Arrows or spears?
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Photo by Maggie Villiger; from the the PBS website. You’re going hunting. You have both arrows and spears. Which do you choose? After all, as Dr.
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any object made, modified, or used by humans Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreArtifact identification day at Indian Spring Hotel, near Flovilla
Join archaeologist Stephen Hammack and members of the Ocmulgee Archaeological Society, a Chapter of the SGA, at the historic Indian Spring Hotel across from the entrance to Indian Springs State Park for the Seven Islands Artifact Identification Day.
Read MoreArtifact styles...do not always match genetic data
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) PIDBA Georgia image SGA0160.jpg, available online here. Mr. Ledbetter’s sketch drawings show each flake scar, and help the viewer understand how the stone tool was made and used.
Read MoreArtifacts and context
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Archaeologists frequently make the point that artifacts can convey certain kinds of important information, but artifacts found in context can convey so much more information.
Read MoreArtifacts in Athens: an historic cannon
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Speaking of artifacts and Athens, plan to attend the SGA’s fund-raising auction on 22 October 2011 at the Terrapin Brewery (265 Newton Bridge Road, Athens). Pre-auction activities begin at 6:30pm, and include brewery tours, beer tasting, tours of the ArchaeoBus, music by live band, silent auction bidding, and socializing.
Read MoreASSC Annual Meeting and second call for papers
Submitted by Jon Leader (leader@sc.edu) Second call for papers The Archaeological Society of South Carolina is pleased to Call for Papers for the 36th Annual Conference that will be held on April 9th and 10th 2010.
Read MoreASSC conference features keynote lecture on Etowah
The Archaeology Society of South Carolina is holding its annual conference in Columbia this Saturday, March 2nd, from 8:30 to 5:00 in Gambrell Room 250. Registration for the conference on Saturday is $10 with a reduced rate of $5 for seniors and students.
Read Moreassemblage
a group of artifacts found together that were used at the same time or for similar tasks Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreAtlanta Antiquity for July and August
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Newsletter Editor Louie Campbell of the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society, a chapter of the SGA, has forwarded digital copies of the July and August issues of Atlanta Antiquity for your perusal.
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