2017 Symposium on the Archaeology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain
The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team (SOGART) held its annual research symposium on February 11, 2017, at South Georgia State College in Douglas, Georgia. Archaeologists from Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina convened to discuss their research and current events in Atlantic Coastal Plain archaeology.
Read More2018 Archaeology Month Events
Join us as we celebrate Georgia Archaeology Month throughout the month of May! Thanks to the hard work of Society for Georgia Archaeology members across the state, the month of May is packed with exciting events for you to attend!
Read More2019 SGA Spring Meeting Information
Heritage Under the Waters: the Archaeology of Georgia’s Reservoirs Spring Meeting 2019 The SGA Spring Meeting will be held on May 18^th^ (Saturday), 2019 in Athens, GA at the University of Georgia’s Laboratory of Archaeology.
Read More4th annual Seven Islands Artifact ID Day growing interest among the public
Submitted by Stephen Hammack ([email protected]) The ArchaeoBus and exhibit tents at Seven Islands Artifact ID Day. Click on the thumbnails below to see more pictures We had over 200 attendees at the Seven Islands Artifact ID Day on October 23, 2010, about 100 of whom visited the SGA ArchaeoBus, tent, and tables.
Read MoreA bit of US military history...
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Quick: what is the only installation built by the United States military during the settling of the interior of the continent to protect Indians from Indians (rather than settlers from Native Americans, or for some other purpose)?
Read MoreA discussion of Joseph Caldwell's Late Archaic Stamp Creek Focus of northwest Georgia
Submitted by Jerald Ledbetter ([email protected]) Many of the archeological phase names currently used for northwest Georgia are directly attributable to the work of Joseph Caldwell in Allatoona Reservoir more than fifty years ago (Caldwell 1950, 1957).
Read MoreA gift that keeps giving
Submitted by Sudha Shah ([email protected]) During this holiday season, consider honoring a special someone with a contribution in their name to the Endowment Fund of the Society for Georgia Archaeology. Give a remarkable gift that touches generations to come and preserves your archaeological legacy in Georgia.
Read MoreA message from Winston Churchill
Submitted by Rita Elliott We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.—Winston Churchill The Society for Georgia Archaeology welcomes your contribution to its growing Endowment Fund.
Read MoreA summary of Georgia's archaeological sequence
Period Time Subsistence Pattern Settlement Pattern Diagnostic Features Post war, AD\ Corporate Suburban-urbanization, Public works, global economy, 1945 to agriculture, second homes, rural transistors, information age Present international trade, abandonment interstate service industry, and highways, civil service disposable products, railroad abandonment, Teflon, computers
Read MoreA Swift Creek Site in southern Indiana
Submitted by Dean Wood ([email protected]) In September 2006, Leake Site Principal Investigators Scot Keith and Dean Wood took a trip to Indiana in order to conduct research into the Mann site, a Middle Woodland Hopewell site located in southwestern Indiana.
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