Canada geese
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Canada geese are native to North America and eastern Siberia and northeastern China. They are migratory birds, and their scientific name is Branta canadensis. We see migrating geese frequently today in the spring and autumn.
Read MoreCartesian coordinate system
a three-dimensional coordinate system in which the coordinates of a point are its distances from each of three intersecting perpendicular planes along lines parallel to the other two Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreCasa Grande: the USA's first archaeological reserve
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) View from walkway exiting visitor center, 2009. Between the modern cities of Tucson and Phoenix are the famous crumbling prehispanic architecture now central to the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
Read MoreCasting a critical eye on historical research
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Historical research is an adventure into the past! Archaeologists use historical research to amplify the archaeological record. History is the past that can be amplified by written records.
Read MoreCatch up on GARS newsletter
Read about the activities of the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS), a Chapter of the SGA based in Gwinnett County, in their newsletter, Gwinnett Archaeology Bulletin. Access a PDF of the January 2013 issue by clicking here.
Read MoreCause and effect: Climatic change
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Scientists, including archaeologists, think about cause and effect, and the factors that muddy our understanding of a hypothesized cause-and-effect relationship. This is part of the scientific method.
Read MoreCave Spring hotel found to have log walls
\ Recently, Paulette Harbin wrote to the SGA website telling us about an exciting project the Cave Spring Historical Society has undertaken. Cave Spring is in northwest Georgia, northwest of Cedartown.
Read MoreCemeteries and lot lines
Submitted by Stephen A. Hammack ([email protected]) A little known fact about historic cemeteries is that they were often purposefully placed on land lot lines. This was a fairly common 19th-century practice back in the day when individuals owned entire land lots (202.
Read MoreCemeteries are constructed for the deceased but hold insights into the beliefs of the living
Submitted by Kelly Woodard ([email protected]) The Flat Rock Cemetery in Lithonia, Georgia, displays the widespread rural African-American custom of burying the dead with simple fieldstones placed at the head and foot of the interment.
Read Moreceramics
pottery, or items made from clay and heated in a fire, which chemically changes the soil to a more durable yet brittle material Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
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