Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter- February 2018
The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its February newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 2 The newsletter contains information about the February guest speaker, Dr. David Noble, who will present on Kettle Creek Revolutionary War Battlefield.
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The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its March newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 3. The newsletter contains information about the March guest speakers, graduate students from Georgia State University who will be talking about their research.
Read MoreGreater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter-May 2018
The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its May newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 5. The newsletter contains information about the May guest speaker, David Amrine who will be giving a talk titled “A Primer on Nails in Archaeological Contexts or: ‘How to Stop Worrying and Love the Nail”.
Read MoreGreater Atlanta Archaeological Society Newsletter-October 2018
The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its October newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 7. The newsletter contains information about the October guest speaker, Dr. Michael L. Young who will be giving a talk titled “Unearthing Values and Belief: Technological Style and the Style of Consumption at Quaker Domestic Sites and in the Caribbean”.
Read MoreGreater Atlanta Archaeological Society-April 2018
The Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society has recently released its April newsletter- Atlanta Antiquities Vol. 6, No. 4. The newsletter contains information about the March guest speaker, Steven Scurry, who will present on The Oconee War—-Defending the Beloved Land: Borderland Warfare in Georgia History 1783 – 1796.
Read MoreGreenspace is good for archaeology
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Greenspace projects involve lands set aside to remain undeveloped. In cities, publicly owned greenspace is often in parks. The central purpose of greenspace is to assure that some terrain remain protected from building.
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two sets of imaginary uniformly spaced lines that cross at right angles and are used to divide an archaeological site into units and allow accurate measure of an object or feature’s location on the site; used to measure and record provenience (latitude and longitude comprise a grid)
Read Moreground penetrating radar (GPR)
a remote sensing device that sends a radar pulse deep into the soil, allowing the archaeologist to interpret the anomalies or images that are detected Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreGSU students get experience at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) When the March 2008 tornado struck the downtown area, Atlanta’s historic Oakland Cemetery especially suffered from the root balls brought up by toppled trees. Historic Oakland Foundation Director of Restoration and Landscapes Kevin Kuharic recognized that some of the root balls had the potential for containing human remains, and requested assistance from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Read MoreGwinnett Archaeological Research Society (GARS) Meeting Announcement for April 17, 2018
The next GARS meeting will be on Tuesday, April 17 20 at the Fort Daniel Meeting Room beginning at 7pm at Fort Daniel Archaeological Site (2505 Braselton Hwy, Buford, GA). Guest speaker Sarah Love from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division will be presenting on the economic impacts of historic preservation.
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