Spring GCPA meeting scheduled for Friday, May 15th
The 2009 Spring meeting of the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists will take place on Friday, May 15th from 1:45–3:30 pm in the Taylor building, Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road, in Macon.
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The Society for Georgia Archaeology is proud to present the preliminary program for our Spring Meeting, scheduled for Saturday, May 19, at Georgia Gwinnett College. This meeting is in conjunction with 2012 Archaeology Month.
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Mark your calendar: the SGA Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Valdosta as part of 2015 Archaeology Month celebrations. The theme for this year’s Archaeology Month is “Native Shores, European Waves: Contact Archaeology in Georgia.
Read MoreSt. Catherines Island Archaeological Collection at Fernbank
Submitted by Dennis Blanton ([email protected]) Transfer of the St. Catherines Island Foundation and Edward John Noble Foundation Collection of archaeological material to Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was begun early in 2004.
Read MoreSt. Catherines Island ceramics featured in new Fernbank exhibit
Submitted by Dennis Blanton Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta has opened a new permanent exhibition featuring artifacts from St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Using pottery as a lens, Conveyed in Clay: Stories from St.
Read MoreSt. Simons Island resident receives George S. Lewis Archaeological Stewardship Award
Submitted by Rita Elliott ([email protected]) Here’s the text of the SGA’s press release of October 21st, 2010:\ Glynn County 4th grade teacher Ellen Provenzano was awarded the prized George S. Lewis Archaeological Stewardship Award by the Society for Georgia Archaeology.
Read MoreStallings Island Events in the Augusta Area
Stallings Island Revisited – Augusta, Georgia Dr. Kenneth Sassaman, Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of Florida Archaeology at the University of Florida, the foremost expert on Stallings Island and Stallings culture and the last person to conduct a sanctioned dig on the island, scheduled to speak in Augusta.
Read MoreStallings Island stewardship is difficult, important
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Archaeological sites contain irreplaceable information. Sites are nonrenewable and finite. They can only be excavated once. There is no second chance to recover the important information concealed in the soil.
Read MoreState Archaeologist Crass is new Director of HPD
State Archaeologist Dr. David Colin Crass is the new Director of the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the DNR announced on 27 January 2010.
Read MoreState Social Studies Fair
Submitted by Catherine Long ([email protected]) Madison Zerbe, fifth grade, and her winning exhibit. For the sixth year, SGA and the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists sponsored an Archaeology Award at the State Social Studies Fair held at Clayton State University on March 22.
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