Saving Georgia's Dirt at CoastFest 2009
Submitted by Kevin Kiernan ([email protected]) With over 7000 visitors from across and outside the state, CoastFest 2009 broke all records for attendance this year. Held on the first Saturday of October on the grounds of the Coastal Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources, at the northern foot of the stunning Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, CoastFest is an annual extravaganza of interactive exhibitions and sideshows relating to Georgia’s coastal heritage.
Read MoreSCAD student enjoys the SGA's Fall Meeting
Submitted by Adrienne Birge-Wilson ([email protected]) SCAD HP students mix with “amiable, laid-back” SGA members and guests at the SGA’s Fall Meeting, a tour of archaeological sites in the St. Simons Island area.
Read MoreScales of data and analysis
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Social scientists, including archaeologists, examine both big-picture issues and fine-grained data. This means they consider large-scale topics like sociopolitical evolution and the formation of nation-states. Of course, some of the data archaeologists collect is very small and local, like the location of house posts and fire pits, and the distribution of houses in a community—for example, in a prehistoric village, as surrounded the mounds we call Etowah, near Cartersville.
Read MoreSchedule for the SGA's Fall Meeting, October 17th
Submitted by Catherine Long ([email protected]) The SGA’s Fall Meeting organizer, Catherine Long, has announced the meeting schedule. The Fall SGA Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 17 at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford (see map below).
Read MoreSchool's out
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) The Weekly Ponder is on vacation. In honor of this modern habit, we suggest you ponder the seasonal patterns that people living in what is now Georgia in the recent and long-ago past sensed.
Read MoreScouts learn what Real Archaeology is
Submitted by David Chamness Boy Scouts from Troop 125 in Holly Springs, Georgia performed some real life science by helping William Phillips, an Eagle Scout from Troop 11 of Gainesville, Georgia in early May 2010.
Read Morescraper
a stone tool designed for use in scraping hides, bones and other materials that has been flaked (knapped) on one side. Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreScreven County Library hosts exhibit for Archaeology Month 2010
The Screven County Library in Sylvania (106 South Community Drive) is hosting an exhibit celebrating Archaeology Month for the whole month of May, 2010. The exhibit will highlight the Society for Georgia Archaeology and its vision that all Georgians understand the significance of their archaeological sites so that they will support archaeological preservation, education, and research.
Read MoreScull Shoals Heritage Festival, Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Submitted by Allen Vegotsky Joe Reynolds and Tom Sparks of Greene County call themselves “Keepers of the Sound.” They play sitting under a tree and their music spreads happiness across the village most of the day!
Read MoreSEAC announces 2014 public outreach grant
The Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC), in order to promote public awareness of archaeology in the Southeast, supports a program of small grants to finance public outreach projects. SEAC provides an annual grant of $2,000 to an applicant through a competitive application process.
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