http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://thesga.org/2011/07/learning-from-the-past-where-people-lived-changed-over-time/ http://thesga.org/2011/07/learning-from-the-past-where-people-lived-changed-over-time/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:00:05 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9156 Read "Examining Variation in the Human Settlement of Prehistoric Georgia," by John A. Turck, Mark Williams, and John F. Chamblee in the Spring 2011 issue of Early Georgia (included in membership in the SGA) and you will better understand changes and continuities in the prehistoric occupation across the landscape of the area we now call Georgia. The trio apply statistical methods to the treasure trove of data stored at the Georgia Archaeological Site File in Athens to fine-tune our understanding of where people lived when in the past, and of how those patterns changed over time.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/07/learning-from-the-past-where-people-lived-changed-over-time/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/track-rock-gap-site-a-new-vision-of-petroglyphs/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/track-rock-gap-site-a-new-vision-of-petroglyphs/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:17:21 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8004 Track Rock Gap Site is the location of a series of rock carvings made by Native Americans in Union County, Georgia. It is one of the most significant rock art sites in the Southeastern United States. Track Rock is located on the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. A revamp of the site has allowed viewing the petroplyphs more enjoyable and information can be found at an interactive web site designed to be used by visitors while at the site.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/track-rock-gap-site-a-new-vision-of-petroglyphs/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/05/2010-summer-internship-at-russell-cave/ http://thesga.org/2010/05/2010-summer-internship-at-russell-cave/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:30:21 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=5569 Campus to Careers is hiring an intern for its National Park Service Climate Change Internship Program at the Russell Cave National Monument, in northeast Alabama. This is a paid internship, lasting up to 12 weeks, working with archaeologist Sarah Sherwood assessing prehistoric climate conditions from soil samples. Online application information is in the full story.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/05/2010-summer-internship-at-russell-cave/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/02/sga-leadership-tour-sapelo-island/ http://thesga.org/2010/02/sga-leadership-tour-sapelo-island/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:10:47 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4923 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. We took the morning ferry out underovercast skies, watched the sun arrive with us at the island dock, and returned to the mainland late in the afternoon. We took a break to enjoy a Geechee lunch at mid-day.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/02/sga-leadership-tour-sapelo-island/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/01/stiff-fines-for-site-looting-handed-down-in-burke-county/ http://thesga.org/2010/01/stiff-fines-for-site-looting-handed-down-in-burke-county/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:00:55 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4814 Burke County State Court Judge Jerry Daniel in January 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. The four men were apprehended on private land by Georgia Department of Natural Resources Ranger First Class Jeff Billips and Ranger First Class Grant Matherly in late September 2009.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/01/stiff-fines-for-site-looting-handed-down-in-burke-county/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/08/summer-fieldwork-at-poverty-point-dates-enigmatic-buried-features/ http://thesga.org/2009/08/summer-fieldwork-at-poverty-point-dates-enigmatic-buried-features/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:42:02 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3750 A crew of students lead by Diana Greenlee of the Department of Geosciences at University of Louisiana at Monroe tested buried circles in the plaza area of the famous Poverty Point site in northeast Louisiana this summer and was able to date the features they tested. This important civic-ceremonial site dates to the Terminal Archaic and is open to the public.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/08/summer-fieldwork-at-poverty-point-dates-enigmatic-buried-features/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/2007/10/a-discussion-of-joseph-caldwell%e2%80%99s-late-archaic-stamp-creek-focus-of-northwest-georgia/ http://thesga.org/2007/10/a-discussion-of-joseph-caldwell%e2%80%99s-late-archaic-stamp-creek-focus-of-northwest-georgia/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:22:37 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1829 http://thesga.org/2007/10/a-discussion-of-joseph-caldwell%e2%80%99s-late-archaic-stamp-creek-focus-of-northwest-georgia/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2007/10/inside-the-ring-recent-excavations-at-the-st-catherines-island-shell-ring/ http://thesga.org/2007/10/inside-the-ring-recent-excavations-at-the-st-catherines-island-shell-ring/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:22:28 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1808 http://thesga.org/2007/10/inside-the-ring-recent-excavations-at-the-st-catherines-island-shell-ring/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2007/06/notes-from-the-hardin-bridge-site/ http://thesga.org/2007/06/notes-from-the-hardin-bridge-site/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:22:50 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=1884 http://thesga.org/2007/06/notes-from-the-hardin-bridge-site/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2006/12/new-south-excavating-reporting/ http://thesga.org/2006/12/new-south-excavating-reporting/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:22:10 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2446 http://thesga.org/2006/12/new-south-excavating-reporting/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2005/12/multicomponent-site-on-big-tucsawhatchee-creek-investigated/ http://thesga.org/2005/12/multicomponent-site-on-big-tucsawhatchee-creek-investigated/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:22:06 +0000 admin http://thesga.org/?p=1418 http://thesga.org/2005/12/multicomponent-site-on-big-tucsawhatchee-creek-investigated/feed/ 0