global positioning system (GPS)
a satellite technology used to pinpoint ground locations that archaeologists use when doing fieldwork, including to make accurate, detailed maps, or for locating previously-recorded archaeological sites Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreGolden Isles members busy contributing to multiple projects
Submitted by Kevin Kiernan ([email protected]) SGA Board Member Kevin Kiernan is a member of the SGA’s Golden Isles Chapter, based on St. Simons. He writes about the Chapter members' latest activities.
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an early plant domesticate in Southeastern North America, in the pumpkin, squash, and cucumber family; it was used more for its vessel/utensil characteristics when dried, than as food Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreGovernor proclaims May Georgia Archaeology Month
Left to right: Rob Moon, Savannah Archeological Research Program; Brandon Batt, Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.; Lori Thompson, Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.; Governor Nathan Deal; Catherine Long, Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center, and SGA President; Pam Baughman, Georgia Department of Transportation, and SGA Secretary; Dave Crass, State Archaeologist and Director, Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources; and Tammy Herron, Savannah Archeological Research Program, and SGA Vice-President.
Read MoreGovernor signs 2009 Archaeology Month proclamation
On Thursday, 2 April, Governor Sonny Perdue proclaimed May Archaeology Month for 2009. The proclamation states: Whereas: Georgia’s archaeological sites are important to our state’s heritage, making the arrival of American Indians more than 10,000 years ago and documenting the exploration, colonization and founding of our nation by Europeans, Africans and Asians; and
Read MoreGovernor's Award in the Humanities presented to Rita Elliott
Submitted by Tom Gresham ([email protected]) Rita Elliott, one of the most active, creative and energetic SGA members in recent memory, was awarded the prestigious Governor’s Award in the Humanities at a banquet in downtown Atlanta on May 11, 2010.
Read MoreGraham Creek Paleoindian Inventory Report available online
Submitted by Scott Jones In 1979, Mr. Lee Thomas surface collected 86 probable Paleoindian bifaces and tools from a plowed field near the Oostanaula River in Gordon County, Georgia. Known as the Graham Creek (9GO32) site, it was initially assigned a Woodland period date.
Read MoreGranite from Elberton
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Elberton is a community east-northeast of Atlanta, not far from the state line. Elberton is atop the northern end of a subterranean deposit of granite that extends southwest past Lexington.
Read MoreGreater Atlanta Archaeological Society February Newsletter
The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its Atlanta Antiquities Vol 5 No 2 February 2017(1). The newsletter contains information about the recently approved Fort Frederica Legislation as well as information on February guest speaker, Emma Mason, an archaeologist with GDNR HPD who will present on an archaeological database that will be used by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office.
Read MoreGreater Atlanta Archaeological Society March Newsletter
The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its March newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol 5 No 3 March 2017. The newsletter contains information about the March guest speaker, Scott Jones, prehistoric technologies expert, who will present on lithic resources in Georgia and perform a flintknapping demonstration.
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