bioturbation
changes in the soil due to natural processes done by living things, which include the action of roots, worms, and digging creatures, etc. These processes cause the movement of and changes to artifacts and features after deposition.
Read MoreBirth announcement
Submitted by Rita Elliott (rfelliott@windstream.net) The Society for Georgia Archaeology is pleased to announce a recent birth after a long labor. The new arrival is a beautiful, baby bus. ArchaeoBus arrived on November 21, 2008, measuring 16’ long and weighing several tons.
Read Moreblade
a long, thin flake of stone that’s produced in some techniques of stone tool making Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreBlog reviews thesga.org
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The blog is here. The blog’s title is Archaeology, Museums and Public Outreach. The blogger is Robert Connolly, Director of the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa in Memphis, Tennessee.
Read MoreBlood Mountain shelter
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) The Appalachian Trail is a famous footpath that extends over 2100 miles from Georgia north all the way into Maine, the northeastern-most state in the United States of America.
Read MoreBlue jeans and radiocarbon dating
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) This Weekly Ponder began with an attempt to explain “cal BP.” The abbreviation stands for a calibrated date Before Present. But, what does “cal BP” really mean?
Read MoreBlue Ridge Parkway archive online with geolocation data
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Geolocation of the images categorized as Construction and Heavy Equipment (Construction), and Workmen in Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
Read MoreBlueberries for...all?
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) These are modern high-bush blueberries. The fruit are still green; the photo was taken in Atlanta in early May. You may be hearing more about BlackBerries (the smartphones) these days, but blueberries are worth a Ponder.
Read MoreBoard meets May 14th, Albany
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In conjunction with the Spring Meeting during 2010 Archaeology Month, SGA’s Board and Officers met in Albany for about three hours on Friday afternoon, May 14th, the day before the general meeting.
Read MoreBook chapter highlights Holder's work on the Georgia coast
Submitted by Keith Stephenson “Preston Holder’s WPA Excavations in Glynn and Chatham Counties, Georgia, 1936-1938” by Kevin Kiernan. Pp. 202-222. In Shovel Ready: Archaeology and Roosevelt’s New Deal for America edited by Bernard K.
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