circa
from the Latin word meaning approximately; often used before a date, and abbreviated “ca.” (for example, ca. 1530) Posted online on Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Read MoreCivil War symposium at Kennesaw State University, March 19--21
Image from Symposium Poster, available here online. The Center for the Study of the Civil War Era cordially invites you to attend the 7th Annual Symposium on New Interpretations of the American Civil War, titled Alternative Southern Realities: African Americans and the American Civil War.
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a social unit tracing descent from a common ancestor; the ancestor may be real or mythical Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
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taxonomy, or a system of arranging artifacts into groups or categories according to certain set of criteria, usually shared qualities or characteristics The term is not limited to artifacts, and may be used for types of social organization and myriad other concepts.
Read MoreClimate change and Georgia's archaeological resources
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In mid-June 2009 the government of the USA, through the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), released an authoritative assessment of national and regional impacts of global climate change called “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.
Read MoreCoastal Georgia Chapter events
Our club had a busy fall season starting off with our October 18 tour, where we visited the Effingham Old Jail Museum and the Reiser-Zoller House to see an amazing array of 19th and early 20th century tools and household furnishings—the stuff we often dig up in its fragmentary, rusted, and broken state!
Read MoreCoastal Heritage Society blog records investigations of Revolutionary period sites in Savannah
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) Visit a frequently updated blog called Savannah Under Fire to read about the latest discoveries of Coastal Heritage Society archaeologists, supported by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program.
Read MoreCoastfest 2003
SGA was proud to have a table with activities for children and information for adults at Coastfest 2003, on October 4th. All photographs are copyright Michael Shirk. Posted online on Saturday, October 4th, 2003
Read MoreCoastFest 2009, 3 October in Brunswick
Submitted by Kevin Kiernan (kevin.kiernan@gmail.com) Each year the SGA sponsors an archaeology event at CoastFest in Brunswick. This year, in addition to interactive events under the SGA tent, the ArchaeoBus will have its resources available to the thousands of visitors who attend each year.
Read MoreCollective learning, baseball caps, and Clovis points
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) David Christian, in his 2004 volume Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, argues that what sets humans apart from other species, even other species of hominids, is our capacity for collective learning.
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