Jekyll Island and the telephone
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) An important event in the history of the telephone happened on Jekyll Island. If you wander around the historic area south of the Jekyll Island Clubhouse, now the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, you will find a plexiglass box encompassing an old telephone.
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Submitted by Ray Crook ([email protected]) Portrayal of Native American life on Jekyll Island (original painting by Melissa Crawford, Art Major at the University of West Georgia). People have called the small barrier island now known as Jekyll home for many centuries, but only the most obvious and recent reminders of that history are usually recognized today.
Read MoreJerald Ledbetter Obituary- Friend, Colleague, Archaeologist
It is with great sadness that SGA announces the death of Robert Jerald Ledbetter, 70, on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia after a brief illness.
Read MoreJoint Research Grants debut
Submitted by Tom Lewis ([email protected]) The Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA), Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA), and Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are sponsoring student research grants for 2014.
Read MoreJuly 10th, 2013
\ Our tour around this area wasn’t over, as we headed to the Ephesus Library in Roopville! It was a little rainy, but the kids over at the Ephesus Library were full of smiles and sunshine!
Read MoreJuly 16th, 2013
\ These kids are part of the Summer Arts Camp over at the ART Station, and gosh were they bright! They got every question on my true/false quiz! They really knew their archaeoFacts!
Read MoreJuly 17th, 2013
\ Of course the kids had a great time playing around with the games inside as well! They were all over answering some tough archaeological true/false questions, and seeing how an archaeologist sees things.
Read MoreJuly 22nd, 2013
\ We also got to meet some other pretty nifty people there! I was really excited to get to meet the Marietta Derby Darlins! Many of you may not know this, but I have always wanted to be a roller derby gal…ever since I was just a little archaeoCar.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2012
I love to park next to the blockhouse replica at Fort Hawkins! It is so historic (and it doesn’t hurt that it makes my multiple tonnage feel petite!) In May, I returned to one of my regular haunts, Fort Hawkins in Macon.
Read MoreJune 12th, 2013
\ It was a scorcher outside, but much like the famous Stone Mountain, the kids at Hairston Crossing didn’t take the opportunity to come out and learn about the wonderful world of archaeology for GRANITE!
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