http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://thesga.org/2012/05/final-program-available-for-the-2012-spring-meeting/ http://thesga.org/2012/05/final-program-available-for-the-2012-spring-meeting/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 18:30:10 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10779 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 starting at 8am in the state-of-the art Student Center. Click here to access a PDF of the Spring Meeting Program (final version).]]> http://thesga.org/2012/05/final-program-available-for-the-2012-spring-meeting/feed/ 1 http://thesga.org/2012/01/blue-ridge-parkway-archive-online-with-geolocation-data/ http://thesga.org/2012/01/blue-ridge-parkway-archive-online-with-geolocation-data/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:15 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10252 Do you geotag your digital photographs? North Carolina archivists have determined the geographic location of myriad photographs and other historical materials that illuminate the history of the Blue Ridge Parkway, then put scans of those materials online for researchers to browse. Read more about Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina in the full story.]]> http://thesga.org/2012/01/blue-ridge-parkway-archive-online-with-geolocation-data/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/12/november-27-2011/ http://thesga.org/2011/12/november-27-2011/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:13:30 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10034 …In which Abby the ArchaeoBus visits Ft. Hawkins, in Macon. Abby describes excavations to uncover palisade walls that were built in 1809, and the flood of visitors who toured the Bus and displays.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/12/november-27-2011/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/12/georgia-archaeology-transportation-sites/ http://thesga.org/2011/12/georgia-archaeology-transportation-sites/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:00:06 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=10021 There's a little-known type of archaeological site called a transportation site. Transportation sites are of many sub-types, including railroads and railroad depots and yards, roads and trails, canals, and wharves and docks. These are archaeological sites but not residential sites. Read more in the full story, which focusses on the Brunswick-Altamaha Canal, which SGA members and guests visited during the tour of archaeological sites near St. Simons Island that was the focus of the SGA's exciting 2010 Fall Meeting.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/12/georgia-archaeology-transportation-sites/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/11/historic-preservation-primer-available-from-hpd/ http://thesga.org/2011/11/historic-preservation-primer-available-from-hpd/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:00:59 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9866 Careful preservation planning means knowledge about important historical and archaeological resources are part of the planning process. In late October 2011, Georgia's Historic Preservation Division released Preservation Primer: A Resource Guide for Georgia, available in both high- and low-resolution PDFs. The Primer will help you identify historic properties, evaluate them, and develop local preservation planning strategies. And help protect your community's resources.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/11/historic-preservation-primer-available-from-hpd/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/10/2012-places-in-peril-announced/ http://thesga.org/2011/10/2012-places-in-peril-announced/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:30:09 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9813 What places in Georgia with historic importance are most under threat right now? In late October 2012, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released its list of 2012 Places in Peril. This year all are standing structures, and four have white (or nearly white) columns. One is a pavilion from an amusement park in Gainesville and another is an embattled historic dormitory on the UGA campus in Athens.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/10/2012-places-in-peril-announced/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/10/archaeobus-at-fort-hawkins-for-week/ http://thesga.org/2011/10/archaeobus-at-fort-hawkins-for-week/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:46:12 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9807 This week, 24–31 October, 2011, the SGA's ArchaeoBus is at Fort Hawkins and open to the public, while excavations are in progress. This is the first time the ArchaeoBus has visited active excavations! Fort Hawkins, on a hill above the Ocmulgee National Monument and downtown Macon, dates to 1806, before Macon was founded. On the 31st, attend a Press Conference at 3:00PM, when you can see all that was found during the week, and tour the ArchaeoBus. At 5:00PM, the first Fort Hawkins Halloween Hauntings will begin, with ArchaeoBus tours a major highlight of this free, fun, family event.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/10/archaeobus-at-fort-hawkins-for-week/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/09/help-save-uga%e2%80%99s-rutherford-hall/ http://thesga.org/2011/09/help-save-uga%e2%80%99s-rutherford-hall/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:07:05 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9453 Plan to attend a meeting at 6:30pm tonight, September 6th, at UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 315 Riverbend Road, to help change the fate of historic Rutherford Hall, which is currently slated for demolition. Rutherford is a dorm in the Myers Quad on the University of Georgia campus in Athens.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/09/help-save-uga%e2%80%99s-rutherford-hall/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/07/african-american-voices-oakland-cemeterys-first-cell-phone-tour/ http://thesga.org/2011/07/african-american-voices-oakland-cemeterys-first-cell-phone-tour/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:55:35 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=9277 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.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/07/african-american-voices-oakland-cemeterys-first-cell-phone-tour/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/07/in-the-national-park-system-cultural-resources-%e2%80%9care-in-serious-trouble%e2%80%9d/ http://thesga.org/2011/07/in-the-national-park-system-cultural-resources-%e2%80%9care-in-serious-trouble%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:00:17 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=9166 A June 2011 report called The State of America’s National Parks warns on page 25 “that cultural resources in the National Park System—considered the most important to our country’s heritage—are in serious trouble. In fact, these places and collections are being maintained in a condition well below the level that the National Park Service itself has deemed appropriate.” The report concludes on page 27 that the reason this has happened is that “[t]here simply aren’t enough qualified and trained people overseeing the parks’ cultural heritage.” Given the many National Park System properties with an historic or archaeological slant in Georgia (e.g., Ocmulgee National Monument and the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site), are you surprised at this situation?]]> http://thesga.org/2011/07/in-the-national-park-system-cultural-resources-%e2%80%9care-in-serious-trouble%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/05/hpd-uses-online-survey-and-public-discussions-to-frame-5-year-plan/ http://thesga.org/2011/05/hpd-uses-online-survey-and-public-discussions-to-frame-5-year-plan/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 09:00:24 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8958 From mid-2010 to early 2011, Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division sought public input on what HPD should emphasize in their programs over the coming five years. The current State Historic Preservation Plan will be replaced by a new plan by the end of 2011. In general, archaeological resources take a back seat to historical resources, especially standing buildings and historic districts.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/05/hpd-uses-online-survey-and-public-discussions-to-frame-5-year-plan/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/reunion-of-pit-volunteers-april-30th/ http://thesga.org/2011/04/reunion-of-pit-volunteers-april-30th/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:19:38 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8513 Passport In Time volunteers from any era are invited to the Passport In Time (PIT) Reunion at Scull Shoals on Saturday, April 30th, 2011, between 10AM and 4PM. The Reunion is being held in conjunction with the Scull Shoals Festival at the old mill site on the Oconee National Forest in Greene County. The big event is jointly hosted by the Friends of Scull Shoals, Inc, and the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/04/reunion-of-pit-volunteers-april-30th/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/colonoware-examined-another-heritage-remembered/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/colonoware-examined-another-heritage-remembered/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:49:52 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8397 Get your copy today! Volumes in Historical Archaeology: No. 49 Colonoware Examined: Another Heritage Remembered. This volume is an overview of past and current research on South Carolina and Georgia colonoware: Including initial assessment of representative, excavated pottery and shards and comparison with known ceramic technology.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/colonoware-examined-another-heritage-remembered/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/meet-march-12th-to-help-save-log-home/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/meet-march-12th-to-help-save-log-home/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:44:02 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=8184 Help save a log building in Gordon County that's on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered "the oldest home in Gordon County." Meet on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:30 AM at Rockdale Plantation to join the effort.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/meet-march-12th-to-help-save-log-home/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/03/cultural-heritage-tourism-main-street-usa/ http://thesga.org/2011/03/cultural-heritage-tourism-main-street-usa/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:15:54 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=8110 The Natural Trust defines Cultural Heritage Tourism as traveling to experience the places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present, including cultural, historic and natural resources. The main goals of cultural heritage tourism include improving the quality of life for residents as well as serving cultural heritage travelers who will most likely stay longer and spend more money than travelers who are not affiliated with local history and its cultural environment.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/03/cultural-heritage-tourism-main-street-usa/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/historic-preservation-is-good-for-georgias-economy/ http://thesga.org/2011/02/historic-preservation-is-good-for-georgias-economy/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:00:55 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7846 Recently, Georgia DNR's Historic Preservation Division released Good News in Tough Times: Historic Preservation and the Georgia Economy, a report on the impact of historic preservation on the state's economy. The report is downloadable and gives figures on some benefits to the state's bottom line. Note that individual property owners have invested $560,000,000 in historic buildings over the decade beginning in 2000.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/02/historic-preservation-is-good-for-georgias-economy/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/01/pillar-carpentry/ http://thesga.org/2011/01/pillar-carpentry/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:00:50 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7728 Some historic buildings are known for their white columns. How did traditional carpenters make those columns? When they are standing in position and painted, it's difficult to tell how they might have been made, even if you examine them closely. However, when a house is under renovation, construction secrets may be revealed.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/01/pillar-carpentry/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2011/01/atlanta-beltline-and-the-old-fourth-ward/ http://thesga.org/2011/01/atlanta-beltline-and-the-old-fourth-ward/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:00:09 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7599 The city of Atlanta has undertaken a visionary project to improve the transportation network for pedestrians. Under construction is the Atlanta Beltline project, which includes a 22-mile loop of pedestrian-friendly rail transit, almost 1300 acres of new parkland, and 33-miles of foot trails. Such projects are examples of changes in land use that affect historic and archaeological preservation.]]> http://thesga.org/2011/01/atlanta-beltline-and-the-old-fourth-ward/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/12/please-help-cave-spring-by-voting-in-the-pepsi-grant-program-for-december/ http://thesga.org/2010/12/please-help-cave-spring-by-voting-in-the-pepsi-grant-program-for-december/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:23:15 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=7036 The Cave Spring Log Cabin Project is participating in the Pepsi Grant Program for December. Help them win financial support from Pepsi by voting for their project all through December! Thank you!]]> http://thesga.org/2010/12/please-help-cave-spring-by-voting-in-the-pepsi-grant-program-for-december/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/11/warfare-and-the-protection-of-archaeological-resources/ http://thesga.org/2010/11/warfare-and-the-protection-of-archaeological-resources/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:00:25 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6921 The destruction inherent in modern warfare—for example, bombing, high-powered artillery, defensive construction by heavy equipment—is counter to the preservation of archaeological resources. The September 2010 issue of the newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology includes three articles in a section titled Antiquities in Warfare. More articles discuss Conflict Archaeology.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/11/warfare-and-the-protection-of-archaeological-resources/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/preserving-the-last-remaining-school-house-on-st-simons-island/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/preserving-the-last-remaining-school-house-on-st-simons-island/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:00:40 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6631 Preservation of aging buildings can offer knotty problems. Indeed, preservationists are often first faced with difficulties in purchasing the land a building sits on. Since 2004, preservationists have been working to purchase a 12-acre tract that includes the parcel on which the last remaining African American school house on St. Simons Island stands, called the Harrington Tract. The full story recounts where efforts stand as of Fall 2010.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/preserving-the-last-remaining-school-house-on-st-simons-island/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/2010-fall-meeting%e2%80%94in-pictures/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/2010-fall-meeting%e2%80%94in-pictures/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:00:33 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6551 The SGA met on St. Simons Island, east of Brunswick, on a lovely fall weekend in mid-October, and explored archaeological sites there and in the SSI area. Enjoy dozens of pictures from the tour in the full story. The SGA thanks all who organized the trip, discussed the places we visited, and gave us permission to visit them—and to all non-members who joined our tour.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/2010-fall-meeting%e2%80%94in-pictures/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/road-trip-scull-shoals/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/road-trip-scull-shoals/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:00:39 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6290 By the Oconee River between Athens and Greensboro are the ruins of a fascinating historic industrial complex—with a captivating name: Scull Shoals. Plan a road trip to this interesting place, and bring a picnic!]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/road-trip-scull-shoals/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/fall-2010-meeting-agenda-details/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/fall-2010-meeting-agenda-details/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:40:40 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6480 The 2010 Fall Meeting is a tour of prehistoric and historic archaeological and historical sites in the St. Simons Island area from Friday-Sunday, 15-17 October. The meeting formally begins in the Frederica Room at Sea Palms on Saturday morning. Registration 8-9 am; short orientation talks start at 9 am, before heading out on the tours. Pick up a printout of the agenda, with maps, at the 9 am orientation. Article includes suggestions for activities if you arrive early enough on Friday the 15th.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/fall-2010-meeting-agenda-details/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/cave-spring-hotel-has-log-walls/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/cave-spring-hotel-has-log-walls/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:00:45 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6418 The Cave Spring Historical Society is seeking to restore the town's old hotel, which has two-story squared-log walls that were long obscured by blue siding.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/cave-spring-hotel-has-log-walls/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/walk-inside-a-building-and-look-up/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/walk-inside-a-building-and-look-up/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:23 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6235 Are you inquisitive enough to look up when most people don't? You can often spot something interesting if you look up in public buildings with high ceilings. The full story discusses a mural painted on a ceiling in…wait, take a look and remember if you've seen it in real life!]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/walk-inside-a-building-and-look-up/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/2010/07/18th-century-ship-found-during-wtc-construction/ http://thesga.org/2010/07/18th-century-ship-found-during-wtc-construction/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:06:40 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6047 World Trade Center workers revealed a long-buried ship in black mud on July 13, 2010. Archaeologists have been working to record the timbers before they dry out and crumble. Follow the link in full story to a New York Times story with details and pictures. The small picture here is from a Fred R. Conrad photograph in the Times story.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/07/18th-century-ship-found-during-wtc-construction/feed/ 0