http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://thesga.org/2011/02/visit-harvards-peabody-museum-collection-online/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/visit-harvards-peabody-museum-collection-online/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:00:24 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8063 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. Take a look at the review and the online collection and see pictures of artifacts from Georgia, and some information about the conditions under which they came into the collection. The article considers a "groundstone bowl fragment" as an example of this useful online collection.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/visit-harvards-peabody-museum-collection-online/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/09/gars-update-archaeology-month-2010-and-fort-daniel-activities/ http://thesga.org/2010/09/gars-update-archaeology-month-2010-and-fort-daniel-activities/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:44:28 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6329 The Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society 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. A highlight of the weekend was a brick making project employing methods and technology that would have been used in the late 18th–early 19th centuries.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/09/gars-update-archaeology-month-2010-and-fort-daniel-activities/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/05/coastal-heritage-society-blog-records-investigations-of-revolutionary-period-sites-in-savannah/ http://thesga.org/2010/05/coastal-heritage-society-blog-records-investigations-of-revolutionary-period-sites-in-savannah/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 16:46:08 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=5661 Coastal Heritage Society archaeologists, supported by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program, are investigating Revolutionary War archaeological sites throughout downtown Savannah. Read about their activities in their recently established blog, "Savannah Under Fire." The blog has frequent updates, sometimes more than once per week!]]> http://thesga.org/2010/05/coastal-heritage-society-blog-records-investigations-of-revolutionary-period-sites-in-savannah/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/05/slave-related-court-cases-collected-in-online-archive/ http://thesga.org/2010/05/slave-related-court-cases-collected-in-online-archive/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 09:00:34 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4633 Eighteen years of research by history professor Loren Schweninger at the University of North Carolina—Greensboro has produced an online database is called the Digital Library on American Slavery. Data are drawn from court cases from across fifteen states, with over 1100 records from the state of Georgia.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/05/slave-related-court-cases-collected-in-online-archive/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/02/travel-on-the-web-visit-bartowdig-com/ http://thesga.org/2010/02/travel-on-the-web-visit-bartowdig-com/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:10:34 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=5042 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/02/travel-on-the-web-visit-bartowdig-com/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/10/browse-rare-maps-online-at-ugas-hargrett-library/ http://thesga.org/2009/10/browse-rare-maps-online-at-ugas-hargrett-library/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:59 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3971 The University of Georgia Libraries have a special section called the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which offers research materials in digital form online. This map, dated 1796, offers insights into the encroachment of Euroamericans into the interior of what is now Georgia, which was then held by Native American groups.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/10/browse-rare-maps-online-at-ugas-hargrett-library/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/10/visit-georgias-virtual-vault%e2%80%94online/ http://thesga.org/2009/10/visit-georgias-virtual-vault%e2%80%94online/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:38 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3962 Do some research online and save fuel! Georgia's Secretary of State's website includes the Virtual Vault, which contains historical documents, records, maps, etc., dating back to 1733, as well as recent photographs.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/10/visit-georgias-virtual-vault%e2%80%94online/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/09/preserving-georgias-historic-cemeteries/ http://thesga.org/2009/09/preserving-georgias-historic-cemeteries/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:00:43 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3887 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/09/preserving-georgias-historic-cemeteries/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/09/useful-links-from-digital-library-of-georgia/ http://thesga.org/2009/09/useful-links-from-digital-library-of-georgia/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:00:46 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3789 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/09/useful-links-from-digital-library-of-georgia/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/07/read-about-a-real-archaeology-project/ http://thesga.org/2009/07/read-about-a-real-archaeology-project/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:35:19 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3587 Laboratory work is now underway at Fernbank Museum, lead by SGA President Dennis Blanton, wearing his day-job hat as Curator of Native American Archaeology. Summer 2009 was the fourth season of fieldwork he's lead at a South Georgia site that's produced early Spanish artifacts, including glass beads.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/07/read-about-a-real-archaeology-project/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/07/an-update-on-the-archaic-period-across-north-america/ http://thesga.org/2009/07/an-update-on-the-archaic-period-across-north-america/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:00:28 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3375 The Society for American Archaeology has 7000-plus members, and is "an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas." PDFs of back issues of the Society's magazine The SAA Archaeological Record are available for free, except for the latest issue. You may enjoy perusing them. In particular, the November 2008 issue is recommended; it has a series of articles on our current understanding of the Archaic period in North America.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/07/an-update-on-the-archaic-period-across-north-america/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/07/road-trip-augustas-springfield-community/ http://thesga.org/2009/07/road-trip-augustas-springfield-community/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:54:44 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3458 Next time you're in Augusta, go downtown and visit the Springfield community. Springfield community is just west of the original downtown Augusta, right on the river. The community was a free African American community established around the time of the Revolutionary War. The heart of the community was and is Springfield Baptist Church, which was probably established between 1787 and 1793.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/07/road-trip-augustas-springfield-community/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/06/learn-about-georgias-prehistoric-pottery-online/ http://thesga.org/2009/06/learn-about-georgias-prehistoric-pottery-online/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:00:39 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3317 To explore and learn about the decorations used on prehistoric pottery from Georgia, visit the University of Georgia's website on Georgia Indian ceramics. The helpful website has pictures, discussions, and full bibliographic citations for pertinent literature.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/06/learn-about-georgias-prehistoric-pottery-online/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/06/nps-lists-federal-laws-pertaining-to-archaeology/ http://thesga.org/2009/06/nps-lists-federal-laws-pertaining-to-archaeology/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:30:11 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3162 The National Park Service website offers a list of laws and regulations pertaining to our nation's cultural heritage on its website, along with links to the complete texts of the legislation. Perhaps most historically important is the Antiquities Act of 1906, which has been amended once and protects historic and prehistoric antiquities on Federal lands. Another important one is Executive Order 11593, signed in 1971, which charged the Department of the Interior with leading historic preservation activities for the nation.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/06/nps-lists-federal-laws-pertaining-to-archaeology/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/04/links-to-info-about-archaeological-studies-in-georgia/ http://thesga.org/2009/04/links-to-info-about-archaeological-studies-in-georgia/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:30:57 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2913 http://thesga.org/2009/04/links-to-info-about-archaeological-studies-in-georgia/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/03/purely-online-resources/ http://thesga.org/2009/03/purely-online-resources/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:53:57 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2090 http://thesga.org/2009/03/purely-online-resources/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/03/timeline/ http://thesga.org/2009/03/timeline/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:24:18 +0000 admin http://thesga.org/?p=1993 http://thesga.org/2009/03/timeline/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/03/state-level-organizations/ http://thesga.org/2009/03/state-level-organizations/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:34:23 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1680 http://thesga.org/2009/03/state-level-organizations/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/03/private-organizations/ http://thesga.org/2009/03/private-organizations/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:35:09 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1682 http://thesga.org/2009/03/private-organizations/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/01/national-organizations/ http://thesga.org/2009/01/national-organizations/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:49:29 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1689 http://thesga.org/2009/01/national-organizations/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2008/03/gdot-archaeology-unit-busy/ http://thesga.org/2008/03/gdot-archaeology-unit-busy/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:22:44 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1753 http://thesga.org/2008/03/gdot-archaeology-unit-busy/feed/ 0