http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://thesga.org/2012/02/abandonmentreuse-of-the-etowah-mounds/ http://thesga.org/2012/02/abandonmentreuse-of-the-etowah-mounds/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:47 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10346 While the Etowah mounds are large and imposing, and people used them over several hundred years during the Mississippian period, they were not continuously occupied. Read the story of the Etowah mounds in detail in Adam King's Etowah: The Political History of a Chiefdom Capital (2003; University of Alabama Press), which is now available in paperback and ebook versions.]]> http://thesga.org/2012/02/abandonmentreuse-of-the-etowah-mounds/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/09/oldest-egyptian-mummy-in-west-at-emory-university/ http://thesga.org/2011/09/oldest-egyptian-mummy-in-west-at-emory-university/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:25:49 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9497 The oldest Egyptian mummy in the Western Hemisphere will be part of an exhibit at Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum. The mummy is more than 4000 years old. It is one of about 120 objects from that age in the Emory exhibit. The exhibition will shed light on ancient Egyptian rites and rituals regarding the afterlife.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/09/oldest-egyptian-mummy-in-west-at-emory-university/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/06/archaeology-month-2011-sga-meeting-weekend-a-success/ http://thesga.org/2011/06/archaeology-month-2011-sga-meeting-weekend-a-success/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:57:08 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9122 The SGA’s eighteenth annual Georgia Archaeology Awareness promotion, Archaeology Month 2011, had as its theme Gone But Not Forgotten: Rediscovering the Civil War Through Archaeology. The Governor proclaimed May Archaeology Month, at a signing attended by several SGA members. The spring meeting was held on Saturday, May 14th in McDonough. Attendees spent the day socializing and listening to several presentations. On Sunday, attendees headed to Nash Farm Battlefield and Museum, and also the Historical Museum in Heritage Park and Veterans Wall of Honor. The SGA thanks our co-sponsors and all who helped this meeting to be such a success.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/06/archaeology-month-2011-sga-meeting-weekend-a-success/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/2010/12/water-as-a-window-on-the-world-gwinnett-county-case-study/ http://thesga.org/2010/12/water-as-a-window-on-the-world-gwinnett-county-case-study/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:00:01 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7421 Go on a road trip and visit the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center, near Buford. We all know that for Earth's living things, water is life. And the Center's displays focus on water as a way to link science, culture, and history. Archaeology, of course, sheds light on these interrelationships.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/12/water-as-a-window-on-the-world-gwinnett-county-case-study/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/01/road-trip-bartow-history-museum-cartersville/ http://thesga.org/2010/01/road-trip-bartow-history-museum-cartersville/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:03 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4784 The Bartow History Museum in downtown Cartersville invites you to visit! The Museum has interactive exhibits and also hosts monthly lectures. Road trip: combine a trip to the Etowah Mounds and a visit to this Museum!]]> http://thesga.org/2010/01/road-trip-bartow-history-museum-cartersville/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/09/touring-the-coast-tybee-island-lighthouse/ http://thesga.org/2009/09/touring-the-coast-tybee-island-lighthouse/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:00:37 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3777 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 enjoyable historic places like the Tybee Island lighthouse.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/09/touring-the-coast-tybee-island-lighthouse/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/01/fernbank-museum-of-natural-history/ http://thesga.org/2009/01/fernbank-museum-of-natural-history/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:34:22 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=700 http://thesga.org/2009/01/fernbank-museum-of-natural-history/feed/ 0