typology
the classification of a group of artifacts into types, and the study of their change through time, to help understand the development of human cultures Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreUGA hosting presentation about Camp Lawton
Submitted by Jared Wood ([email protected]) Detail from an 1864 illustration of Camp Lawton by Private Robert Knox Sneden, a Union prisoner in the camp. The UGA Student Association for Archaeological Sciences (SAAS) is sponsoring an exciting, free event on Friday, February 18.
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Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) If you’ve been around archaeology in Georgia for a few decades, you may recognize the “upstairs” archaeology lab at the University of Georgia, on the second floor of Baldwin Hall, in Athens, ca.
Read MoreUGA students learn primitive skills, atlatl throwing
Submitted by M. Jared Wood ([email protected]) Scott Jones and UGA students line up for a group atlatl toss. Scott Jones teaching primitive skills. The University of Georgia Student Association for Archaeological Sciences recently sponsored a day-long atlatl workshop with Scott Jones, primitive technologist and expert in atlatl manufacture and use.
Read MoreUnder construction
There are many opportunities to volunteer in the field and laboratory, and more, on archaeological projects, research, and education and outreach. MORE! Posted online on Friday, January 30th, 2009
Read MoreUndergraduate research projects presented to GAAS
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) After the presentations, Dennis awarded each speaker with a GAAS tshirt and a one-year free membership in the society, which is the customary recognition by GAAS for its speakers.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Mississippian past by uniting archaeology and history
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) For ease of discussion, archaeologists customarily divide the past into chunks that they name. While this makes communication easier, it obscures the continuous nature of some aspects of our human past.
Read MoreUpcoming Events during the Georgia History Festival
The Georgia Historical Society is holding the Georgia History Festival from Monday, February 2 through Wednesday, February 18 at multiple locations across the state. The featured historical figure for the festival this year is Hernando de Soto in observance of the 475th anniversary of his journey in Georgia.
Read MoreUpcoming meeting of the Augusta Archaeological Society
The Augusta Archaeological Society will meet on Thursday, January 30th, at Big Daddy’s Bar and Grill located at 4045 Jimmie Dyess Parkway just off I-20 in Augusta, Georgia. Archaeologist Kara Bridgman Sweeney will discuss the typology of Early Archaic side-notched projectile points and Edgefield scrapers.
Read MoreUpcoming SOGART Symposium in Douglas
SOGART’s 2010 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology will begin at 8 am with registration, and papers begin at 9 am on Saturday, August 14th, 2010. The Symposium will be held at Stubbs Hall, South Georgia College, Douglas.
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