http://thesga.org SGA site, redux Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 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/2011/04/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/2011/01/changes-over-time-across-the-landscape/ http://thesga.org/2011/01/changes-over-time-across-the-landscape/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:00:27 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7583 Human beings are a busy species. We often change the landscape around us. We build homes and roads, we establish fields and dam up creeks. Over time, land use of a particular spot can change quite a bit. This story examines the land use of one hill about two miles east-northeast of downtown Atlanta. Land use change can be considered layers of history….]]> http://thesga.org/2011/01/changes-over-time-across-the-landscape/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/12/history-of-atlanta-combines-text-and-images/ http://thesga.org/2010/12/history-of-atlanta-combines-text-and-images/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:00:38 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=7059 Rebecca Burns uses photographs and archival information to tell the history of Atlanta in her 2010 book Atlanta: Yesterday & Today. The author tells Atlanta's story by neighborhood, with thematic sections, rather than through a single chronological storyline. The lively text is augmented by historical and modern images to convey "the character, moxie, and extraordinary history that combined to earn Atlanta its status as the capital of the New South." Consider how the order and organization of a history may affect how the reader perceives the places and times discussed.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/12/history-of-atlanta-combines-text-and-images/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/11/flat-rock-african-american-museum-archives-1st-annual-celebration-honors-ancestors/ http://thesga.org/2010/11/flat-rock-african-american-museum-archives-1st-annual-celebration-honors-ancestors/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:53:12 +0000 Kelly http://thesga.org/?p=6678 The Flat Rock Archives Slave Cemetery Dedication and Libation Ceremony held October 30, 2010, paid tribute to the ancestors of their community through honor, celebration, and history. With a large turnout including news crews and Georgia Public Broadcasting, the community honored the Flat Rock historical church site, built in 1823, by blueprinting what was once the foundation and inviting people into the space. The crowd also visited the Slave Cemetery where a libation ceremony was held to honor the Flat Rock descendants' ancestors. The celebration offered a realistic view into the past for the African-American community. SGA's local chapter, the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, has been involved with preserving and caring for the cemetery through volunteer efforts since 2008.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/11/flat-rock-african-american-museum-archives-1st-annual-celebration-honors-ancestors/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2010/10/flat-rock-community-history-celebration-october-30th/ http://thesga.org/2010/10/flat-rock-community-history-celebration-october-30th/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:04:10 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=6616 The Flat Rock Archives and Museum is hosting its 1st Annual Commemorative Ancestors' Walk and Community History Celebration Saturday, October 30, 2010. Flat Rock Archives and Museum invites you to join efforts to restore, preserve and protect the historic Flat Rock Slave Cemetery—the resting place of more than two hundred slaves and ancestors. The cemetery is east-southeast of Atlanta, and south of Lithonia proper. Events begin with a walk/race that starts at 8 AM; events continue all day.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/10/flat-rock-community-history-celebration-october-30th/feed/ 1 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/2010/03/gaas-schedules-march-meeting/ http://thesga.org/2010/03/gaas-schedules-march-meeting/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:17:17 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=5125 The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society's March meeting will be on the Tuesday the 9th, at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, at 7:30 PM. The speaker will be GAAS's own Allen Vegotsky. Allen will discuss Dr. Lindsey Durham (1789-1859), a physician who worked in the Scull Shoals community, south of Athens. Allen's innovative presentation will take the form of a one-act play, and Allen will play both the Doctor and a narrator.]]> http://thesga.org/2010/03/gaas-schedules-march-meeting/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/12/discovery-of-unknown-cemeteries-at-hunter-army-airfield-sheds-light-on-a-forgotten-past/ http://thesga.org/2009/12/discovery-of-unknown-cemeteries-at-hunter-army-airfield-sheds-light-on-a-forgotten-past/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:00:10 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=4425 Researchers at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah identified two historic-period cemeteries. One had been buried beneath a parking lot for over fifty years; it had thirty-seven graves. A second cemetery was identified from an 1889 map as a "Negro Cemetery," and had well over three hundred burials. All human remains and artifacts were carefully excavated and respectfully moved to Belmont Cemetery, and the Installation’s Garrison Commander and Chaplain participated in a rededication ceremony in conjunction with African-American History Month in February 2009. Article includes photographs of selected grave goods.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/12/discovery-of-unknown-cemeteries-at-hunter-army-airfield-sheds-light-on-a-forgotten-past/feed/ 1 http://thesga.org/2009/05/superposition/ http://thesga.org/2009/05/superposition/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 09:00:17 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=510 Archaeologists conducting excavations are always trying to determine whether objects and features dated to the same period, or whether they were separated in time. Superposition is a big word that refers to locating one thing atop another thing. Archaeological researchers discover superpositioned objects all the time. Sometimes it's difficult to determine just when the superpositioning occurred—whether the two objects were abandoned more or less simultaneously, or whether they were left during events hundreds of years apart.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/05/superposition/feed/ 0 http://thesga.org/2009/05/who-made-the-laclede-king-brick-the-answer/ http://thesga.org/2009/05/who-made-the-laclede-king-brick-the-answer/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 10:26:58 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=3001 Dick Brunelle has revealed the answer to the challenge he posed to readers almost two months ago, since no one logged in and submitted the answer. He asked people who made a brick he saw in LaGrange with "LACLEDE KING" stamped on it. As a tease, he noted: The brick is more closely related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, than it is to covered bridges in Georgia. Ed. note: You must read the full story; it's wonderful!]]> http://thesga.org/2009/05/who-made-the-laclede-king-brick-the-answer/feed/ 2 http://thesga.org/2009/05/old-money/ http://thesga.org/2009/05/old-money/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 09:00:24 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=627 In the nineteenth century, banks around the USA commonly issued their own currency, like this five-dollar note from Ocmulgee Bank of Macon. Banking standards affect capitalization of projects and the economy in general. Read more about the Panic of 1857 by clicking [More].]]> http://thesga.org/2009/05/old-money/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/2009/01/history-underfoot/ http://thesga.org/2009/01/history-underfoot/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:59:25 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=596 Manufacturer's names on products like bricks allow us to reconstruct trade relationships across regions like Southeastern North America.]]> http://thesga.org/2009/01/history-underfoot/feed/ 4 http://thesga.org/2008/12/gaas-teams-with-the-flat-rock-archive/ http://thesga.org/2008/12/gaas-teams-with-the-flat-rock-archive/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:05:27 +0000 sammy http://thesga.org/?p=2344 http://thesga.org/2008/12/gaas-teams-with-the-flat-rock-archive/feed/ 0