthropology Club and instructors (Barbara Bruno and Laura Seifert) asked for a command performance by yours truly. (I hear they are considering me for an honorary degree!) They gave me my old place back, right in the heart of the campus.

May is Archaeology Month in Georgia!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has proclaimed that May is Archaeology Month in Georgia. (Read about the proclamation signing here.) Celebratory and educational activities celebrating Archaeology Month are planned around the state.

May is Georgia Archaeology Month!

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Submitted by Tammy Herron (tfherron@gmail.com) Pictured with the Governor left to right: Dylan Woodliff representing Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.; Leslie Perry – SGA Board Member; Deputy DNR Commissioner Homer Bryson; Elizabeth Shirk of the DNR – Historic Preservation Division and Past President of the SGA; Joe Joseph representing New South Associates; Catherine Long – President of the SGA and representing the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center; Tammy Herron – Vice President of the SGA and representing the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program; Pamela Baughman – Secretary of the SGA, President of the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists, and representing the Georgia Department of Transportation; State Archaeologist Bryan Tucker of the DNR – Historic Preservation Division; DNR Commissioner Mark Williams; and Alana Hise representing Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.

May is Historic Preservation Month in Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You know that May is Archaeology Month in Georgia, by proclamation of the Governor. Did you know that May is also Historic Preservation Month, also by the Governor’s proclamation? The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and local preservation and neighborhood organizations sponsor Historic Preservation Month.

Measurements and projectile points

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Table 2 from Buchanan et al. article, An Assessment of the Impact of Hafting on Paleoindian Point Variability. Original table title: “Characters used in the study” (doi:10.

Meet and Greet for the Veterans Curation Project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

New South Associates, Inc invites you to attend a meet and greet for the Veterans Curation Program At the Augusta Laboratory on Thursday, July 19th between 10:00am and 2:00pm. The Augusta Veterans Curation Program currently provides vocational rehabilitation and innovative training to ten recently-separated veterans using archaeological collections administered by the U.

Meet March 12th to help save log home

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You can help save an historic log home in Gordon County that is on the National Register…. The next meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association will be held at Rockdale Plantation in Gordon County, GA on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:30 AM.

Meeting about state budget reductions: August 11th

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Members of the SGA may be interested in attending a meeting discussing the latest budget reductions to Georgia State Historic Sites. The meeting will be on Tuesday, August 11th, at the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation offices at Rhodes Hall on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, from 10 AM to 2:30 PM.

Meetings and activities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Augusta Archaeological Society Dr. Al Goodyear of the University of South Carolina was the featured speaker at our October 11 meeting at Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que on Washington Road. Dr.

Meetings: Crossroads to knowledge

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) The Georgia Trust and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division co-sponsored the statewide preservation conference on April 19th and 20th. It was held in Roswell and featured the theme Professionalism and Practice.

Melissa Webb of GSU enjoys interning at Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Melissa Webb (Georgia State University Anthropology Department) Georgia State University, spring semester 2010, I interned at Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia. From the beginning, I had no clue what to expect from the experience, much less what sort of projects and duties I would work with.

Membership in SGA---a minute with new Secretary Baughman

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman, SGA Secretary (sgasecretary@thesga.org) I took over for long-serving secretary Tom Gresham in October of 2010, and I am excited to have the opportunity to continue to serve SGA, meet current members, encourage new memberships, and interact with the SGA Leadership.

Memorial service for Gordon Midgette held on May 17th

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Gordon Moody Midgette, 70, past director of the Dekalb Historical Society, leaves a lasting legacy. Archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian Gordon Moody Midgette passed away from this world at 7:11 p.m., the 29th of April 2014.

Mending ceramics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Ooops. I accidentally broke my husband’s favorite coffee mug. Fortunately, the piece that broke off was large and I was able to save it. Using techniques I learned in the archaeological laboratory for mending broken historic and prehistoric ceramics and pottery, I glued together the coffee mug.

Merchant trading network burials threatened

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Quick: where in the world is the largest concentration of Bronze Age graves? Read on…. Bahrain is a large island in a shallow bay on the west side of the Persian Gulf called the Gulf of Bahrain.

MESDA Has Georgia on its Mind With New Acquisitions

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jeanne Sturiale (Jeanne@annesepr.com) In the past month MESDA has more than doubled the number of Georgia-made objects in its collection MESDA will debut these new acquisitions in a special exhibition opening October 1, 2009.

Metrics on this website's "size"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) How “big” is this website? How has it “grown” over the last year? Since it’s digital, we could measure it in megabytes, but since its main goal is outreach and education, a simple page count makes more sense.

Michael Shirk remembered

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tom Gresham Most of us in SGA knew Mike as an archaeo-spouse, one who was married to an archaeologist, for better and worse. And Mike was one of the best.

midden

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an area used for trash disposal; may be seen as a dark, humic layer in an archaeological site Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Mini-conference on the archaeology of POWs

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Please join the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern Museum, and the Department of History for “Captive Warriors: The History and Archaeology of POWs,” a half-day lecture series, on Tuesday, March 12, at Georgia Southern University.

Mining in Georgia: Gold and online resources

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The first documented find of gold in Georgia dates to the summer of 1829. By late 1829, hopeful prospectors rushed to northern Georgia. By the next spring, thousands had invaded what was then the Cherokee Nation.

missionary

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person sent out by a church to convert others to their religion Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Mississippian

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a prehistoric period in the Southeastern North America, from about AD 900-1540, characterized by peoples who practiced maize agriculture, lived in chiefdoms, had populous villages and zones of dispersed housing, and constructed earthen mounds in some of their villages

mitigation

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the excavation of a site to obtain archaeological information before it is destroyed by a construction project or other development Mitigation removes the significant information a site that is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places has, so that the site may be destroyed or disturbed without the significant information it contains being lost.

Moccasin Bend walking tour planned

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a walking tour along the corridor of the old Federal Road on Moccasin Bend. The two hour program begins at 4 PM on Sunday, March 13th, and will be led by National Military Park Historian Jim Ogden.

Models in archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Google Earth model of the earth, centered on the modern state of Georgia. Archaeologists use models in their work. These models are simplifications of reality—not well-dressed people!

Monitor construction of a medieval castle

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Do you want to visit a medieval castle? How about one under construction? Now you don’t even have to leave this continent to do so!

monolithic

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made or formed of a single large block of stone, or, sometimes, simply a single very large thing Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

More than a Fort

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s 2007 lesson plan focused on Fort Hawkins. As the lesson plan notes: Fort Hawkins is located near the Ocmulgee River and served as an important center for the frontier of Georgia from 1806-1819.

Motel of the Mysteries

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) David Macaulay is an author and illustrator who has written many interesting books. One of my favorites is Motel of the Mysteries, published in 1979 by Houghton Mifflin (Boston).

mound

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in Southeast North America, an earthen construction, built by humans during one or multiple building episodes For example, some mounds in the Southeast are burial mounds. After each burial a fresh cap of earth was added to the existing mound.

Mounds in Our Midst

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Monuments of Prehistoric Culture in Georgia The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to announce the theme for presentations at our semi-annual meeting associated with Archaeology Month 2009: Mounds in Our Midst: Monuments of Prehistoric Culture in Georgia.

Moundville comes to life in slim new volume

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Oblique view of Moundville facing south, with the Black Warrior River in the foreground, from Google Earth. John H. Blitz doesn’t mince words. Answering the question who built the mounds at the famous Mississippian settlement next to the Black Warrior River at Moundville, Alabama, Blitz writes: “We don’t know” (page 4).

Moundville's Archaeological Museum reopens

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On Saturday, May 16th, 2010, the Jones Archaeological Museum at the 320-acre Moundville Archaeological Park reopened after a two-year, $5 million renovation. The Moundville site is in Alabama, south of Tuscaloosa.

Mountains Chapter tests quartz quarry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jack Wynn Members of the Georgia Mountains Chapter have recently conducted a preliminary test on the newly discovered Hummingbird Hill Quartz Quarry on the Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve near Gainesville.

multi-component

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an archaeological site occupied in more than one period Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Multicomponent site on Big Tucsawhatchee Creek investigated

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Edwards-Pitman Environmental (770-333-9484) Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI) recently completed Phase III fieldwork at 9PU20 near Hawkinsville, GA. The excavations were conducted on behalf of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) as part of a proposed bridge replacement over Big Tucsawatchee Creek (also known as Big Creek) on State Route 230.

Muskogee People continue research into the Southeast's past

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Richard Thornton (Talamachusee@aol.com) The Muskogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma and the member tribes of the Southeastern Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy are continuing their ongoing research projects in 2007, which will provide archaeologists and historians a more complete understanding of the Southeast’s Indigenous Peoples.

Must-have book: Hudson's Southeastern Indians

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Ethnohistorian Charles Hudson’s book The Southeastern Indians is still in print. That’s saying something; it was originally published in 1976. Mostly, it indicates that this readable, data-filled volume remains relevant and important.

Mysteries of prehistoric turkey domestication

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Figure 4 from the Speller et al. article in PNAS. Among the world’s major regions, ancient North America is not known for having many domesticated animals.

Nash Farm project and more

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by TRC (770-270-1192) Over the last three months, TRC has become very busy with a number of large archaeological projects across the Southeast. Here in Georgia, we’ve conducted archaeological investigations in Cobb, Coweta, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Hall, Henry, Lowndes, and Whitfield counties.

National organizations

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Although their information is more general, several national organizations have online presences and websites that are worth viewing. The Archaeological Conservancy is a non-profit organization that seeks to acquire and preserve the best of our nation’s remaining archaeological sites.

Native American

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a member of the aboriginal peoples of North and South America, or pertaining to their culture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Natural disasters and history

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Satellite photo of Hurricane Rita on 21 September 2005 over the Gulf of Mexico, by Jacques Descloitres, offered online by NASA. How important are meteorological events to human history?

Necessities of life

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Look around on the Arkansas Archeological Survey website, and you will find some wonderful educational materials (downloads here). We particularly recommend a compilation called “Necessities of life,” which discusses pottery, food, and clothing, among other interesting topics.

Neolithic

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a prehistoric period generally characterized by the development of agriculture, use of ceramics, and the manufacture of technically advanced stone tools; the term is applied worldwide, not just in the Americas

New Acheulean hand-axe dates from Spain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The prehistoric tool called a hand axe is large, and has a sharpened edge all the way around it. The sharpening is on both sides, so it’s a biface.

New experimental archaeology/primitive technology book

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tom Gresham (searcheo@aol.com) Long time SGA member and primitive technology researcher Scott Jones has just published a book that is a compilation of his articles from the past decade related to primitive technology and experimental archaeology.

New Friends of Scull Shoals newsletter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Friends of Scull Shoals seeks to foster education and outdoor recreation enjoyment by preserving and sharing the natural and historic resources of the Scull Shoals area from its base in Greensboro.

New henge detected near Stonehenge

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In summer 2010 archaeologists began the field research for a three-year study of the lands around Stonehenge, on the Salisbury plain west-southwest of London. Almost immediately they made a game-changing find.

New metal artifact preservation method explored

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On 27 December 2009, the online version of Charleston’s Post and Courier published a fascinating story by Tony Bartelme titled “Research on Hunley spurs new discoveries.

New Publication on Preston Holder's WPA Archaeology on the Georgia Coast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SGA members will be pleased to see the inclusion of Kevin Kiernan’s chapter on Preston Holder’s New Deal-era excavations on the Georgia coast in a new book, Shovel Ready: Archaeology and Roosevelt’s New Deal for America, edited by Bernard K.

New radiocarbon calibration curve: IntCal09

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

An international working group called INTCAL has announced an updated radiocarbon calibration curve. As Michael Balter notes in ScienceNOW online: To calibrate the period extending from the present to about 12,000 years ago, the team has used thousands of overlapping tree-ring segments from the Northern Hemisphere, which provide a very accurate check of raw radiocarbon dates and how much they must be corrected.

New research at 1854 Roswell Manufacturing ruins

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by TRC (770-270-1192) View of part of the Roswell Mill ruins from the end of the tailrace. TRC recently completed archaeological monitoring at the 1854 Roswell Manufacturing Company ruins (9FU205) in the City of Roswell’s Vickery Creek Mill Park, in conjuntion with work to make the site accessible to the public.

New SGA chapter in Dahlonega

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jack T. Wynn (jtmfwynn@windstream.net) GMAS » BRAG + NoGAG There is both bad news and good news in the story of SGA’s chapters. First the bad news: sadly, the Georgia Mountains Archaeological Society (GMAS) in Gainesville is no more.

New South excavating, reporting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by New South Associates (770-498-4155) In possibly our busiest winter to date, New South Associates is currently at work on two data recovery projects and is about to begin a third, in addition to a number of survey and testing projects, including smaller corridor or bridge surveys conducted in Bartow, Lowndes, Douglas, Coweta, Paulding, and Washington counties.

New volume on excavations at Major Ridge home

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pat Garrow (garrow@mindspring.com) Long-time SGA member Pat Garrow has authored: The Chieftain Excavations, 1969-1971*. ACRA/SHA Reports From the Past. Paperback: 128 pages, 26 Figures, 22 Tables. Available at http://www.

New World

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the geographical landmass, area, or macroregion that includes North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

News about Duckett site research

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Shovel testing amidst kudzu and weeds at the Duckett site. From left to right: Will Phillips (kneeling), Greg Spike, Dr. Tamara Spike, and Tyler Stewart. Photo by Jack Wynn. Long-time SGA member Jack Wynn suggests our members and friends may be interested in reading this story by Hannah Parson, “Students Unearth History and Mystery at the Duckett Site,” posted on The Steeple, the online student newspaper of for the University of North Georgia–Dahlonega and the Military College of Georgia.

News flash from the Georgia Department of Archives and History

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

It has come to our attention that throughout research constituencies and communities in Georgia and beyond, many people have not yet heard that the Georgia Archives, now a unit of the University System of Georgia, now has expanded days and hours of public access, as well as some restoration of staff positions.

News from Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dave Davis (daved1@bellsouth) Dave Davis is currently assisting Pat Garrow on further analysis of the artifacts recovered from the museum grounds in 1969-1971. We look forward to new insights from this important Cherokee center in northwest Georgia.

News of the H.L. Hunley

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Image from US Navy website here, and credited to R.G. Skerrett, and dated 1902. It’s been ten years since the submarine H.L. Hunley was lifted from the water just outside of Charleston Harbor.

Newsflash: ArchaeoBus will attend Spring Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Attend the SGA’s Spring Meeting on Saturday, May 15th, 2010, at The Parks at Chehaw, outside of Albany, and tour the ArchaeoBus! Stay tuned to this website for more information about other activities planned for the meeting.

Next SGA Board Meeting scheduled

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA Board Meeting will be at 3 pm on Friday, May 15th, in Taylor 110, a classroom at Wesleyan College in Macon. It will begin immediately following the GCPA general meeting.

No cell phone: how do you communicate long-distance?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Get out your imagination. Consider this… You live in a world without cell phones, without cars, or even bicycles or horses to ride. You walk if you want to go somewhere overland.

Nominations open for 2010 Places in Peril

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Metcalf is a south Georgia community established in the late nineteenth-century. It has recently been threatened by developers. The Trust placed Metcalf on its 2009 Places in Peril list.

North American megafaunal extinctions considered

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Figure 3 from Firestone et al. paper. Have you read (heard?) about the hypothesis that an extraterrestrial impact lead to the extinction of Pleistocene megafauna in North America?

North Carolina historical maps online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Looking for an historical map of North Carolina? You’re in luck! The Carolina Digital Library and Archives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill now has debuted North Carolina Maps, an online resource that includes digitized versions of more than 3000 maps dating from the late 1500s through 2000, and detailed maps for each of North Carolina’s counties.

Notes from the Hardin Bridge Site

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jeannine Windham (jwindham@newsouthassoc.com) Meta-slate axe from the Hardin Bridge site. Research of the Hardin Bridge Site (9BR34) in Bartow County site is ongoing at New South Associates. Laboratory analysis has shown that the Hardin Bridge site represents a Late Archaic through early Middle Woodland timeframe based on lithic and pottery specimens.

Notes on the Chicopee Limestone Kiln near Gainesville

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Lorraine Norwood, Dan Page, and Jack Wynn The GMAS Archaeology Chapter met on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the home of Jon Hoekstra, professor at Gainesville College, and resident of Chicopee Mill Village, which is adjacent to Chicopee Woods.

November 13, 2010

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Today I want to tell you all about the crazy Georgia National Fair in Perry. As you know, Diary, this was the very first time I went to the fair. I knew it was going to be a big deal when I heard that 26 volunteers would be working with me during the eleven days of the fair!

November 15, 2010

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The ArchaeoBus at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies annual state conference in Athens. As promised, I will tell you about another October first for me. In late October I went to the Georgia Council for the Social Studies annual state conference in Athens, Georgia.

November 26, 2011

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I got to set up here next to the Museum of Science and History. My banner on the corner attracted bridge and downtown traffic. Dee Dee Joyce and her friend try my ethno-botanical boards.

November 27, 2011

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Here I am, up-close and personal with the cool blockhouse replica at Ft. Hawkins! [Photo courtesy of Echo Halstead Burrell.] (Figure 1, Caption, “Here I am, up-close and personal with the cool blockhouse replica at Ft.

November 28, 2011

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Part of the crowd inside the brewery. I counted several hundred people go through the doors! Young people, students, older people, even dogs! Lots of dogs! Mind you, I like dogs, that is, dogs that don’t “like” my tires, if you know what I mean….

November 29, 2011

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Here’s my VIP spot right in front of the Classic Center entrance! Here I am keeping an eye on my handlers manning the table top activities inside. Note my lovely banner “shades” keeping the sun at bay.

November 8, 2011

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Parked on the edge of I-95. My handlers, Veronica and Real Dan were a bit vexed, and urged me to keep going, but I just couldn’t. Meanwhile, all these uppity big rig 18-wheelers were speeding by me and not the first one stopped to help!

November GARS newsletter available

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November issue of Atlanta Antiquity now downloadable

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Catch up with the news of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, meeting monthly at Fernbank Museum of Natural History! The November issue of their monthly newsletter, Atlanta Antiquity, is now available by clicking here.

Now available: Extraordinary Fluted Points of the Tennessee Valley Region

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Ellis Whitt (ellis@flutedpoint.com) Cover of Whitt volume. I am happy to announce the arrival and availability of a book I have been compiling for the past year and a half.

NPS website lists Federal laws pertaining to archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.edu) The National Park Service, which is administered by the Department of the Interior, has gathered together an online listing of Federal laws pertaining to archaeology. As they note:

NPS's 2010 Archaeological Prospection Workshop

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Steve Devore (steve_de_vore@nps.gov) The National Park Service’s 2010 workshop on archaeological prospection techniques entitled “Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century” will be held May 24–28, 2010, at the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site near Stanton, North Dakota.

NW Georgia Archaeology Society Fall Meeting and Free Lecture- "The Post DeSoto Apocalypse in Northwest Georgia "

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Fall meeting of the NW Georgia Archaeology Society meeting will be held in conjunction with a FREE and first-come, first-serve lecture by Jim Langford at the Etowah Valley Historical Society on November 9th at 6:00 pm.

NWGAS chapter meeting November 11 at Etowah Mounds Museum

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim Langford (jlangford@fc-solutions.com) Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society member Jim Langford sent thesga.org this notice…. NGAS is a Chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. Greeting Friends of Archaeology! Come out Thursday, November 11th, to Etowah Mounds Museum to hear a great presentation about prehistoric stone structures in Northwest Georgia.

NWGAS March 10th meeting entitled Creek and Cherokee at Chattanooga's Moccasin Bend Site

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim Langford (jlangford@fc-solutions.com) Bird’s eye view of the Moccasin Bend Site The next meeting of the Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society is Thursday, March 10th, 2011, at the Etowah Indian Mounds Site near Cartersville.

NWGAS September meeting: Geoarchaeological Studies of Mounds-An Example from Etowah

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim Langford (Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society) Greetings to Friends of Georgia Archaeology!! We will have our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society on next Thursday, Sept.

NWGAS to host Artifact Identification Night November 10th, 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim Langford (Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society) Back by popular demand—come out for a night of fun and learning as we have an “Artifact Identification Night” at Etowah Mounds Museum on Thursday, November 10th at 7:00 pm.

OAS busy educating the public, doing research

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The OAS continues its mission of educating the public about the archaeology of Middle Georgia, and has had several excellent speakers this winter. In January Sam Lawson, recently returned to our area from south Georgia, gave a talk on the locations of the Creek towns that were along the Upper Ocmulgee from 1686 to 1716.

OAS chapter meeting speakers announced for May and June

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Submitted by Stephen A. Hammack (Stephen.Hammack.ctr@Robins.af.mil) Our chapter meetings are the first Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at Mercer University in Macon. We meet in the Science and Engineering building there.

OAS looking for new meeting location

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The Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) is working to finalize a meeting place for next year since we have to move from Ocmulgee National Monument (ONM), where we have been meeting since our re-establishment in 2003.

OAS members busy attending, sponsoring events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The OAS continues has continued its work throughout Middle Georgia this fall, and has quite a few interesting activities to report. Mark Barnes, recently retired National Park Service Archaeologist, gave the OAS a great talk on the old and new theories about Clovis and pre-Clovis sites on November 5, particularly relating to the Borax Lake site in California, the Hester site in Mississippi, and the Hardaway site in North Carolina, and expressed an interest in returning to give a talk on the Spanish mission period in the Southeast, another area of his expertise.

OAS members visit Shinholser Mound site

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Submitted by Stephen A. Hammack (Stephen.Hammack.ctr@robins.af.mil) \ On March 5, 2011, Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) members chose the Shinholser Mounds site on the Oconee River near Milledgeville for the group’s annual winter hike.

OAS speakers, artifact ID days, fieldwork

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The OAS has had some great speakers of late. Jack Wynn spoke in August on the fascinating topic of South American Peruvian archaeology. OAS member Dick Brunelle, who is involved in several SGA chapters around the state, spoke in September about his volunteer experiences in archaeology from projects as different as Fort Daniel in Gwinnett County, the search for the Spanish mission in Telfair County, to the Kolomoki site in Early County.

Obituary notice: Frank T. Schnell

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer online. Frank T. Schnell was a Columbus native and long-time SGA member. He retired from the Columbus Museum in 2001 and moved to Florida with his wife, Gail, also an SGA member.

Obituary---Marilyn Pennington

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Georgia’s archaeological community has recently lost one of its own. Journalist, artist, archaeologist, and ethnohistorian, Marilyn Pennington passed away on June 9, 2006 at the age of 75. Pennington was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia in 1950.

Obituary: Fred Scheidler (1947-2008)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Fred, doing what he loved. Georgia archaeology lost an enthusiastic advocate upon the premature death of Fred Scheidler on July 15th. Fred resided in Marietta and in recent years had become a constant and welcome participant at a host of archaeological gatherings in and around Atlanta.

obsidian hydration dating

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a geochemical dating technique that determines the age of an obsidian artifact by measuring how deep water molecules have been absorbed into the fresh surface of the flake or tool

occupation

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a place with archaeological evidence of ancient use; often used by archaeologists interchangeably with “site”. A site may have multiple occupations, however; occupations can be considered to date to a particular archaeologically identifiable period, or an occupation can be used more loosely to indicate ancient use of a place.

Ocmulgee 75th Anniversary celebrated

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (tfherron@gmail.com) Ocmulgee National Monument visitor center. I received an invitation from the Superintendent of Ocmulgee National Monument inviting me to attend the 75th Anniversary Reception on Thursday, December 1, 2011.

Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) Meeting Announcement- June 5th, 2018

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The next Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) meeting will be 6:30 pm in Room 202 of the Science and Engineering Building located at 1550 College Street on the Macon campus of Mercer University.

Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) Meeting Announcement- May 7, 2018

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The next Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) meeting will Monday, May 7th at 6:30 pm in** Room 144** of the Science and Engineering Building located at 1550 College Street on the Macon campus of Mercer University.

Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) Meeting Announcement- Monday, November 6, 2017

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The next Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) meeting will Monday, November 6th at 6:30 pm in Room 202 of the Mercer University Science and Engineering building located at 1550 College Street on the Macon campus of Mercer University.

Ocmulgee Archaeological Society Meeting- September 10th!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The next Ocmulgee Archaeological Society (OAS) meeting will be September 10th at 6:30 pm in Room 202 of the Science and Engineering Building located at 1550 College Street on the Macon campus of Mercer University.

Ocmulgee Expansion Effort Update

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

US Senator Johnny Isakson introduced Senate Bill 1636 – Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park Boundary Revision Act of 2015 in June of this year. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

October 15, 2016

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Figure 1. A few of my battle-hardened handlers and volunteers ready for the onslaught of 8,000 visitors. (Left to right: Tammy Herron, Dan “Real Dan” Elliott, Mary Jo Davis,and behind the pole, Joseph Roberts.

October 16th, 2012

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October 2012 issue of GARS newsletter available

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October 22nd is National Archaeology Day

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Leading national archaeological organizations are partnering to participate in National Archaeology Day, on 22 October 2011. What will you do to celebrate? The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is hosting this year’s website publicizing the event.

October 28th, 2014

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Photo 1. Here I am on the left, next to my tent of fun activities and nearby all those people! Photo 2. Preparing for the onslaught, Dan rolls archaeology posters for prizes, and Tammy and Mac make sure all is ready.

October 4th, 2012

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The film crew shoots a segment about one section of the palisade, located at Magnolia Springs State Park. So what does this have to do with me being a movie star, you ask?

October 6, 2012

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Some of the many dozens of activity tents at CoastFest. We had our usual spot, between the cool state parks fort people and their roaring cannons and Jim Sawgrass’ Native American tent.

October issue of The Antiquarian available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The latest edition of the Golden Isles Archaeological Society newsletter, The Antiquarian, is now available. Access a copy by clicking here. Posted online on Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

Of cemeteries, borrow pits, and Resaca battlefield

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by New South Associates (770-498-4155) The staff at New South Associates (NSA) has been very busy this year. In addition to the following Georgia projects, our employees have been working on a variety of additional projects in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, New York, and Puerto Rico.

Of moose and men

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo by George Desort in the New York Times, 17 August 2010. Moose? What’s this about moose? Michigan Technological University wildlife ecologists Rolf O. Peterson and John A.

Of pipelines and rock pile excavations

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by TRC (770-270-1192) In 2008, TRC’s Atlanta office has been working on a stream of large pipeline projects across the Southeast and into the Great Plains, continuing with the kind of projects that kept us busy in 2007.

Of rock shelters and work at Fort Daniel

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This year the GARS Archaeology Month event was a public archaeology day at the Creekside Rock shelter located on the historic Elisha Winn property in Dacula, on May 3 and 4.

Officers and Board of Directors

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Officers President: KC Jones Vice-President: Mary Porter Freeman Secretary: Lori Thompson Treasurer: Raine (Chance) Miller Editor, Early Georgia: Kate Deeley Editor, The Profile: Delana Gilmore Parliamentarian: Lindsey Hinson Ex-officio/Past-President: Stefan Brannan

Official press release for Archaeology Month and the spring meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron May is Archaeology Month in Georgia, and the 2014 Spring Meeting is only days away! Please click here to for an official press release announcing the twenty-first annual Georgia Archaeology Month celebration and the upcoming 2014 Spring Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology to be held in Cartersville, Georgia on Saturday, May 10th.

Old money

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Usually when you hear the phrase “old money,” the speaker is referring to people and families with established, long-held, inherited wealth. Some old money, however, is just that, money from long ago.

Old World

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the geographical landmass, area, or macroregion that includes Europe, Asia, and Africa Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Oldest Egyptian mummy in west at Emory University

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Leslie Perry The oldest Egyptian mummy in the Western Hemisphere will be part of an exhibit at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. “Life and Death in the Pyramid Age” will run Saturday through Dec.

On rifle-trenches: The General says...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) This map is number III of volume II of General Sherman’s Memoirs, and shows the area immediately north of Atlanta, including Cassville, Cartersville, Allatoona, Acworth, and Marietta, and the railroad line that connects those communities; Kennesaw Mountain is unlabeled.

One archaeologist's coolest thing I ever found

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Each month Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources—Historic Preservation Division distributes a free digital newsletter, Preservation Posts. Among other stories, the November 2010 issue includes a staff profile of Bryan Tucker.

One more archaeological mystery solved...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Overhead satellite view of Herodion/Herodium in screen grab from Google Earth, a free program available via the Internet. Archaeology abounds in mysteries, a few solved and many, many unsolved.

Ongoing events during Georgia Archaeology Month 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pam Baughman (pajgriffin@comcast.net) For the 18th year, SGA is coordinating Georgia Archaeology Month, a statewide promotion that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Online Athens reports on success of ArchaeoBus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Ryan Blackburn, of Online Athens, the online version of the Athens Banner-Herald, has written a glowing article about the SGA’s own ArchaeoBus! Click here to go to the article.

Online database for JFK presidency

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Perhaps the most elusive aspect of humans for archaeologists to get at is how people think. This is where historical archaeologists can have an advantage over archaeologists researching the time before records.

Online e-newsletter Heritage News available from National Park Service

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The National Park Service has an e-newsletter called Heritage News you can subscribe to. It’s published monthly, and delivers timely information on events and activities of interest to the national heritage community.

Online news archive...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The complete archive of online news on various topics in archaeology is here, listed in reverse order of publication on this website. If, instead, you are interested in an archive of notices about the business of the Society (e.

Online symposium: "the hardest unsolved problems in social science"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Elsewhere on this website, we have defined culture as the learned beliefs and behaviors shared, and passed on, by the members of a society. Archaeologists, therefore, deal with the products of culture—that is, human-made things like tools, pots, buildings (and building remains), and the like—rather than culture directly.

Open house at the Waring Laboratory of Archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Laboratory of Archaeology at the University of West Georgia is pleased to announce its 2013 open house. Come out to the Waring Lab on Saturday, April 6, from 11:00 a.

Open House---Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Meggie Dunivent (meggied0716@gmail.com) The Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory at the University of West Georgia is hosting their annual Open House on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.

Order box lunches TODAY!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You can order $5 box lunches for the Saturday picnic on Gascoigne Bluff during the Fall Meeting (Friday-Sunday, 15-17 October, 2010) through today, October 8th, and you can register right up to the start of the meeting in the conference hall at Sea Palms, on St.

Order Frontiers in the Soil now!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Frontiers in the Soil is a classic in archaeological literature that should be useful to everyone. Using easy-to-read text by Roy S. Dickens, Jr., and creative color cartoon illustrations by James L.

Origins of agriculture discussed in detail

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Figure 1 (reduced), from the issue’s introductory article, The Origins of Agriculture: New Data, New Ideas: An Introduction to Supplement 4, by T. Douglas Price and Ofer Bar-Yosef.

Other project ideas

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For some years, the Society for Georgia Archaeology teamed with the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists to offer prizes in both the junior and senior divisions of the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair.

Outgoing SGA President's message: Fall 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton (dennis@thesga.org) Dear Friends and Supporters of SGA, It is clear that SGA will be secure and will continue to thrive under the leadership of our new President, Catherine Long, and with the dedication of a very capable group of officers, board members, and volunteers to support her.

Outliers and rare events

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) When a scientist analyzes data, sometimes the values are more similar—except for one or a few values or characteristics or whatever. These different values are called outliers, meaning they lie outside the pattern of most of the values (or of the sample of values).

Ownership of antiquities and the international art market...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo by Herbert Knosowski/Associated Press. Writes John Tierney in the 16 November 2009 New York Times: Scientists and curators have generally supported the laws passed in recent decades giving countries ownership of ancient “cultural property” discovered within their borders.

Packaging day for the Archaeology Month 2010 posters

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (trforeha@mailbox.sc.edu) Tackling the task at hand! Packaging is underway! As the Archaeology Month Committee Chairman, you know you are on the home stretch when you are able to schedule Packaging Day for the posters.

Paddle-stamped pottery: The paddles

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Have you ever wondered what the paddles Native Americans made to stamp decorations on the outside of pottery looked like? W.H. Holmes included a plate illustrating three paddles made by Cherokees probably in the late nineteenth century in his report “Aboriginal Pottery of the Eastern United States,” which was printed in the Twentieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1898–1899 (published in 1903).

paleobotany

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of fossil or ancient plant remains Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Paleoindian

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a cultural period from about 12,000-10,000 BP characterized by cooperative gathering and hunting, and the high mobility of small groups (bands) of people The Paleoindian (sometimes Palaeoindian) period is the first widely identifiable culture in the New World.

paleolithic

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the earliest designated Old World cultural period beginning about 750,000 years ago, characterized by the first chipped stone tools Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

paleontology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of fossil remains of plants and animals Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Panel discussion scheduled for Saturday, May 12th, in Savannah

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission announces a panel discussion titled “Perspectives in Archaeology: Digging for the Truth” to be held Saturday, May 12th, at 2PM, at Trinity Church, Telfair Square, Savannah.

percussion flaking

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

method for making stone tools that involves striking a lump of tool stone with another object, often stone, thereby detaching waste flakes Posted online on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

period

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a length of time defined by having similar features or conditions; Georgia’s prehistory is commonly defined as including the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Perky leg lamp and more household goodies: Audacious Archaeology Auction items (\#6)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Phoenix Flies celebrates Atlanta's past during March

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

As their website notes: The Phoenix Flies: A Celebration of Living Landmarks was created in 2003 by The Atlanta Preservation Center as a way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the dramatic rescue of the Fox Theatre, an event that changed Atlanta’s preservation outlook forever.

physical anthropology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of human and other primate behavior, evolution, and adaptation Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Picnic foods are from...where?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Here’re some dishes you’re likely to find at a cookout or picnic: Fried or grilled chicken Carrot and celery sticks Green beans Baked beans Squash casserole Potato salad Cornbread Bread roll Banana cream pie We’d call them typical of or commonly found at such an event here in Georgia.

Pictures from Spring 2010 Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA’s 2010 Spring Meeting, held Saturday, May 15th, at The Parks at Chehaw, just outside of Albany, featured demonstrators knowledgable in the skills of ancient peoples, in accordance with this year’s Archaeology Month theme: Making the Past Come to Life!

Pillar carpentry

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Good archaeologists are curious people. Perhaps this is because much of their research reveals only pieces of information, and the more complete reconstructions they seek rely on uniting many different kinds of data from many different sources.

Pipeline and other surveys

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by TRC (770-270-1192) Since the summer, TRC has continued to work hard on pipeline (and other) projects across the Southeast. In Georgia, we have carried out a handful of survey projects in DeKalb, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Houston, McDuffie, and Whitfield counties, with nothing especially interesting to report.

Plan an Archaeology Awareness event for 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA invites you to host an Archaeology Awareness event in May 2010! Georgia’s seventeenth annual Archaeology Awareness promotion will be held in May 2010. The Society for Georgia Archaeology coordinates this statewide event that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates public awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Plan an event for Archaeology Month in Spring 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman (pbaughman@dot.ga.gov) For the 18th consecutive year, SGA is coordinating Georgia Archaeology Month, a statewide promotion that encourages the public to learn about the archaeological resources present in our state and creates awareness about the importance of protecting Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

Please help Cave Spring by voting in the Pepsi Grant Program for December

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Attention, all! I have just received word from Paulette Harbin that the Cave Spring Log Cabin Project has been accepted to participate in the Pepsi Grant Program for December.

PLoS blogs and viral archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Expand your horizons! Read new science blogs! One of the first topics is a new paper on viral archaeology—what’s that?! On 1 September 2010, PLoS debuted PLoS Blogs, which they describe as “a new network for discussing science in public; covering topics in research, culture, and publishing.

Points, pottery, and hafting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Scott Jones (info@mediaprehistoria.com) Major technological and cultural innovations have the potential to influence technology and culture beyond the immediate realm of the innovation itself. While the widespread adoption of fired clay ceramics in the terminal Archaic/Early Woodland era is directly relevant to food preparation, the transition from indirect heating (stone-boiling) to direct heating in pots represents a dynamic techno-cultural change.

political economy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

system of economics and political structure within a particular culture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

ponder

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

to think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion; visit the Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Weekly Ponder Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Pondering the SGA...and you

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Are you looking for the latest Weekly Ponder? If so, remember that the Society for Georgia Archaeology is a volunteer organization. This website is brought to you by SGA member-volunteers.

post hole

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a hole that is dug to receive an upright timber for a building, wall, or other structure As the structure decays, traces of the posts are left in the soil, usually seen as a stain (the post) within a stain (the hole), if well preserved (see feature).

pot hunter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

someone who takes artifacts from sites for non-scientific reasons, such as to add to their collection or to sell Pot hunting on federal and most state lands is illegal. In Georgia, it’s also illegal to pot hunt on private lands without the written permission of the landowner.

potassium-argon dating

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a technique used to date material remains based on the rate at which radioactive potassium reverts to argon when it decays; potassium-argon dating is useful on remains that are too old to be dated by radiocarbon methods (e.

potsherd or sherd

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a broken piece of pottery or a fragment of a ceramic vessel Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Pre-Paleoindian (also Pre-Clovis)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

refers to aboriginal occupations of the New World that date to the time before Paleoindian or Clovis times Although somewhat controversial, evidence is mounting that humans occupied the Americas before Paleoindian times.

Prehistoric community excavated in Spalding County

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Lynn Pietak (lpietak@edwards-pitman.com) Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI) recently completed Phase III investigations at 9SP161 in Spalding County under the direction of Phillip Quirk. This project was conducted for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) under a contract with Atkins, Inc.

prehistoric or prehistory

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the period of time before written records; the prehistoric period varies from region to region Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Presentation on Cave Spring Log Cabin

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chieftain’s Museum Archaeologist Pat Garrow will present his findings from the December 2012 excavation at the Cave Spring Log Cabin. You can learn more about the work at the Cave Spring Log Cabin by clicking here.

Presentation on Maya researcher Tatiana Proskouriakoff

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

One of the events in celebration of Women’s History Month at Emory University in Atlanta is an illustrated lecture by Char Solomon about a pioneering historic figure, Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Proskouriakoff helped decode the Maya hieroglyphs.

preservation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the act of maintaining the form and integrity of a structure or building as it presently exists, and halting any further deterioration or decay; it does not include any significant rebuilding

Preservation 101 orientation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division periodically teams with the Georgia Trust to offer a day-long meeting with assorted speakers who introduce participants to the services and programs the two organizations offer. Consider attending the next Preservation 101 orientation, offered on May 5th.

Preservation by parking lot

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Does paving over archaeological remains successfully preserve them? thisisleistershire.co.uk photograph captioned “Public invited to view progress in search for King Richard III remains Pic Mike Sewell”.

Preservation license tag sales fund four SFY 2010 grants

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammysmith@thesga.org) Preservation Georgia Online for September 12–18, 2009, lists the four grants funded through statewide preservation license tag sales. The four SFY 2010 Georgia Heritage Grants total $46,285.

Preserving our past for our future: The Chesser-Williams House

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long You may know or have wondered about the wooden house that sits along the side of Braselton Highway between Old Peachtree Road and Gravel Springs Road. This structure is the Chesser–Williams House, which has been moved to the campus of the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center.

Preserving the last remaining school house on St. Simons Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rawson Gordon In 2004, Glynn County and the St. Simons Land Trust, Inc. acquired ownership of a tract of real estate, containing approximately 12 acres of land, known as the Harrington Tract and located on South Harrington Road on St.

President Blanton honored by HPD

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) HPD Director Ray Luce, on left, with award recipients Melina Vasquez, Lillian Davis, SGA President Dennis Blanton, Erica Danylchak, Richard Laub, Emily Eigel, Hilary Morrish, and Catherine Edgemon.

President outlines changes ahead for the SGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton (sgapresident@thesga.org) As the new president, I welcome the responsibility of leading The Society for Georgia Archaeology again. The organization is prospering and functioning in ways that were almost unthinkable when I served as president over a quarter-century ago.

President's Message through June 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapres@thesga.org) Welcome summer! I hope this message finds you well and enjoying a relaxed and hot summer here in Georgia. Hopefully you were able to attend SGA’s Spring Meeting on May 14th—the membership and general public participated in an educational meeting full of Civil War archaeology and recent archaeology research as well as a weekend full of fun activities.

President's Message, December 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapres@thesga.org) As the 2011 year rapidly winds down I take this opportunity to report on the status of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. The organization is in good financial health.

President's Message, fall 2008

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Carolyn Rock It’s hard to believe that my term as President of SGA is coming to an end. I have thoroughly enjoyed interacting with so many volunteers, both professional and avocational, who are dedicated to the preservation of Georgia’s archaeological heritage.

President's Message, spring 2008

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Carolyn Rock This Spring’s SGA symposium is just around the corner, scheduled for Saturday, April 26 at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta. The meeting, titled Archaeological Encounters in Georgia’s Spanish Period: New Discoveries and Improved Understandings, will provide a full day of speakers presenting the latest discoveries about the Spanish colonial presence in the state, and Spain’s interaction with Native Americans as well as other Europeans.

President's Message, summer 2008

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Carolyn Rock (cjrock@tds.net) Another Georgia Archaeology Month has just been completed, May 2008! The Spring meeting held on Saturday, April 26, was a grand introduction to the month. Meeting chairman and SGA Vice President Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum put together a well-planned program centered on the theme, “Archaeological Encounters in Georgia’s Spanish Period.

President's message, winter 2007

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Carolyn Rock What’s the definition of “milestone,” and why does it apply to the Society for Georgia Archaeology this fall? The first answer follows here: Milestone (n) 1. a stone serving as a milepost 2.

President's Message: Fall 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapres@thesga.org) It is that time of the year when good things happen. The weather is cooler and the leaves change into a delightful array of colors. If you are like me it is also one of the busiest times of the year.

President's Message: Fall 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapresident@thesga.org sgapresident@thesga.org sgapresident@thesga.org) October is a busy but magical time of the year—with cooler temperatures and the beautiful kaleidoscope of leaf color, it is one of my favorite seasons.

President's Message: Preparing for Archaeology Month 2011---and more

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapresident@thesga.org) Spring has sprung—I hope this issue of The Profile finds everyone well and renewing their chapter and SGA memberships! We appreciate your continued support of SGA and its mission to preserve Georgia’s rich archaeological sites for future generations.

President's Message: Spring 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Spring is such a lovely time of the year! The beautiful blossoms, the pollen, and of course Georgia Archaeology! We hope that you will join us for our annual Spring Meeting as well as Archaeology Month events throughout the state.

President's Message: Spring 2013

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (sgapresident@thesga.org) Spring has sprung, and the little archaeology elves are fast at work gearing up for Georgia Archaeology Month! Did you know that this year marks the twentieth year of our Georgia Archaeology Awareness promotion?

President's Message: Summer 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapresident@thesga.org) We hope you were able to join SGA at the Spring Meeting in May and if you didn’t, you missed a morning of great presentations and a delightful visit to Fort Daniel, complemented by Abby the ArchaeoBus.

President's Message: Summer 2013

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron It is hard to believe that the 20th Georgia Archaeology Awareness promotion has come and gone! Hopefully though, the Spring 2013 meeting will linger via the memories that were made, whether through seeing old friends, making new friends, or learning new information about Georgia’s past.

President's Message: The SGA's business moves forward

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

How about some good news in the midst of the nation’s “economic downturn”: membership in the Society for Georgia Archaeology is holding steady. This news confirms that SGA enjoys a loyal and committed following and, certainly, the organization would be nowhere without it.

President's Message: Winter 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (sgapresident@thesga.org) I will start this President’s Message off apologetically—I should have had this message out at the beginning of January, but life has thrown some major curve balls my way as of late.

Press reports on GARS Archaeology Month Event

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, together with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, hosted an Archaeology Month function at Fort Daniel on Saturday, 2 May, called the Frontier Fort Faire and Public Archaeology Event.

primitive technologist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a specialist in the manual arts and skills of the past; someone who can replicate and often interpret use of by-gone technologies Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Primitive technology in a modern world: The art of Brian Floyd

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Lamar Cazuela Punctate Incised Bowl created by Brian Floyd. Notice the color variation in the piece as a result of the firing process. The idea of locality is continually gaining respect throughout our modern society.

Private organizations

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Coosawattee Foundation, based in Calhoun, seeks to educate the public about the value of past and present Native American cultures, to work with landowners to preserve archaeological sites and the natural environments in the immediate vicinity of these sites, and to persuade the public and government leaders of the need to implement public policy mechanisms to protect these resources.

privy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

an outhouse, or a toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Profile Papers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Profile Papers: Technical Papers from the First Seventy-Five Issues of the Society for Georgia Archaeology Newletter was compiled by Patrick H. Garrow and George S. Lewis. The SGA reprinted useful and important articles that were difficult to obtain in the days before digital publications and widespread use of the Internet.

Programs and planning

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Bulloch Hall Archaeological Society The BHAS members used the September meeting as an annual planning meeting. Later in the fall we had two programs presented. One was by member Fred Scheidler on October 18th on Michoacan Bells.

Project Archaeology website

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Project Archaeology, based in Montana, has affiliated state programs around the USA, although not currently in Georgia. The mission of the PA is to use archaeological inquiry to foster understanding of past and present cultures; improve social studies and science education; and enhance citizenship education to help preserve our archaeological legacy—all using a hands-on approach.

projectile point/knife (PP/K or PPK)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

refers to stone points that were attached to spears or arrows, or stone tools used as a knife. Many stone tools commonly referred to as arrowheads were too large and heavy to have been attached to an arrow shaft and shot from a bow; the term PPK is a better choice.

Proposed increased funding for NSF budget under review

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On June 16th, President Barack Obama’s office responded to a proposal by the House of Representatives to reduce the funding he has proposed for FY 2010 of the National Science Foundation (NSF) by $108 million.

provenience (provenance)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the exact location of an artifact or feature within a site, based on its placement in a grid and its depth below the ground surface Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

psychology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the science of mental processes and emotional behavior of humans Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

public archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

in general, this term applies to any archaeological projects undertaken with total or partial funding from public coffers (Federal, state, municipal, other); see also CRM archaeology Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Purely online research resources

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The New Georgia Encyclopedia is a premier on-line resource for information about Georgia’s past, although it emphasizes Georgia’s history over its prehistory. Click here to visit the New Georgia Encyclopedia website.

radiocarbon dating

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a radiometric method of dating organic material that is based on the rate that unstable radioactive carbon-14 atoms, which are present in all living things (humans, trees, etc.), decay into carbon-12 and carbon-13 atoms

Read a free history book

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Is there an out-of-print University of Georgia Press history book that you’re interested in reading? You can do it now! The University of Georgia Press has partnered with the Digital Library of Georgia project to supply free online versions of many interesting and important works.

Read about a real archaeology project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) SGA President Dennis Blanton continues to blog about the laboratory studies now underway following this summer’s fieldwork into a very early historic site in south Georgia.

Read Archaeology Month 2010 Events Brochure

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman (pbaughman@dot.ga.gov) The ArchaeoBus at CoastFest 2009. The SGA proudly presents a brochure listing Archaeology Month events scheduled for around the state. This year, 2010, is Georgia’s seventeenth Archaeology Month!

Read January and February issues of Atlanta Antiquity

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Newsletter Editor Louie Campbell of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA, has forwarded digital copies of the January and February 2010 issues of Atlanta Antiquity for your perusal.

Read the diary of Abby the ArchaeoBus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Read the story of the SGA’s ArchaeoBus, as told by Abby the ArchaeoBus herself. The diary entries that Abby wants to share with the outside world are published on this website!

Read the GaPA blog to stay current on legislative news

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

GaPA stands for Georgians for Preservation Action. This organization, according to their webpage, “is the statewide coordinating council for historic preservation advocacy.” Now, GaPA has a blog! Follow this blog keep up with breaking news regarding legislative sessions, budget proposals, etc.

Read the latest from scientists on the topic of human evolution

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Figure 1 from Wood’s paper, “Reconstructing human evolution: Achievements, challenges, and opportunities." His caption is in the main text below. Read summaries of the latest scientific studies and analysis of evolution in human beings.

Read the text of William Bartram's 1791 Travels...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Read William Bartram’s Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians, published in 1791, on the internet.

Reconstruct, stabilize, or ???

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Simple schematic representation of basic choices we face in managing archaeological resources. This includes historic buildings as well as in-the-ground remains. All have associated costs in money, labor, and preservation of the resources.

Reconstructing archaeological ruins

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) One thing we have to consider when reconstructing ruins of any sort, including historic and ancient buildings, is the period or date to make the reconstruction match.

Reconstructing the Past: Archaeology and Experimentation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Scott Jones (info@mediaprehistoria.com) Archaeologists seeking to reconstruct past lifeways rely for their interpretations on the timeworn remains of ancient cultures for guidance; here in our humid Georgia climate, we are further disadvantaged since often only the inorganic residues of prehistoric culture remain.

reconstruction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the process of describing, explaining, and interpreting all facets of life in a now extinct culture—from the ways people made a living, to the clothes they wore, to the type of social organization in which they participated.

regional analysis

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of entire cultures or large sociopolitical units, especially through the investigation of change and continuity in settlement systems over a long period of time Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Register at the meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Online and pre-registration by mail for the SGA’s Fall 2012 meeting, to be held Saturday, October 27th, in Columbus are now closed. You can register at the meeting. Registration begins at 8:30AM.

Register NOW for Fall Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Historic Preservation of Prehistoric, Colonial and Plantation Structures on the Coast UPDATE: Read final meeting agenda by clicking here. Now’s the time to mark your calendars and register for the Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Fall Meeting, which will be Friday-Sunday, 15-17 October.

Register NOW for Spring Meeting, 2011

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron (tfherron@gmail.com) Gone But Not Forgotten: Rediscovering the Civil War through Archaeology Now’s the time to mark your calendars and register for The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Spring Meeting, which will be held May 13–15, 2011 in McDonough, Georgia.

Register online for the Spring Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Please pre-register for the SGA’s 2013 Spring Meeting, on Saturday, May 18th, in Macon using our new online registration option. This option is only available through Sunday, May 12th to give us time to order lunches.

relative dating techniques

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

methods that determine when an event occurred in relation to other events—before, simultaneously, after Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

relic

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

an object from a previous culture, an artifact Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Remember SGA in year-end giving

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

As the end of 2012 approaches, the SGA Officers and Board Members encourage and invite you to support the SGA through a financial contribution to the SGA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is used to support educational outreach and the preservation of archaeological sites.

Reminder: Attend SOGART Symposium on August 18th

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team, SOGART, a Chapter of the SGA, is sponsoring the 2012 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology, to be held Saturday, August 18th, in Stubbs Hall Auditorium on the South Georgia College campus in Douglas (see map below).

repartimiento

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Spanish word referring to a system for drafting human labor used by the Spanish to force Native Americans to work for them for part of each year; the system had vast and negative consequences for Native Americans in Georgia and across the New World

Report from the Office of the State Archaeologist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by David Crass (David_Crass@dnr.state.ga.us) I’m pleased to announce that the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography has been awarded a second Coastal Incentive Grant to study the effects of natural erosion on archaeological sites.

Report on bison conservation summarizes bison "archaeology"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) When humans enter an ecosystem, they displace some species and prey upon others. This is true of both plants and animals, including species most of us don’t really notice (for example, nematodes in soil and rotifers in freshwater).

Report on GPR survey conducted during 2010 fall meeting now available online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Did you attend the Fall 2010 meeting? Did you help Dan Elliott with the GPR survey at Gascoigne Bluff on St. Simons Island? Now, you can read his report and see maps of the results of the survey.

reporting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a critical step in archaeological research, sometimes overlooked; after field work and laboratory analysis, document searches, and a period of thoughtfulness, a good, ethical archaeologist prepares a report on the investigations.

Reports completed; excavations undertaken

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by The LAMAR Institute, Inc. Since our last report of activity, which covered up to April 2007, our research team has remained active. We completed the archaeological reports on Fort Hawkins in Bibb County, Nash Farm Battlefield in Henry County, and North End Plantation of Ossabaw Island.

Research continues at the Duckett site

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This summer Jack Wynn, long-time SGA member and professor of anthropology at the University of North Georgia, returned to the Duckett site with his field school and members of the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild to continue an ongoing field research program.

Researcher skill: Assessing letters

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) General Howard is standing at left in this drawing of General William T. Sherman (seated, center) and his generals printed on the front page of the 29 November 1894 issue of the National Tribune; it has Howard’s signature on the left.

Researchers investigate prehistoric use of Selden Park

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo by Terry Dickson. Terry Dickson reports in the online version of The Augusta Chronicle about archaeological investigations in the Brunswick community of Selden Park in an article dated October 3rd, 2010.

Reserve your room for October meeting in Athens

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A block of fifteen rooms are reserved at the Holiday Inn in Athens (197 E. Broad Street) for the upcoming Fall Meeting. The meeting will be all day on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011.

Resources at Risk

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Resources at Risk: Defending Georgia’s Hidden Heritage is a special issue of Early Georgia, published in May 2001. The goals of this issue were 1) to expand public perception of what archaeology is and what archaeologists do; 2) to call attention to the urgent need for the preservation and stewardship of archaeological resources, or at least the recovery of basic information before it is destroyed; and, 3) to spur discussion of new ways that Georgians can accumulate more archaeological knowledge and save more resources, and disseminate this new information to the public.

Reunion of PIT volunteers, April 30th

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Submitted by Jack Wynn (jtmfwynn@windstream.net) The exterior front of the company store-warehouse building today. Were you ever a Passport In Time Volunteer? If so, you are invited to the Passport In Time (PIT) Reunion at Scull Shoals, Georgia!

Revisiting Anneewakee Creek (9DO2)

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Submitted by Dylan Woodliff During October 2012, Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI) conducted a Phase I archaeological survey for a proposed improvement to the intersection of SR 166/Duncan Memorial Highway and SR 92/SR 154 in Douglas County, Georgia.

Rice-farming in Georgia, briefly

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Satellite image from Google Maps, showing outlines of abandoned rice fields in marsh area. Peter A. Coclanis, in the online New Georgia Encyclopedia, writes: Rice cultivation began in South Carolina in the late seventeenth century but did not become deeply entrenched until the second or third decade of the eighteenth century.

Rita Elliott to receive 2010 Governor's Award in the Humanities

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In a letter from Governor Sonny Perdue, long-time SGA member and past president Rita Elliott was informed that she will be a recipient of the prestigious Governor’s Award in the Humanities.

ritual

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a set of behaviors, which perhaps may be termed a ceremony, usually performed for symbolic reasons; rituals may be regularly performed (e.g., daily, weekly, or seasonally), or they may be performed in conjunction with a specific event (e.

Rituals and archaeology: MLK's two burial places

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) By definition, archaeologists do not have access to data on the full range of the culture of the people who left behind the remains they investigate.

Road trip: Augusta's Springfield community

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Image of Springfield Baptist Church, the heart of Springfield community, in downtown Augusta. Image from Google Maps streetview (which is why there’s a funny partly opaque parallelogram on the right half of the image).

Road Trip: Bartow History Museum, Cartersville

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Submitted by Amanda Brown (AmandaB@bartowhistorymuseum.org) A visit to the Bartow History Museum is indeed a trip back in time! The museum documents the history of northwest Georgia’s Bartow County, spanning more than two hundred years since the Cherokee were the area’s primary residents.

Road trip: Chief Vann's house

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Just over two hundred years ago, craftsmen built the first brick home within the Cherokee nation. The owner, James Vann, was a prosperous Cherokee businessman, and one of the foremost leaders of the Cherokee Upper Towns.

Road trip: Russell Cave

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The mouth of Russell Cave, looking out in springtime. Visit Russell Cave and walk back in time. Russell Cave is in the TAG area—where the states of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia meet (get it: T-A-G?

Road trip: Scull Shoals

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) With a name like Scull Shoals*, ya gotta check out this place! And it’s fascinating! There’s a big river—the Oconee. There’re ruins—from an historic industrial complex!

Robins AFB archaeology

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Submitted by Stephen Hammack (Stephen.Hammack.ctr@Robins.af.mil) Stephen Hammack, the Robins Air Force Base on-site archaeologist, continues to give lectures about the archaeology of the Base. He spoke to Dr. Jo Anna Watson’s Mercer University “Introduction to Archaeology” class in Macon on January 17th, and to the Jones County Rotary Club on February 28th.

Rock art lecture and book signing announcement

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Submitted by Jannie Loubser (jloubser@stratumunlimited.com) The Dawn of Art: Recent Discoveries on Shamanism, Altered States and the Origin of Religion and Art Free public lecture followed by a book signing at the Savannah College for Art and Design (SCAD) Event Space, Atlanta Campus, on Saturday Night April 25, 2009 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM

Rock carving expert to speak about Mayans in northern Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jim Langford (jlangford@fc-solutions.com) Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society member Jim Langford sent thesga.org this notice…. NWGAS is a Chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology.\ Mayans in North Georgia??? This question raised some eyebrows and much heated discussion a few weeks ago when a Georgian posed this as a “substantiated” fact.

Rock piling in Georgia

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The 1990 issue of Early Georgia (volume 18) featured Thomas H. Gresham’s article “Historic Patterns of Rock Piling and the Rock Pile Problems.” In the introduction, Mr. Gresham notes: Rock piles, a term that can be broadly applied to a wide array of prehistoric and historic features, have long been of interest to the archaeologist and the general public.

rock shelter

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a relatively shallow cave in a cliff-face, some were occupied for extensive periods in prehistory Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

SAA concerned about proposed Arizona land swap

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Society for American Archaeology continues to monitor legislative actions, especially at the Federal level. In mid-June, the Society submitted a letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests regarding S.

SAA newsletter available via new reader

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Society for American Archaeology, a national organization with over 7000 members, publishes a newsletter five times each year. The SAA offers that newsletter for free via the Internet.

Sapelo Island lightkeeper's house rediscovered

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) SGA leadership touring Sapelo Lighthouse area. Remember back in February 2010 when the SGA leadership held the winter retreat near Darien? We even had this photo lead the story of our next-day visit to Sapelo Island….

SAS busy with surveys

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Submitted by SAS (706-546-1850) Southeastern Archeological Services (SAS) has completed a data recovery excavation project and several surveys in Georgia in the past few months. We have current survey work ongoing in Sumter and Lee counties, Pickens County, and Gordon County.

Savannah's Revolutionary War battle detailed

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Download an archaeological report and list of artifacts recovered during recent research to locate, identify, and determine the level of preservation of as many locales as possible in the City of Savannah that are related to the October 9, 1779 Battle of Savannah.

Save the date for the SGA Spring Meeting: May 15th

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The Spring Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology is set for Saturday, May 15th, 2010. The meeting will be held at The Parks at Chehaw just outside of Albany, and is, of course, open to the public.

Save the date for the Spring Meeting of the SGA, May 10, 2014

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Submitted by Tammy Herron Please make plans to join us on Saturday, May 10th, 2014 at Red Top Mountain State Park for the Spring Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology.

Save the Date! October 17th

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Mark your calendar now! The SGA’s Fall 2009 meeting will be Saturday, October 17th, at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. Stay tuned for details!

Save the date: 2014 Fall Meeting of the SGA

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Save the Date! The Fall Meeting of the SGA will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2014 in Statesboro, Georgia. Matt Newberry and P. T. Ashlock are in charge of local arrangements for the meeting.

Save the date: Fall 2010 Meeting

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Save the date for this year’s Fall Meeting, to be held in the Brunswick/St. Simons Island area on Saturday, October 16th. The meeting organizer is SGA Board Member Kevin Kiernan. Read more details on this website as plans are firmed up.

Saving Georgia's Dirt at CoastFest 2009

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Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) With over 7000 visitors from across and outside the state, CoastFest 2009 broke all records for attendance this year. Held on the first Saturday of October on the grounds of the Coastal Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources, at the northern foot of the stunning Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, CoastFest is an annual extravaganza of interactive exhibitions and sideshows relating to Georgia’s coastal heritage.

SCAD student enjoys the SGA's Fall Meeting

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Submitted by Adrienne Birge-Wilson (adriennebirge@gmail.com) SCAD HP students mix with “amiable, laid-back” SGA members and guests at the SGA’s Fall Meeting, a tour of archaeological sites in the St. Simons Island area.

Scales of data and analysis

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Social scientists, including archaeologists, examine both big-picture issues and fine-grained data. This means they consider large-scale topics like sociopolitical evolution and the formation of nation-states. Of course, some of the data archaeologists collect is very small and local, like the location of house posts and fire pits, and the distribution of houses in a community—for example, in a prehistoric village, as surrounded the mounds we call Etowah, near Cartersville.

Schedule for the SGA's Fall Meeting, October 17th

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Submitted by Catherine Long (sgavicepresident@thesga.org) The SGA’s Fall Meeting organizer, Catherine Long, has announced the meeting schedule. The Fall SGA Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 17 at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford (see map below).

School's out

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Weekly Ponder is on vacation. In honor of this modern habit, we suggest you ponder the seasonal patterns that people living in what is now Georgia in the recent and long-ago past sensed.

Scouts learn what Real Archaeology is

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by David Chamness Boy Scouts from Troop 125 in Holly Springs, Georgia performed some real life science by helping William Phillips, an Eagle Scout from Troop 11 of Gainesville, Georgia in early May 2010.

scraper

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a stone tool designed for use in scraping hides, bones and other materials that has been flaked (knapped) on one side. Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Screven County Library hosts exhibit for Archaeology Month 2010

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Screven County Library in Sylvania (106 South Community Drive) is hosting an exhibit celebrating Archaeology Month for the whole month of May, 2010. The exhibit will highlight the Society for Georgia Archaeology and its vision that all Georgians understand the significance of their archaeological sites so that they will support archaeological preservation, education, and research.

Scull Shoals Heritage Festival, Saturday, April 30th, 2011

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky Joe Reynolds and Tom Sparks of Greene County call themselves “Keepers of the Sound.” They play sitting under a tree and their music spreads happiness across the village most of the day!

SEAC announces 2014 public outreach grant

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The Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC), in order to promote public awareness of archaeology in the Southeast, supports a program of small grants to finance public outreach projects. SEAC provides an annual grant of $2,000 to an applicant through a competitive application process.

SEAC Grant Program offers up to \$2K annually

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Are you looking for funding for educational or outreach activities? Click here to read about the grant offered by the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. They offer one grant per year, not to exceed $2000.

SEAC's 2010 Public Outreach Grant announced

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The 2010 SEAC Public Outreach Grant has been awarded to Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia, for their project “Digging History” at Fort Frederica: Community Archaeology Festival. The festival features SGA’s ArchaeoBus.

Search for Fort Daniel

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Submitted by Jim D’Angelo and Shannon E. Coffey (jdangelo@trcsolutions.com and secoffey@bellsouth.net) The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) has been conducting an archaeological investigation at the traditional site of one of Georgia’s earliest frontier forts, Fort Daniel, in Hog Mountain (Hamilton Mill), Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Searching the SGA's website

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) \ We hope you’ve noticed the little search box below the tag cloud on the green navigation bar along the right side of your screen.

Second donation gratefully received from Lacy Foundation

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology has received a generous donation from The Lacy Foundation this month. We are very excited to share this news with you as these funds will help support the initiatives of the organization in the preservation of Georgia’s archaeological sites and education about the importance of our archaeological resources.

sedentism

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refers to a social group’s lifeways when members live in one place, and are not normally mobile or migratory Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

September 2012 issue of GARS newsletter available

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September 2016 Archaeology Events

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Ocmulgee Indian Celebration [The Ocmulgee Indian Celebration]{.underline} will be held September 17th and 18th at Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia! The annual Ocmulgee Indian Celebration Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (BRAG) Wednesday, September 14th, 6:00 PM

September 23rd, 2013

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\ These were some smart kids! They are all part of the S.A.G.E. program, and we could all tell why. They had already been studying up on their archaeological knowledge, and they knew what they were talking about!

September 26, 2010

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In fact, my handlers are arranging something VERY special for the fair. In addition to all my regular activities, I will have three special ones about agriculture for the fair. Yeah, I know, that’s what I said.

September and October issues of Atlanta Antiquity available

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Below are links to downloadable PDFs of the September and October issues of Atlanta Antiquity, the newsletter of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA. The GAAS meets monthly, except in the summer months of July and August, so these newsletters provide a way for members to stay in touch.

September symposium in Washington, D.C.

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, D.C. announces its 16th annual symposium to be held in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 9 am until 5:45 pm.

seriation

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a dating technique based on the popularity cycle of cultural styles that allows archaeologists to place objects in a chronology Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

settlement systems (or patterns)

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the distribution of humans across the landscape and the cultural and environmental variables that affect that distribution Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Seventh Annual Phoenix Flies: 6--22 March 2010

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Phoenix Flies unites a community of Preservation Partners to enhance Atlanta and promote its heritage. The name comes from the mythical bird that consumed itself by fire and then rose anew from the ashes.

SGA Chapter Challenge Won by Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Congratulations to the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS), who recently accepted the winning trophy from the Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) President Tammy Herron, at the Fall 2013 meeting of the SGA held at the Zell B.

SGA Endowment Fund contributors

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Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@gmail.com) Editor’s note: Rita says this list is current as of 20 May 2010.\ The following people and organizations have demonstrated their support for the Society for Georgia Archaeology by donating to the Society’s Endowment Fund.

SGA Endowment Fund surpasses \$20,000!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (relliott@chsgeorgia.org) As 2008 rolled in, so did a number of important contributions to The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Endowment Fund. January, alone, brought $700 worth of donations to the fund.

SGA Fall 2014 Meeting Schedule Now Available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology will hold its annual fall meeting Saturday, October 18th, 2014 on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. Registration will take place from 8:00-8:30 a.

SGA Fall 2016 Meeting

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Archaeology in Action: The Latest in Georgia Archaeology, a symposium at the 73rd Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) Meeting In lieu of our annual Autumn meeting, the Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) will be hosting a symposium at the 73^rd^ Annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) Meeting in Athens, GA October 26-29, 2016.

SGA Fall Meeting Schedule

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology will hold the 2015 Fall Meeting this Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at Fort Daniel Elementary School in Gwinnett County, Georgia. This link will take you to a map of Fort Daniel Elementary School.

SGA in Depth

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The Society of Georgia Archaeology (SGA), initiated in the 1930s and reorganized in 1973, is a 501(c)3 (non-profit) organization; its members are avocational and professional archaeologists. These pages on the website lead to more information about our organization.

SGA is now accepting electronic payments via Square®

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Misplaced your checkbook? No more stamps? Never fear! Joining SGA and paying your annual dues just got a lot easier, because SGA has adopted Square® as a means of accepting credit card payments!

SGA leadership tours Sapelo Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) SGA leadership touring Sapelo Lighthouse. When the SGA leadership visited the coast in February 2010, many of us also toured Sapelo Island with archaeologist Dr. Ray Crook, who has worked on the island for decades.

SGA leadership's Winter 2010 retreat at Ashantilly

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Main, east fascade of Ashantilly plantation house. The SGA and its members owe a big debt of thanks to the wonderful, kind folks at the Ashantilly Center, an historic plantation house and grounds just north of Darien.

SGA letter concerning closing of Georgia Archives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

On behalf of the SGA, President Catherine Long has sent a letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and others regarding our concern over the planned closing of the Georgia Archives on 1 November 2012.

SGA makes an impact at the 2013 Social Studies Conference

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The day dawned bright and early for the volunteers at the ArchaeoBus at the Social Studies Conference in Athens. As the bus backed into the location at the Classic Center the New South Associates team sprang into action.

SGA members discuss Civil War research techniques

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Read Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Cameron McWhirter’s story “Science digs into Civil War sites,” dated 28 November 2009 by clicking here. The story discusses how public archaeologists are using modern technologies to discover new information from Civil War sites.

SGA President's message: January 2011

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Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) Welcome to the year 2011—one filled with many plans to celebrate and educate about Georgia Archaeology. It is my pleasure to report good news at SGA.

SGA Spring 2014 meeting schedule now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA invites you to join us for the 2014 Spring Meeting to be held on Saturday, May 10th in the Lakeside Ballroom at Red Top Mountain State Park located at 50 Lodge Road, Cartersville, GA 30121.

SGA Spring Meeting 2016

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SPRING MEETING INFORMATION Mark your calendar! The SGA Spring Meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 20-21, 2016 in St. Marys & Cumberland Island as part of 2016 Archaeology Month celebrating – Dynamic Borders: The Archaeology of Cumberland Island.

SGA Store

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The SGA plans to make available on-demand items like Tshirts, mouse pads, and beer mugs. Proceeds from these purchases will help the Society reach its education, preservation, and stewardship goals.

SGA Store shipping and cancellation policy

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SGA Store shipping and cancellation policy Return/Cancellation policy The Society for Georgia Archaeology appreciates your purchase of the product. While we offer products of the highest quality, we hope that you will be satisfied with your purchase; however, due to the limited staff and the uniqueness of our products, we are unable to accept returns or cancellations.

SGA ups its online profile!

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The SGA’s website committee—that is: Michael Shirk, Kevin Kiernan, and Sammy Smith—has been hard at work developing a new website for the Society. Actually, the three of us have been working on content and ideas for the structure of the site.

SGA welcomes new editor

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The SGA has a new editor of The Profile and the website content. Please meet Ben Steere! If you have a story or a story idea you think might be appropriate for The Profile/the website, please write Ben here for information and consideration.

SGA's 2011 Spring Meeting agenda set

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The agenda is set for the SGA’s Spring Meeting, which will be held at the Henry County Chamber of Commerce in McDonough on Saturday, May 14th. Events associated with the meeting commence on Friday the 13th, and continue on Sunday the 15th.

SGA's Spring Meeting, May 15th, near Albany

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology invites you to join us in honoring the our state’s seventeenth annual Archaeology Month! The theme is “Making the Past Come to Life! Exploring Ancient Techniques.

SHA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque

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Submitted by Jim D’Angelo (jdangelo@trcsolutions.com) Pictured left to right: Joe Joseph, Rochelle Banks (TRC-Houston), SHA Conference Chair Howard Higgins (TRC-Albuquerque), Mary Beth Reed, Jim D’Angelo, and Barbara Garrow. The Society for Historical Archaeology and Council on Underwater Archaeology held their annual meetings jointly in Albuquerque, New Mexico this past January, co-sponsored by TRC.

sherd

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short for potsherd; potsherds are broken pieces of pottery or ceramics Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Singer-Moye ownership shifted to UGA

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Submitted by Mike Bunn (mbunn@columbusmuseum.com) On Monday, November 17, 2008, the Columbus Museum formally transferred ownership of the Singer-Moye mound site property, located in Stewart County, to the University of Georgia.

site

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any area showing evidence of human activity as revealed through artifacts and/or features Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

site steward

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a volunteer who watches a site, reports on any activity such as vandalism and looting, and assists archaeologists and land owners in preserving the archaeological resources in the site Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Sitemap

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Skillet Blue Cornbread

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) This recipe adapted from 1993 Southwestern Indian Recipe Book: Apache, Papago, Pima, Pueblo, and Navajo by Zora Getmansky Hesse (The Filter Press, Palmer Lake, Colorado), and is from a modern Pueblo recipe.

Slave-related court cases collected in online archive

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) History professor Loren Schweninger at the University of North Carolina—Greensboro has spent eighteen years collecting data on slaves across fifteen states and the District of Columbia.

Snacking in Middle Woodland times: plant foods

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Back in Middle Woodland times, there was no McDonalds, no Starbucks, and no drive-up windows. Middle Woodland times date to roughly 1000 BC to AD 300, so the lack of convenience food shops is not surprising.

Social science \> anthropology \> archaeology

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Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeologists think of human society as very complex, meaning it has many interconnected parts. Since they focus on people—and societies—that now are gone, they look to studies of living people and societies for insights.

Social Studies Fair Guidelines

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Special Award: Georgia Archaeology Sponsored by the Society for Georgia Archaeology and the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists Award: $50 cash in junior division and $50 cash in senior division

society

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a society is an aggregate of people living more-or-less together in a more-or-less ordered community or group of communities; members of a society tend to have shared customs, laws, and civic-ceremonial institutions, but they may not—indeed, members may use different languages and even self-identify to different ethnicities.

sociocultural

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pertaining to social institutions, customs, and behaviors Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

sociology

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the study of human social behavior and institutions, especially those in the modern world Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

sociopolitical

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pertaining to both political structures and culture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Southern Research busy around the state, researches Hobo Ken

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Submitted by Southern Research, Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. (706-582-2440) Southern Research has recently carried out a number of projects in Georgia that may be of interest to the members of SGA.

Speaker at the GAAS November 9th meeting will discuss Spanish Paleolithic cave

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Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society member Allen Vegotsky sent thesga.org this notice…. GAAS is a Chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. I am very pleased to pass on this notice of the next GAAS presentation by Dr.

Special containers---golf bag and handbag: Audacious Archaeology Auction items (\#4)

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species

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in biology, and science in general, refers to a group of organisms that are similar and capable of exchanging genes, or interbreeding The species is a natural taxonomic unit. Taxonomists classify organisms based on similarities.

Spread the Word, Save Our Sites

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Contact Your Representative today : A Call to Action. Help Protect Archaeological Sites in Georgia! The public needs to share its concerns with the media and elected officials by contacting members in the House of Representatives and sharing the press release with your local news outlets.

Spring 2009 Meeting a grand success!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) What an exciting day! At the all-day 2009 Spring Meeting, held May 16th at Wesleyan College in Macon, we enjoyed formal presentations on current research and provocative ideas about many aspects of Georgia archaeology, touching on the theme of this year’s Archaeology Month: Mounds in Our Midst: Monuments of Prehistoric Culture in Georgia.

Spring 2010 meeting housing information

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The Spring 2010 Meeting of the Society for Georgia Archaeology will be Saturday, May 15th, at The Parks at Chehaw, just outside of Albany. The SGA has reserved a block of rooms at the Country Inn & Suites, one of Albany’s newest hotels.

Spring 2012 Meeting hotel and meeting info

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Submitted by Tammy Herron (tfherron@gmail.com) Please make plans to attend the Spring 2012 Meeting of The Society for Georgia Archaeology on Saturday, May 19th, at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville. The College is located at 1000 University Centre Lane, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043.

Spring 2013 issue of The Profile now available

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You now can download or read issue number 156 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in January, February, or March of 2013.

Spring 2014 issue of The Profile now available

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You now can download or read issue number 159 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in January, February, or March of 2014.

Spring 2014 President's Message

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Submitted by Tammy Herron, President Spring is finally in the air, and the warmer temperatures have me yearning to be outside working in the field rather than tied to a desk and computer.

Spring GCPA meeting scheduled for Friday, May 15th

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The 2009 Spring meeting of the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists will take place on Friday, May 15th from 1:45–3:30 pm in the Taylor building, Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road, in Macon.

Spring Meeting 2012 preliminary FINAL schedule

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The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to present the preliminary program for our Spring Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, May 19, at Georgia Gwinnett College. This meeting is in conjunction with 2012 Archaeology Month.

Spring Meeting Information

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Mark your calendar: the SGA Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Valdosta as part of 2015 Archaeology Month celebrations. The theme for this year’s Archaeology Month is “Native Shores, European Waves: Contact Archaeology in Georgia.

St. Catherines Island Archaeological Collection at Fernbank

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton (dennis.blanton@fernbank.edu) Transfer of the St. Catherines Island Foundation and Edward John Noble Foundation Collection of archaeological material to Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was begun early in 2004.

St. Catherines Island ceramics featured in new Fernbank exhibit

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dennis Blanton Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta has opened a new permanent exhibition featuring artifacts from St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Using pottery as a lens, Conveyed in Clay: Stories from St.

St. Simons Island resident receives George S. Lewis Archaeological Stewardship Award

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@gmail.com) Here’s the text of the SGA’s press release of October 21st, 2010:\ Glynn County 4th grade teacher Ellen Provenzano was awarded the prized George S. Lewis Archaeological Stewardship Award by the Society for Georgia Archaeology.

Stallings Island Events in the Augusta Area

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Stallings Island Revisited – Augusta, Georgia Dr. Kenneth Sassaman, Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of Florida Archaeology at the University of Florida, the foremost expert on Stallings Island and Stallings culture and the last person to conduct a sanctioned dig on the island, scheduled to speak in Augusta.

Stallings Island stewardship is difficult, important

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeological sites contain irreplaceable information. Sites are nonrenewable and finite. They can only be excavated once. There is no second chance to recover the important information concealed in the soil.

State Archaeologist Crass is new Director of HPD

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

State Archaeologist Dr. David Colin Crass is the new Director of the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the DNR announced on 27 January 2010.

State Social Studies Fair

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Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) Madison Zerbe, fifth grade, and her winning exhibit. For the sixth year, SGA and the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists sponsored an Archaeology Award at the State Social Studies Fair held at Clayton State University on March 22.

State-level organizations

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Georgia’s Office of the State Archaeologist is within the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources. Read more about it here. The Georgia Archaeological Site File is the official repository for information about Georgia’s archaeological sites, dating to all periods and including standing historic buildings.

Stay tuned: Spring meeting plans underway

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just a brief head’s-up that plans for the Spring Meeting (that is, Spring 2010) are moving forward. We plan to meet in Albany, and we’re looking at Saturdays in mid-May.

Step right up! Help at the 2011 Georgia National Fair

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Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@gmail.com) Volunteers Tom Gresham (left), Allen Vegotsky (center), and JC Burns (right) prepare an interactive display table for the 2010 Georgia National Fair. Come One, Come All!

Stiff fines for site looting handed down in Burke County

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tom Gresham (searcheo@aol.com) Archaeologist Jerald Ledbetter records stratigraphic information to provide context for the looted artifacts and bone. Burke County State Court Judge Jerry Daniel in January 2010 handed down heavy fines on four east Georgia men who pled guilty to multiple counts related to looting a Late Archaic, Stallings culture shell midden site on the Ogeechee River in southern Burke County, Georgia.

Stone Age

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the earliest period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

stone tool

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an implement used in prehistoric cultures made from stone; see lithics Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

STOP!!

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Submitted by Rita Elliott Whatever you do, please do not send any money to the SGA Endowment this month. The Swiss Bank account is full and our U.S. accountants are working double shifts to process the checks, cash, and stock options that have been rolling in.

strata

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the layers of soil and artifacts in a site Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

stratigraphy

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the sequence of layers of soil and/or artifacts on a site; they generally lay atop one another like cake and frosting in a layer cake If layers are undisturbed, the more recent layers will lie above the older layers.

Student reflects on the 2013 Georgia Southern field school

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Amanda Shively, Georgia Southern University undergraduate My field school experience this past summer was an invaluable lesson in Georgia archaeology, Native American history, and archaeological field techniques. Led by Dr.

Study Georgia's natural environment using 1978 volume

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Before the internet and the myriad of information it offers, archaeologists frequently referred to Charles H. Wharton’s The Natural Environments of Georgia, originally published in 1978.

Submission Guidelines for Early Georgia

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ARTICLES are usually longer than REPORTS and address topics of major importance in a way that reaches out to a broad audience of professional archaeologists and the informed public. REPORTS, on the other hand, may be more technical, address a specific topic, and be of primary interest to relatively fewer readers.

subsistence

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the means through which humans make a daily living, usually referring to how they procure food, e.g., through gathering-and-hunting, or through agriculture Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Summer 2008 activities, fall plans

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Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society’s activities this summer were very low key, compared to 2007 when we worked on the Groves Creek site on Skidaway Island. We spent the summer of 2008 in air conditioned comfort at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum washing, sorting and cataloguing artifacts from excavations, lead by Mark Newell, made along the Canal from 2006-2008.

Summer 2012 issue of The Profile now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) You now can download or read issue number 153 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in April, May, or June 2012.

Summer 2013 issue of The Profile now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You now can download or read issue number 157 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in April, May, or June of 2013.

Summer 2014 issue of The Profile now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You now can download or read issue number 160 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in April, May, or June of 2014.

Summer 2014 President's Message

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Herron It is hard to believe that another Georgia Archaeology Awareness promotion has come and gone! Hopefully though, the Spring 2014 Meeting will linger through the memories that were made—whether through seeing old friends, making new friends, or learning new information about Georgia’s past.

Summer fieldwork at Poverty Point dates enigmatic buried features

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Satellite view of the Poverty Point site, from Google Earth. North is to the right in this screen grab. Poverty Point is a famous prehistoric mound and village site in far northeast Louisiana, along a terrace adjacent to a tributary of the Mississippi River now called Bayou Marçon.

Sunday tour after Spring Meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy F. Herron (forehand@sc.edu) Albany Convention and Visitors Bureau from street view at Google Maps. Georgia Archaeology Month 2010 Chairman Tammy F. Herron announces: For those attending the Spring Meeting in Albany on Saturday, May 15th, there is an optional tour scheduled for Sunday, May 16th, from 9:30 a.

Sunscreen. Check. Bug-spray. Check. Sunhat. Check.

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oblique view of Ocmulgee National Monument, from Google Earth…. And don’t forget your (full) water bottle, sunglasses, and perhaps a snack. The Lamar Mounds trip is on for Sunday, May 17th at 10 am.

Superposition

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) This huge planter built of natural stone cemented together is one of several pieces of nineteenth-century decorative architecture you can see in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park.

Support the SGA's endeavors: Support the Endowment Fund

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

What, you missed the Audacious Archaeology Auction? Guess what—it is not too late to contribute to the Endowment of SGA! A challenge grant opportunity has been issued by the Coosawattee Foundation—the Foundation will match up to $250.

survey

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the systematic examination of the landscape for evidence of human activity, may be done by examining the ground surface for artifacts or by digging small probe holes (usually shovel tests)

Survey in Clayton and Fayette counties sheds light on Civil War battlefield

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Richard Moss In 2012, Edwards-Pitman Environmental conducted a Phase I survey of McDonough Road in Fayette and Clayton counties for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) under contract with American Engineers, Inc.

synchronic

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during a single period of time; contrast with diachronic Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Take Action: Ocmulgee Expansion Vote Set for November 10th

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Ocmulgee 2015 “Passport to Your National Parks” stamp sticker series. With your help, Ocmulgee National Monument could become much larger in just one week. If you attended SGA’s Spring and Fall 2014 meetings or live anywhere near Macon, you know this story has been a hot topic this year.

Take home history: Audacious Archaeology Auction items (\#7)

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Take home silver or bronze: Audacious Archaeology Auction items (\#3)

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Tammy Herron Receives 2018 Joseph R. Caldwell Award

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

At the 2018 Spring meeting, Tammy Herron received the Joseph R. Caldwell Award for outstanding service to Georgia Archaeology. The Caldwell Award recognizes those individuals dedicating a noteworthy amount of time and energy toward supporting an archaeological project; making outstanding contributions in the area of public education and Georgia archeology; and providing substantial support for SGA and its programs over time.

Tammy Herron to speak at the February GAAS meeting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Allen Vegostsky (vegotsky@earthlink.net) I am very pleased to invite you to the February 14th GAAS meeting at which Tammy Herron of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP) will be the guest speaker.

taphonomy

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the study of the processes that effect organic remains in the formation of fossils; archaeologists use the term to refer to the processes that affect abandoned archaeological materials Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Tasty tidbits versus wild fruit

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Story (Counterpoint, 1997), ethnobotanist and essayist Gary Paul Nabhan argues that modern peoples tend not to have opportunities for discovery in the natural world, and that this distance from our environment means we don’t grasp the complexity of the world and of ecology.

Teacher Resources

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Teaching Creek heritage in the 21st century

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Submitted by Richard L. Thornton (talamachusee@aol.com) Prominently displayed on the office wall of the Muskogee (Creek) Tribe’s Chief Justice, Patrick Moore, is a tattered old flag. At first glance, one might assume it was a Civil War ancestor’s regimental banner.

temper

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a substance added to the clay when manufacturing pottery, usually to harden or strengthen the material; temper may be shell, crushed stone, crushed pottery, sand, bone, Spanish moss, or other substances

Ten essential mobile apps for the archaeologist

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Amanda L. Morrow After reading the article posted earlier this summer about the release of the Digging Savannah app for Android systems, I began compiling a list of helpful apps for those involved with archaeology and history in Georgia.

Terminology: What do archaeologists mean by "symbol"?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Some of the best-known artifacts had immense symbolism to the peoples who made and used them. Consider the Etowah mounds, the Constitution of the United States of America, and royal crowns.

Terracon busy near Atlanta, Gainesville, elsewhere

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Terracon Consultants (770-623-0755) Terracon archaeologists and historians continue to maintain busy field schedules across the southeast. The summer and autumn seasons have sent our staff to southwest, northern, and coastal Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, and the far reaches of northwest Virginia.

Test yourself about the Columbian Exchange

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Earth, of course, is a sphere. This projection, by Google Maps, “flattens” the sphere, and distorts the curved shape to display it on the flat surface of your screen.

Thank You

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Thank you, Editor Pluckhahn

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Submitted by SGA President Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) For the past four years Tom Pluckhahn has served the Society for Georgia Archaeology as the Editor of our journal, Early Georgia. As he is incoming Editor for Southeastern Archaeology, the journal of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, we could not pass up the opportunity to thank him for his contributions to continuing the professionalism of the journal.

Thanks, archaeology volunteers

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jack T. Wynn (jtmfwynn@windstream.net) “Archaeology is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!” David Hurst Thomas (and probably others) caught our attention with this comment on his life’s pursuit.

The (electronic) Profile is coming!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jack the Badger (jtmfwynn@windstream.net) Greetings, Georgia Archaeologists! THE PROFILE IS COMING! THE PROFILE IS COMING! Well, it’s coming if YOU help bring it along! What’s coming that’s super-special is that for the first time THE PROFILE will be entirely electronic—no paper mail-outs!

The 2013 SGA Posters are on their way

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Leslie Perry Each year The Society for Georgia Archaeology designs an archaeology awareness poster to celebrate May as Archaeology Month in Georgia. The 2013 poster was designed by SGA Board Member Amanda Morrow, with graphics assistance provided by Vince Macek of TRC Environmental Corporation, and support from the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program.

The ArchaeoBus attends Girl Scout camp

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Teresa Groover and Tom Gresham SGA’s ArchaeoBus, nicknamed Abby, visited a week-long Girl Scout Eco-camp in Oglethorpe County in July, 2011. The leader of the camp, Amy Glinski, was an archaeologist who is now a teacher.

The ArchaeoBus is Georgia's Mobile Archaeology Classroom

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So, why should you have the ArchaeoBus visit your school? A Georgia teacher answers: Do your students groan every time you ask them to take out their social studies books? Do you get blank stares when you ask students to discuss specific time periods in history?

The Bigger Picture: Using Landscape Archaeology to Better Understand Two Late Archaic Shell Rings on St. Catherines Island

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Ginessa Mahar (gmahar@amnh.org) Archaeological crews from the American Museum of Natural History have been excavating on St. Catherines Island for over 30 years. This fall we returned to the island with a very specific, yet far reaching research plan.

The busy Christmas shopper

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

During the holiday rush, here is a poem, as you consider the benefits of giving a contribution to the SGA Endowment Fund as a holiday gift. Such a gift is a wonderful way to recognize the business associates, colleagues, friends, and family in your life and is a great way to support public archaeological outreach.

The Chattahoochee Valley Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Mike Bunn (The Columbus Museum) Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1864. Union pickets at rest on top of Confederate breast works southeast of Atlanta looking east to where the battle of July 22, 1864 began.

The Encyclopedia of Life plans to catalog all species

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) En route to understanding the ecological context of our human past, archaeologists tend to be interested in non-human life and plant and animal communities. The Encyclopedia of Life is a website that seeks:

The Endowment, an unexpected opportunity for insight

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) Working on the Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Endowment Fund has been an insightful learning experience. Most recently, it has been both a somber and uplifting one.

The Future of The Profile

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Larissa Thomas (LThomas@trcsolutions.com) Two issues loom large in the future of The Profile, and both of them require input from the SGA membership. The first pertains to the publication format for the newsletter and/or its contents.

The GIAS May meeting: Award presented by Fred Cook for helping with Selden Project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Patricia Bean (Golden Isles Archaeological Society) Jennifer Kennedy, Shelby Kennedy, Jack Caldwell, and Fred Cook At the GIAS meeting, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, archaeologist, Fred Cook presented Guale vs.

The Lacy Hotel Project: Historical archaeology in graduate school

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Melissa Scharffenberg (Graduate Student at Georgia State University) In 1836, Georgia legislation approved the development of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, running from Atlanta to Dalton in order for a more efficient method of transportation.

The moments that get us through

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by David Crass (David.Crass@dnr.state.ga.us) Like most of us who have done archaeology on Sapelo Island, I always have felt privileged to work there. Hog Hammock community, the Reynolds Mansion, the Lighthouse, Long Tabby, Chocolate Plantation—all help to create a unique context for fieldwork.

The next Blue Ridge Archaeological Guild (B.R.A.G.) meeting is February 8 in Dahlonega

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (B.R.A.G.) will host Dr. Jeffrey Barron Glover as a speaker for their February 8th meeting at 6:00 PM at the Lumpkin County Parks and Recreation Center: 365 Riley Road in Dahlonega, Georgia.

The oil spill and underwater resources

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Image from the New York Times’ interactive graphic that charts the spreading effects of the oil spill in the Gulf. Many of us have probably been thinking about impacts of the oil washing ashore on coastal archaeological resources—but what about underwater resources like shipwrecks?

The Perfect Gift

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) Don’t have a clue about what to get Great Aunt Mildred? Still haven’t gotten that holiday gift for those out-of-town friends? Does Cousin Bert have enough ties to choke on?

The Profile goes electronic

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Larissa Thomas (profileeditor@thesga.org) As your editor, it is my pleasure to announce that starting with the next issue, The Profile will be published exclusively in electronic format. The SGA Board made this decision at its recent retreat in an effort to cut costs.

The Profile Issue 144, Spring 2010, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Click here to download or read issue number 144 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website.

The Profile Issue 145, Summer 2010, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click here to download or read issue number 145 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website. This issue can be downloaded and/or printed by clicking here.

The Profile Issue 146, Fall 2010, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click here to download or read issue number 146 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website. This issue can be downloaded and/or printed by clicking here.

The Profile Issue 147, Winter 2010, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Click here to download or read issue number 147 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website. This issue can be downloaded and/or printed by clicking here.

The Profile issue 148, Spring 2011, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You now can download or read issue number 148 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website. This issue can be downloaded and/or printed by clicking here.

The Profile issue 149, Summer 2011, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You now can download or read issue number 149 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website. This issue can be downloaded and/or printed by clicking here.

The Profile issue 150, Fall 2011, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

UPDATED! You now can download or read issue number 150 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website.

The Profile issue 151, Winter 2011, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You now can download or read issue number 151 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website. This issue can be downloaded and/or printed by clicking here.

The Profile issue 152, Spring 2012, now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) You now can download or read issue number 152 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in January, February, or March 2012.

The restoration of the Fish Vault in Memory Hill Cemetery

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Stephen Hammack, Susan J. Harrington, Matthew Williamson, and Hugh T. Harrington (sharring@windstream.net) The Fish Vault has been famous in Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville’s city cemetery, as the place where poor Mr.

The September issue of the GAAS newsletter is now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The latest edition of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society (GAAS) newsletter, Atlanta Antiquity, is now available. Access a copy by clicking here. Posted online on Thursday, September 18th, 2014

The SGA at CoastFest 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Over 8000 people from across Georgia and neighboring states crowded onto the grounds of the DNR’s Coastal Regional Headquarters near the beautiful Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick for the 18th annual CoastFest on Saturday, October 6, 2012.

The SGA at CoastFest, 2011

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Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Founded by laymen during the Great Depression in 1933, the Society for Georgia Archaeology is the oldest archaeological society in the State. It inspired the Ocmulgee National Monument, helped establish a Department of Archaeology at the University of Georgia, and initiated work on a statewide archaeological survey.

The SGA debuts on Facebook

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

At the Winter 2011 Planning Meeting on 22 January, the SGA Board voted to initiate a presence for the Society on Facebook. Board Member Matt Newberry (above) established the page, and is one of a committee of three who is maintaining the SGA’s presence on FB.

The SGA Fall 2017 Meeting Announcement and Registration

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Society for Georgia Archaeology would like to invite you to join us for the Fall 2017 meeting on October 14, 2017 at Gwinnett Technical College, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. We will be having a morning paper session with a focus on recent work in Georgia by SGA Chapters, members, CRM professionals, and academic and student archaeologists.

The SGA leadership meets in Douglas

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

For four hours on the afternoon of Friday, August 17th, 2012, the SGA Board and Officers met in the large classroom in Stubbs Hall on the campus of South Georgia College, in Douglas.

The SGA mourns Michael Shirk

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by SGA President Tammy Herron (sgapresident@thesga.org) Dear SGA Family, Upon receiving the following message from SGA’s Past President Rita Elliott, I wanted to share the sad news with you all.

The SGA Spring 2017 Meeting Announcement and Registration

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA’s Spring Meeting is almost here. This year the meeting will be on Saturday May 13 in Savannah Georgia. May is Archaeology Month in Georgia and the theme of both Archaeology Month and of the Spring Meeting is “Raised from the Depths: The Archaeology of the Civil War in Georgia.

The SGA Spring 2018 Meeting Announcement and Registration

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA Spring Meeting will be held on May 18 (Friday) and May 19 (Saturday), 2018, in Milledgeville, GA. We have planned an exciting schedule and registration is now open online at https://squareup.

The SGA welcomes its newest Chapter: The Golden Isles Archaeological Society---GIAS

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jamice Meschke, President GIAS (jdmeschke@comcast.net) The Golden Isles Archaeological Society (GIAS) is the newest Chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. After a long, deliberative process, Jamice Meschke, president of GIAS, appointed a sub-committee of Ellen Provenzano, Billy Bice, and Kevin Kiernan, with herself as chair, to write up new By-Laws in compliance with the rules and obligations of the SGA.

The SGA's Endowment Fund wants you!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (sgapres@thesga.org) At the end of the year, we encourage and invite you to support the SGA Endowment Fund through a financial contribution. The Endowment Fund supports educational outreach and the preservation of archaeological sites.

The Society for Georgia Archaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

On Monday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hearn Academy in Cave Spring, Georgia, archaeologist Pat Garrow will present his findings from the December 2012 dig at the Cave Spring Log Cabin.

The wheels on the bus go round and round...

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (relliott@chsgeorgia.org) The bus is here!! The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of a book mobile from the Athens Regional Library System and the beginning of an innovative, large-scale project.

There's a Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild (B.R.A.G.) meeting this week!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Wayne Hooper The Blue Ridge Archeological Guild (B.R.A.G.) will meet on Wednesday, June 17th, at 6:00 PM in the community room of United Community Bank on Hwy 52 in Dahlonega, Georgia.

Thinking roads

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Screenshot from modern Georgia road map found online here. Roads constitute the largest human-made artifact on earth. Ted Conover wrote this in his latest book, The Routes of Man: How Roads are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today (2010, Knopf: New York; page 9).

Thomas H. Gresham receives 2008 Joseph R. Caldwell Award

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

At the 2008 spring meeting of The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA), Thomas H. Gresham received the Joseph R. Caldwell Award for outstanding service to Georgia Archaeology. The Caldwell Award recognizes those individuals dedicating a noteworthy amount of time and energy toward supporting an archaeological project; making outstanding contributions in the area of public education and Georgia archeology; and providing substantial support for SGA and its programs over time.

Three-dimensional human images from the past

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Sometimes the old books are the best. Back in 1903—that’s over a century ago!—the second impression of Professor Cyrus Thomas’s 1898 book Introduction to the Study of North American Archaeology was published.

Time to register for October meeting!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Have you registered for the 2010 Fall Meeting? Do you have your room reservation? Make plans and join the SGA in the St. Simons Island area for activities that begin on Friday, 15 October, and continue through Sunday, 17 October.

Timothy Pauketat to speak at UGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Archaeological Institute of America presents: Ancient American Cities, Religion, and the Case of Cahokia, by Dr. Timothy Pauketat. His talk is scheduled for Thursday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. in room 214 of the Zell Miller Learning Center on the campus of the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

Today is "Georgia Gives Day"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Pamela Baughman Governor Nathan Deal has officially declared today (12/6/2012) as “Georgia Gives Day,” reflecting an initiative created by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits to highlight the work of non-profit organizations and encourage philanthropic giving.

Tools of the trade

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) You may think that the number one tool of archaeologists is the trowel—or perhaps the paintbrush. In reality, archaeologists working in Georgia spend more time with a shovel or a computer.

Tour the digital National Archives

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photograph of People Working in a Cotton Field; ARC Identifier 1633434 / Local Identifier 83-ML-4-90 Here’s a picture of people working in a cotton field. There’s no information about where it was taken.

Touring a ziggurat almost a century ago

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Visit the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, and contemplate the ruins of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur, including its temple or ziggurat.

Touring the coast: Tybee Island Lighthouse

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) National Geographic Traveler has highlighted fifty “Drives of a Lifetime." A route along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts is one of the trips discussed. Several small detours would take you to historic places like the Tybee Island lighthouse.

Track Rock Gap and the Forest Service

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by James R. Wettstaed, Heritage Program Manager/Forest Archaeologist Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests (jwettstaed@fs.fed.us) Current protection of the rock art. Over the last year a great number of claims have been made about Mayans and Georgia Archaeology.

Track Rock Gap site: a new vision of petroglyphs

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by James Wettstaed (Heritage Program Manager/Forest Archaeologist Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests) Track Rock Gap (9UN3) is the location of a series of rock carvings, or petroglyphs, made by Native Americans in Union County, Georgia on soapstone boulders.

trade goods

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

items that were traded over sometimes very long distances in history or prehistory; they tell us about interactions and relationships between cultures or peoples. Some traded goods were quite special and ownership of the items carried considerable prestige.

Travel on the web: Visit bartowdig.com

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) If you haven’t visited bartowdig.com recently (or ever!), now’s the time to do so! Read about the Leake Site, which is downstream of the Etowah Mounds and pre-dates it, and is on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2010 list of Places in Peril.

TRC excavations in northern Alabama

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by TRC (770-270-1192) In October 2007, TRC began data recovery excavations at The Spirit Hill Site, 1JA642, a multi-component prehistoric site on the Tennessee River in northeastern Alabama. We completed the fieldwork in May 2008, and are currently involved in the analysis and reporting.

tree-ring dates

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

also called dendrochronology, this is a dating technique based on the number and variation in tree rings. Usually, there is one ring for each year of growth and specific climatic changes are evident in thickness of ring.

tribe

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a generally egalitarian form of social organization, with a more complex kinship system than a band, and having some temporary leadership roles Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

Two days at the Georgia National Fair with the ArchaeoBus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Volunteer Tom Gresham (left) trains newly arrived volunteer Allen Vegotsky, while volunteer JC Burns (right) looks on. Allen’s holding some Play-Doh we provided for kids (of all ages) to experiment with paddles and reeds to decorate in imitation of ancient pottery surface treatments.

typology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the classification of a group of artifacts into types, and the study of their change through time, to help understand the development of human cultures Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001

UGA hosting presentation about Camp Lawton

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jared Wood (woody@uga.edu) Detail from an 1864 illustration of Camp Lawton by Private Robert Knox Sneden, a Union prisoner in the camp. The UGA Student Association for Archaeological Sciences (SAAS) is sponsoring an exciting, free event on Friday, February 18.

UGA Lab

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) If you’ve been around archaeology in Georgia for a few decades, you may recognize the “upstairs” archaeology lab at the University of Georgia, on the second floor of Baldwin Hall, in Athens, ca.

UGA students learn primitive skills, atlatl throwing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by M. Jared Wood (woody@uga.edu) Scott Jones and UGA students line up for a group atlatl toss. Scott Jones teaching primitive skills. The University of Georgia Student Association for Archaeological Sciences recently sponsored a day-long atlatl workshop with Scott Jones, primitive technologist and expert in atlatl manufacture and use.

Under construction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

There are many opportunities to volunteer in the field and laboratory, and more, on archaeological projects, research, and education and outreach. MORE! Posted online on Friday, January 30th, 2009

Undergraduate research projects presented to GAAS

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) After the presentations, Dennis awarded each speaker with a GAAS tshirt and a one-year free membership in the society, which is the customary recognition by GAAS for its speakers.

Understanding the Mississippian past by uniting archaeology and history

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) For ease of discussion, archaeologists customarily divide the past into chunks that they name. While this makes communication easier, it obscures the continuous nature of some aspects of our human past.

Upcoming Events during the Georgia History Festival

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Georgia Historical Society is holding the Georgia History Festival from Monday, February 2 through Wednesday, February 18 at multiple locations across the state. The featured historical figure for the festival this year is Hernando de Soto in observance of the 475th anniversary of his journey in Georgia.

Upcoming meeting of the Augusta Archaeological Society

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Augusta Archaeological Society will meet on Thursday, January 30th, at Big Daddy’s Bar and Grill located at 4045 Jimmie Dyess Parkway just off I-20 in Augusta, Georgia. Archaeologist Kara Bridgman Sweeney will discuss the typology of Early Archaic side-notched projectile points and Edgefield scrapers.

Upcoming SOGART Symposium in Douglas

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

SOGART’s 2010 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology will begin at 8 am with registration, and papers begin at 9 am on Saturday, August 14th, 2010. The Symposium will be held at Stubbs Hall, South Georgia College, Douglas.

Update from the editor of Early Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Jared Wood, editor of Early Georgia Greetings SGA members and readers of Early Georgia! A brief update on the status of our forthcoming journal; we are in the final stages of production for the Spring 2014 issue, a non-thematic production which includes a diverse set of submissions.

Updates from the Golden Isles Archaeological Society

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Keith Stephenson of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Team at the University of South Carolina will speak at the second meeting of the Golden Isles Archaeological Society on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at 7 pm at St.

Urbanization causes archaeological resource destruction

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Megapolitan area or megaregion—either way, the increased density of human settlement in Piedmont Georgia—and beyond—endangers archaeological remains. How are these two related? Most archaeological remains are at or near the surface of the ground.

URGENT UPDATE ON SB 346!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Contact Your Senator and Representative today : A Call to Action. GCPA and SGA could use your help. There is new proposed legislation that would seek to bypass Georgia laws in place to locate, study, and protect archaeological and other natural resources.

Use Google Earth to overlay historic maps

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) You may not know about free software that lets you “fly” across the Earth’s surface, viewing satellite pictures of the surface below. The software for doing this is provided free by Google, and is called Google Earth.

Useful links from Digital Library of Georgia

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Digital Library of Georgia website includes a page of links titled “Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842” that you may find useful. Links include the official websites of Southeastern tribes, and some museums, archives, and libraries, etc.

Video highlights efforts to preserve Leake site

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Scot Keith (scot keith ) Kennesaw State University journalism student Elizabeth Johnson put together a video documentary for her senior capstone project about the efforts to preserve and protect the Leake site in Cartersville, Georgia.

Vision and Mission

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA’s vision is to reach out to all Georgians and help them understand the significance of archaeological sites so that they support archaeological preservation, education and research. The SGA’s mission is to unite all persons interested in the archaeology of Georgia and to work actively to preserve, study and interpret Georgia’s historic and prehistoric remains.

Visit Georgia's Virtual Vault---online!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Georgia’s Secretary of State’s website includes useful reference materials including the Georgia Archives. Current featured content on that website includes the Virtual Vault, which, the website says:

Visit Harvard's Peabody Museum collection online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In the March 2011 issue of American Anthropologist, Meg Gaillard reviews the website of the online collections of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.

Visit the Columbus Museum with the SGA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Join members of the SGA in Columbus this fall! Attend the SGA’s 2012 Fall Meeting on Saturday, October 27th, at the Columbus Museum’s Patrick Theater. We will listen to presentations in the morning, take a break for lunch, then tour in the afternoon (including the acclaimed National Civil War Naval Museum).

Visitors "dig" the SGA exhibit at CoastFest 2007

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Forehand The 12th Annual CoastFest—Georgia’s largest coastal natural resources festival—was held on October 6, 2007, along the scenic Marshes of Glynn in Brunswick, Georgia at the Department of Natural Resources Regional Headquarters.

Volcanoes and archaeology: pros and cons

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Oblique view to the northeast of Mount Vesuvius today, with Herculaneum in the left foreground; note the current Bay of Naples shoreline has left the former port of ancient Herculaneum almost a quarter mile inland.

Vols joined Pros at Kolomoki

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dick Brunelle (rfbdick@yahoo.com) It is was once said, “June is the month for weddings”. Not in our field of avocational and vocational interest. June is the first full month when schools of all kinds release students of anthropology and archaeology, along with their professors, to “get down to earth” in archaeological pursuits.

Volunteer for the SGA at CoastFest 2012

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@gmail.com) The ArchaeoBus and SGA’s exhibit area at 2011 CoastFest. Greetings All, Beautiful crisp fall weather tells us it’s that time of year again…time for CoastFest in Brunswick, Georgia.

Volunteer for the SGA! Join now!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The SGA needs you. The Society for Georgia Archaeology is a volunteer organization, and can only achieve its goals if you help. So, join the SGA and become an active participant in SGA activities.

Volunteer opportunity: Johannes Kolb Archaeology & Education Project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Johannes Kolb Archaeology & Education Project SC Department of Natural Resources Diachronic Research Foundation University of South Carolina Lancaster Citizens of the Pee Dee Great Pee Dee Heritage Preserve, Darlington County

Volunteers give SGA a high profile at SAAs

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

On behalf of the Society, SGA President Dennis Blanton has commended members for their considerable commitment, which kept our table “staffed” during the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting last week.

Walk inside a building and look up

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Look up! You never know what’s above you, like this painted arched ceiling in…where?…have you seen it? Here’s another clue, it’s in a building in a major marketing center for Georgia.

Walking the landscape: Georgia's prehistoric trails

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Appalachian Trail in north Georgia in March 2009. Before Georgia had roads, it was laced with Indian trails or paths. These trails served the needs of Georgia’s native populations by connecting their villages with one another and allowing them to travel great distances in quest of game, fish, shellfish, and pearls, as well as such mineral resources as salt, flint, pipestone, steatite, hematite, and ochre.

War of 1812 bicentennial commemoration planned

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Catherine Long (diggergirl77@gmail.com) What does the USA’s national anthem have in common with Georgia’s Archaeology Month 2012? The War of 1812 is the focus of this year’s Archaeology Month theme in honor of the bicentennial celebration.

War of 1812: A British caricaturist's perspective

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeology Month 2012 recognizes the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. Read about Georgia’s role in the War of 1812 in Gerald Judson Smith Jr.’s article in the New Georgia Encyclopedia online here.

Warfare and the protection of archaeological resources

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Modern warfare, with heavy equipment, large bombs, and extensive mobilization areas, can destroy archaeological resources. You may not know that soon after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, a “squad” of American museum personnel became “soldier-scholars,” as Robert M.

Waring Lab collaborating with GDOT on curation project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory (Waring Laboratory) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have officially begun a collaboration project for data management. The goal of this project is to maximize efficiency of curation by eliminating redundancy and improving communication between GDOT and the Waring Laboratory.

Waring Lab welcomes new Director

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Ray Crook (rcrook@westga.edu) The Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory at the University of West Georgia (UWG) has a new Director. Concluding a nationwide search, Dr. H. Thomas Foster, II will join the Anthropology faculty at UWG and assume administrative responsibility for the Waring Laboratory on July 1, 2008.

Watch the past come to life!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Tammy Forehand Herron (forehand@sc.edu) How could Native American Indians in Georgia have survived in a vast “wilderness” for thousands of years? That question will be answered on Saturday, May 15th at The Parks at Chehaw in Albany.

Water as a window on the world: Gwinnett County case study

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Displays in the main hall at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center. The human and natural world intersect in water. Water is life. Yet, water can also serve as a focus for understanding history and our human past.

watercourse

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a river, stream, brook, or even an artificial water channel such as a ditch or canal Posted online on Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Ways to make the past a story

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) History is often told in one of two ways. First, and most commonly, it is told in a time line, starting with the early days, and proceeding, as a lifetime would, building myriad threads over time.

Website continues to be a success

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.edu) The SGA website continues to serve the goals and mission of the Society. It informs members of activities of the Society, and of its Chapters. It helps members and the interested public learn about archaeology in Georgia, and archaeology in general.

Website makes tracking US congressional legislation easier

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) OpenCongress is an easy-to-use aid in tracking the US congressional legislative process, that is, how bills become laws. As OpenCongress notes: OpenCongress seeks to [merge] official government data with news and blog coverage, social networking, and public participation tools to give you the real story behind what’s happening in the Congress.

Website usage based on pageviews

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

How much attention does our website get? The Society for Georgia Archaeology has established and maintains this website partly to keep our members informed about the business of the Society and partly as an outreach and educational information source for the interested public.

Website usage update: September, October "bump"

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Good news! The SGA website’s numbers are up! We are adding new stories at a good clip—we added twenty in October! That is approximately one per business day!

Weeds can be helpful: indirect evidence and archaeological analysis

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeologists often use indirect data to infer past cultural practices. This is because only certain data are preserved in archaeological contexts. Yet, we have questions that extend beyond that preserved data.

Weekend Schedule Details!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the 2016 Society for Georgia Archaeology Spring Events! We hope you have an enjoyable, educational, and delightful weekend. To ensure admittance, please wear your name tag to all events!

Weekly Ponder: One year and counting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Weekly Ponder begins its second year of publication this week! The very first Weekly Ponder was posted on 26 January 2009. We initiated the Weekly Ponder to guarantee a frequent posting of new material on the Society for Georgia Archaeology’s website.

WGUAS is online as SEADive

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Online, the West Georgia Underwater Archaeological Society is switching from its original website at WGUAS.org to its new domain at SEADive.org. The new name stands for SouthEast Archaeological Divers, and recognizes that the Chapter’s members come from across the Southeast.

What attending SEAC meant to me

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by James "Wes" Patterson, Fernbank Museum Natural History It was a dark and rainy day when we left Atlanta headed for Lexington, Kentucky—the location of the 2010 Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC).

What do those little dots mean?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Careful excavation and detailed note-taking are hallmarks of well-managed archaeological projects. This is because archaeology is a destructive science—any square centimeter of an archaelogical deposit can only be excavated once.

What does the SGA do?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

What does the SGA do? The Society for Georgia Archaeology promotes the identification, investigation, preservation and protection of archaeological sites and resources throughout the state of Georgia. SGA members work with private landowners, school groups, a historic house museum, and individuals to raise the public’s awareness of archeological sites and resources in planning, development and management.

What is "Old Europe"?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Detail from map by Jonathan Corum, published in the New York Times here. The phrase “Old Europe” refers to Neolithic Europe, or the portions of the European continent inhabited by people who made pottery and lived in small villages, ate domesticated and wild plant foods, between about 7000 BC and around 1500 BC (when the Bronze Age began in parts of Europe).

What is NAGPRA?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) NAGPRA stands for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. This is a federal law, originally passed in 1990 (with only minor amendments since), which:

What is this?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammysmith@thesga.org) What is this? Have you ever seen one in real life? What does the triangle indicate? Where did the photographer find it? Why was it put there?

What to curate?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Curate is a fancy word that refers to selecting, organizing, and properly storing items, for example in a museum collection, or for an exhibition. We can’t curate everything.

What was the New World like in 1491?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Journalist Charles C. Mann’s 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (2005) is both an in-depth and an entertaining review of what the New World was like prior to the arrival of Columbus and his three ships in 1492.

What's in a name?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Humans habitually categorize things they think about. This includes objects (consider: animal, vegetable, mineral) and concepts (consider: real versus abstract). Categorization involves priorizing certain characteristics that may be either similar or different.

What's new? thesga.org RSS feed!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) What’s the best way to find out what’s new at websites you visit regularly? Many savvy users employ a web technology called RSS that allows them to subscribe to a feed—a listing of the stories that have been added to a website, often in excerpt form.

What's up with...2012?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Listening to the hype over the movie “2012,” some people are wondering if the Maya have predicted the end of the world in that year. If you believe archaeologists, no. As the New York Times reports:

What's your perspective?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) All images in this story are screen grabs from Google Earth, a free program that displays satellite data. Perspective matters. This is easy to recognize with visual images, but it’s also true with research questions.

Where in the World is Abby?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (ritafelliott@windstream.net) Abby, the ArchaeoBus, has had a busy summer and fall. Summer found Abby enjoying the Athens library scene, where she shared more than archaeology books with library patrons.

Who made the "LACLEDE KING" brick: The answer

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dick Brunelle (rfbdick@yahoo.com) Editor’s Note Back in late March 2009, GAAS and SGA member Dick Brunelle issued a challenge to thesga.org readers. He had read a January Weekly Ponder on a Copeland-Inglis brick

Who made this brick?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Dick Brunelle (rfbdick@yahoo.com) Ponder, for a moment, this brick. When I saw it in the garden walk at Hills and Dales, the Callaway family home that was built on an old plantation property in LaGrange.

Why do people build tall structures? The Astoria Column

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On the highest hill in Astoria, Oregon, near the mouth of the Columbia River, stands a 125-foot tall column, patterned after Trajan’s Column in Rome. The exterior of both have a series of carved scenes winding around and up the column.

Winn House tract rock shelter research

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Overview looking south of excavations at L1 and L2. The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) continues to work with the Gwinnett Historical Society (GHS) investigating areas of archaeological interest on the 20-acre Winn House tract in Dacula.

Winter 2011 Planning Meeting a huge success

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) SGA President Catherine Long lead a productive Planning Meeting all day on Saturday, 22 January 2011, attended by the SGA leadership. The SGA thanks Catherine for organizing and the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center for hosting the meeting.

Winter 2012 issue of The Profile now available

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

You now can download or read issue number 155 of the SGA’s quarterly newsletter, The Profile. The stories in the issue are compiled from articles first presented on this website in October, November, or December of 2012.

With much thanks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott As we wind up 2005, we send a hearty THANK YOU to our dedicated supporters this year; those individuals who have contributed financially to The Society for Georgia Archaeology’s Endowment Fund.

Woodland

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

a cultural period in the Southeastern North America that dates between about 3000 and 1100 BP; it is characterized by increasing horticultural expertise, use of ceramics, and increasing sedentism and social complexity, when compared to the previous Archaic period

Work Day at Fort Daniel, Saturday, November 14th

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society will be having work day at Fort Daniel this Saturday, November 14, weather permitting, beginning about 9:30 am. For those who have not been out there before, this is an opportunity to see the excavation in process—feel free to come and help!

World Digital Library goes live

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Browse the World Digital Library, sponsored by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and see digital versions of precious, original historical documents, including letters, manuscripts, photos, books, and maps.

WPA Archaeology on the Georgia Coast

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Although his pioneering excavations in St. Simons Island, northern Glynn County, and especially Chatham County, are not widely known or well understood, Preston Holder was in fact the most productive archaeologist of the Georgia Coast during the WPA era.

You are cordially invited

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Submitted by Rita Elliott (archaeobus@thesga.org) Are you curious about all this hub-bub over some old vehicle? Come satisfy your curiosity and see the brand new ArchaeoBus at its christening. The ArchaeoBus, (A.

You can't "duck" invasive species!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

What are invasive species? Species are a kind of creature. Invasive species is a phrase that usually refers to a creature that is not native to the area, but becomes resident there; this is the same as discussing non-indigenous species.

Your chance to help South Carolina archaeologists

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Savannah River Archaeological Research Program is seeking information about prehistoric metavolcanic stone quarries in the Carolina Slate Belt Region in South Carolina. As this map shows, the Carolina Slate Belt Region is prominent in the Carolinas, and extends southward into Georgia.

Your support made the difference!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Georgians for Preservation Action (GAPA) reports that the final state budget the Georgia legislature passed on April 3rd included $100,000 for the archaeology program, and two positions that the Senate had cut were restored.

zooarchaeology

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

the study of animal remains from prehistoric and historic sites; suggests preferred food species, among other things Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001