http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://thesga.org/2012/02/10338/ http://thesga.org/2012/02/10338/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:12:49 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=10338 Tammy Herron of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP) will be the guest speaker at this month's GAAS meeting. Tammy will discuss her research on colonial sites in Aiken County, South Carolina and also some of the programs of the Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA).]]> http://thesga.org/2012/02/10338/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2012/01/february-gias-meeting-the-life-and-times-of-the-sixteenth-century-guale/ http://thesga.org/2012/01/february-gias-meeting-the-life-and-times-of-the-sixteenth-century-guale/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:11:33 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=10317 The Golden Isles Archaeological Society will hold their February meeting Tuesday the 7th at St. Simons Elementary School 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2012/01/february-gias-meeting-the-life-and-times-of-the-sixteenth-century-guale/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2012/01/2011-fort-daniel-faire-conclusions/ http://thesga.org/2012/01/2011-fort-daniel-faire-conclusions/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:51:30 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=10270 Prior to the 2011 Fort Daniel Frontier Faire in Gwinnett County, 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. We have also previously reported that the footprint of the fort’s palisade walls and corner blockhouses, as determined by archaeological investigations, corresponds precisely to the plan for frontier forts sent by President Washington’s Secretary of War, Henry Knox, to the Governor of Georgia in 1794.]]> http://thesga.org/2012/01/2011-fort-daniel-faire-conclusions/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2012/01/gaas-january-meeting-scheduled/ http://thesga.org/2012/01/gaas-january-meeting-scheduled/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:41:19 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10239 The Greater Atlanta Chapter of the SGA will meet on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, to hear a presentation by Jack Tyler and Terry Jackson about using GIS to track the loss of archaeological sites and to develop plans for conservation of remaining sites. The meeting is free and open to the public.]]> http://thesga.org/2012/01/gaas-january-meeting-scheduled/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/12/aass-newsletter-details-activities-throughout-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/12/aass-newsletter-details-activities-throughout-2011/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:25:55 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10038 Catch up with the news of the SGA's Augusta Chapter, the Augusta Archaeological Society, by reading the December 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/12/aass-newsletter-details-activities-throughout-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/2011-frontier-faire-well-attended/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/2011-frontier-faire-well-attended/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:26:22 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9979 The well-attended October 2011 Frontier Faire at Fort Daniel, sponsored by the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, a Chapter of the SGA, and the Fort Daniel Foundation, hosted a Trading Post, tours, a candle-maker, both Girl and Boy Scouts, a food area and more. The 2011 Frontier Faire is considered a definite success and will serve as a model for next year’s Faire.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/2011-frontier-faire-well-attended/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/hilton-head-chapter-hosting-cgas-speaker/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/hilton-head-chapter-hosting-cgas-speaker/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:43:57 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9953 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. The meeting is free and open to the public, and will be held at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn at 1 pm.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/hilton-head-chapter-hosting-cgas-speaker/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/fort-daniel-a-geophysical-survey-of-an-1813-georgia-frontier-fort/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/fort-daniel-a-geophysical-survey-of-an-1813-georgia-frontier-fort/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:19:59 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9948 Where was Fort Daniel? This frontier fort was long believed to have been on a ridge-top knoll on Hog Mountain in Gwinnett County. In 2007, the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, a Chapter of the SGA, began a research program under the direction of Dr. James D’Angelo to locate physical remains of the fort using two forms of subsurface remote sensing, metal detection and ground penetrating radar. This detailed article reports the happy results of that research.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/fort-daniel-a-geophysical-survey-of-an-1813-georgia-frontier-fort/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/the-sga-at-coastfest-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/the-sga-at-coastfest-2011/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:28:46 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9897 See lots of photos of the SGA’s ten tables and the ArchaeoBus at CoastFest 2011, held in October in Brunswick, by checking out the full story. Well over 9000 people attended CoastFest, and hundreds toured the ArchaeoBus and the exhibits under and around the SGA tent. The SGA installation was supported by 18 volunteers, many from the Golden Isles Archaeological Society, and also from Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and the United Kingdom.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/the-sga-at-coastfest-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/nwgas-to-host-artifact-identification-night-november-10th-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/nwgas-to-host-artifact-identification-night-november-10th-2011/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:59:52 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9880 The Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society will host their Artifact Identification Night at the Etowah Mounds Museum on Thursday, November 10th at 7:00 pm. All members of the public are invited.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/nwgas-to-host-artifact-identification-night-november-10th-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/gaas-november-speaker-david-smith-will-discuss-meso-american-caves/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/gaas-november-speaker-david-smith-will-discuss-meso-american-caves/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:46:50 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9873 The November GAAS meeting will feature David Smith and his discussion of Mesoamerica. Caves in Mesoamerica have always had ritual, supernatural, and mystical connotations—rich sources of cultural material. David visited a remote area of the state of Oaxaco in Mexico where he and a friend video-taped the contents of a cave in the culturally and geographically inaccessible Mazateca Indian area. The site, known as Blade cave, is approximately 350 km southeast of Mexico City and was discovered by American spelunkers in 1985; it was undisturbed.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/gaas-november-speaker-david-smith-will-discuss-meso-american-caves/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/10/long-time-gaas-member-will-be-october-speaker/ http://thesga.org/2011/10/long-time-gaas-member-will-be-october-speaker/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:56:18 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9708 The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society October speaker is Curtis Headrick, long time member of GAAS and a dedicated student of Central American cultures. The program will be at Fernbank Museum of Natural History on Clifton Road, just north of Ponce de Leon and will begin at 7:30pm.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/10/long-time-gaas-member-will-be-october-speaker/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/09/ft-daniel-and-gars-to-host-annual-frontier-faire-october-15-16-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/09/ft-daniel-and-gars-to-host-annual-frontier-faire-october-15-16-2011/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:34:57 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9593 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. All are cordially invited to attend.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/09/ft-daniel-and-gars-to-host-annual-frontier-faire-october-15-16-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/09/gaas-september-meeting-featuring-archaeologist-dr-glover-discussing-the-maritime-maya/ http://thesga.org/2011/09/gaas-september-meeting-featuring-archaeologist-dr-glover-discussing-the-maritime-maya/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:33:33 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9477 The talk will cover Dr. Jeffrey Glover's recent archaeological investigations at the ancient Maya port site of Vista Alegre. Located along the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, the work of Glover and colleagues is shedding light on this little known section of coastline.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/09/gaas-september-meeting-featuring-archaeologist-dr-glover-discussing-the-maritime-maya/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/09/nwgas-september-meeting-geoarchaeological-studies-of-mounds-an-example-from-etowah/ http://thesga.org/2011/09/nwgas-september-meeting-geoarchaeological-studies-of-mounds-an-example-from-etowah/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:17:58 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9470 The Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society will have our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society on next Thursday, Sept. 8th, at New Echota Historic Site. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm. All members of the public are invited. Admission is free.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/09/nwgas-september-meeting-geoarchaeological-studies-of-mounds-an-example-from-etowah/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/08/gars-to-sponsor-frontier-faire/ http://thesga.org/2011/08/gars-to-sponsor-frontier-faire/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:02:40 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9356 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. All SGA members and their guests are cordially invited to attend.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/08/gars-to-sponsor-frontier-faire/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/07/gaas-update-%e2%80%93-summer-of-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/07/gaas-update-%e2%80%93-summer-of-2011/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:57:23 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9257 The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society-GAAS has been busy this summer. Many chapter members have volunteered at various sites throughout Georgia and have been able to expand their archaeological knowledge through hands on excavation as well as participation in site supervisor lectures and updates. GAAS continues to be a great avenue for individuals interested in the hands-on archaeological experience. GAAS also has big news regarding their chapter president. Dennis Blanton has stepped down as president and, replacing Dennis will be Lyn Kirkland, who has been a member of GAAS for over 20 years.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/07/gaas-update-%e2%80%93-summer-of-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/05/the-gias-may-meeting-award-presented-by-fred-cook-for-helping-with-selden-project/ http://thesga.org/2011/05/the-gias-may-meeting-award-presented-by-fred-cook-for-helping-with-selden-project/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 16:04:37 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8974 At the GIAS meeting, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, archaeologist, Fred Cook presented Guale vs. Irene: A Comparison of Archaeological Cultures. During the meeting, Cook happily presented a plague for helping with the Selden Project in Brunswick, Georgia, over the spring to Jennifer Kennedy, her daughter, Shelby Kennedy, and to Jack Caldwell. Cook appreciated each of their help very much.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/05/the-gias-may-meeting-award-presented-by-fred-cook-for-helping-with-selden-project/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/05/gars-investigates-berkmar-%e2%80%9cmystery%e2%80%9d-site/ http://thesga.org/2011/05/gars-investigates-berkmar-%e2%80%9cmystery%e2%80%9d-site/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 14:59:43 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8969 Members of the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) worked over the weekend at the Berkmar “mystery” site—this was part of the old Wynne-Russell Plantation but is now Berkmar Middle School, Gwinnett County property. GARS members plan to record the site on 14 May, and are clearing brush, etc., in preparation for doing that with Berkmar MS 8th graders.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/05/gars-investigates-berkmar-%e2%80%9cmystery%e2%80%9d-site/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/04/archaeology-day-in-augusta-may-7th-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/04/archaeology-day-in-augusta-may-7th-2011/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:36:46 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8881 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/04/archaeology-day-in-augusta-may-7th-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/04/gaas-member-robert-skarda-to-be-featured-on-the-gpb-ga-traveler-show/ http://thesga.org/2011/04/gaas-member-robert-skarda-to-be-featured-on-the-gpb-ga-traveler-show/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:07:17 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8704 Robert Skarda and the Scull Shoals site show will be broadcast on the GPB's "Georgia Traveler" series April 29th at 8PM and April 30th at 7PM. The broadcast is in conjunction with Scull Shoals Festival day. This unique event is linked with the Float Georgia event which is when canoes and kayaks full of interested parties stop at Scull Shoals for a Georgia history rest break. Be sure to watch the program!]]> http://thesga.org/2011/04/gaas-member-robert-skarda-to-be-featured-on-the-gpb-ga-traveler-show/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/04/gars-members-consider-bricks-and-mortar-during-fieldtrip/ http://thesga.org/2011/04/gars-members-consider-bricks-and-mortar-during-fieldtrip/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:03:11 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8599 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. The group also visited the Howard plantation site (including a mill and large earthen dam), another lime kiln site, and the Kingston museum and the Confederate cemetery in Kingston. Accompanying photos are of the remaining lime kilns at the Howard site.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/04/gars-members-consider-bricks-and-mortar-during-fieldtrip/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/04/oas-members-visit-shinholser-mound-site/ http://thesga.org/2011/04/oas-members-visit-shinholser-mound-site/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:27:58 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8590 On March 5, 2011, Ocmulgee Archaeological Society members chose the Shinholser Mounds site on the Oconee River near Milledgeville for the group’s annual winter hike. Member Dr. Bob Cramer made the arrangements with the Thompson family, which owns the site. Thompson family member Tom Wood guided the group. The OAS is very appreciative of the family’s interest in preserving this important part of Middle Georgia’s past, and wishes to thank them for the site tour and for getting to spend a wonderful rainy day along the Oconee River at Shinholser!]]> http://thesga.org/2011/04/oas-members-visit-shinholser-mound-site/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/04/april-12th-gaas-meeting-smoking-ritual-in-the-mississippian-southeast/ http://thesga.org/2011/04/april-12th-gaas-meeting-smoking-ritual-in-the-mississippian-southeast/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:12:44 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8364 Dennis Blanton, Native American Archaeology Curator at Fernbank Museum of Natural History, will be speaking at the Wednesday, April 13th GAAS meeting located at Fernbank Museum at 7:30pm. Please note the date has been changed from Tuesday to Wednesday the 13th. The lecture will focus on the smoking ritual in the Mississippian Southeast. Blanton’s findings demonstrate that smoking became an indispensable religious practice but that it was manipulated to accommodate shifting social conditions.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/04/april-12th-gaas-meeting-smoking-ritual-in-the-mississippian-southeast/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/call-for-papers-2011-symposium-on-the-archaeology-of-the-southeastern-coastal-plain/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/call-for-papers-2011-symposium-on-the-archaeology-of-the-southeastern-coastal-plain/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:12:16 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8270 The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team (SOGART) will hold its annual research symposium on Saturday, August 20, 2011. Anyone interested in making a presentation can contact Dwight Kirkland. Listeners are invited, too! Come for a day of sharing, learning, and camaraderie.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/call-for-papers-2011-symposium-on-the-archaeology-of-the-southeastern-coastal-plain/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/giass-april-meeting-speaker-will-be-mack-carlton/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/giass-april-meeting-speaker-will-be-mack-carlton/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:18:49 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8225 The next meeting of the Golden Isles Archaeological Society will be at 7 PM on April 12th at the St. Simons Elementary School cafeteria, 805 Ocean Boulevard. Mack Carlton, GIAS member, will be the speaker. He will bring the story of the Pikes Bluff Battle. Read the March 2011 issue of The Antiquarian, the newsletter of the GIAS, by clicking here.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/giass-april-meeting-speaker-will-be-mack-carlton/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/its-not-what-you-find-but-what-you-find-out/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/its-not-what-you-find-but-what-you-find-out/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:20:19 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8177 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." Dig magazine is published for children ages nine and older in partnership with Archaeology magazine. Its main focus is making archaeology, paleontology and earth sciences interesting to children.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/its-not-what-you-find-but-what-you-find-out/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/nwgas-march-10th-meeting-entitled-creek-and-cherokee-at-chattanooga%e2%80%99s-moccasin-bend-site/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/nwgas-march-10th-meeting-entitled-creek-and-cherokee-at-chattanooga%e2%80%99s-moccasin-bend-site/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:22:19 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8159 The Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society will hold a meeting Thursday, March 10th, 2011, at the Etowah Indian Mounds Site near Cartersville. The lecture presented by Dr. Nick Honerkamp of the University of Tennesse at Chattanooga is Creek and Cherokee at Chattanooga’s Moccasin Bend Site. Located at the toe of Lookout Mountain, Moccasin Bend is one of America’s most unique and scenic archaeological sites—located at a significant geographic and geologic crossroads.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/nwgas-march-10th-meeting-entitled-creek-and-cherokee-at-chattanooga%e2%80%99s-moccasin-bend-site/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/02/march-1st-gias-meeting-visitor%e2%80%99s-club-of-the-brunswick-board-of-trade-in-the-late-1930s/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/march-1st-gias-meeting-visitor%e2%80%99s-club-of-the-brunswick-board-of-trade-in-the-late-1930s/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:07:20 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8076 The Golden Isles Archaeological Society will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at St. Simons Elementary School. Dr. Kevin Kiernan, board member of the Society for Georgia Archaeology is lecturer for the March meeting. Kiernan's topic is titled Archaeology and the Visitor’s Club of the Brunswick Board of Trade in the Late 1930s.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/march-1st-gias-meeting-visitor%e2%80%99s-club-of-the-brunswick-board-of-trade-in-the-late-1930s/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/02/march-8th-gaas-meeting-obsidian-for-the-dead/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/march-8th-gaas-meeting-obsidian-for-the-dead/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:33:13 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=7976 The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society will meet Tuesday, March 8th, at 7 PM for its regular monthly meeting. The program will feature Georgia State University visiting lecturer Dr. Zachary Hruby who will discuss his research regarding lithic technology, epigraphy, and iconography of the Ancient Maya and Mesoamerica.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/march-8th-gaas-meeting-obsidian-for-the-dead/feed/ 0