Long Swamp site reexamined
Submitted by Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (770-333-9484) Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI), under a contract with GDOT, has completed a large-scale data recovery project at 9CK1, the Long Swamp site, situated on the Etowah River outside of Ball Ground, Georgia.
Read MoreLong time GAAS member will be October speaker
Submitted by Allen Vegotsky (Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society) Our October speaker will be Curtis Headrick, long time member of GAAS and a dedicated student of Central American cultures. Lyn Kirkland provided the following:
Read MoreLong-distance travel: The Leake Site example
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Look at a topographic map of Georgia. First of all, you may realize that carving Georgia out of the terrain of southeastern North America creates artificial boundaries if you’re looking at topography.
Read MoreLookout Mountain
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Humans are humans; we tend to like some of the same places on the landscape no matter who we are and when we are alive. This means that some of the same places were occupied over and over.
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a person who illegally collects artifacts or destroys archaeological resources; many do this to make a profit Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreLoss of Georgia's archaeological heritage detailed
Site Loss in Georgia is a special issue of Early Georgia, published in Spring 2005. The first article, “When the Past is Destroyed: Loss of Archaeological Sites Due to Urbanization,” by Stephen Kowalewski, evaluates the state of preservation
Read MoreLR Binford on cultural evolution
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) When a leader in a field dies, it’s appropriate to take a look at her/his legacy. In April 2011, archaeologist Lewis R. Binford (b. 1931) died.
Read MoreMacon hotel rooms reserved
The SGA* has reserved a block of 30 hotel rooms at the Fairfield Inn near Wesleyan College for Friday, May 15-Sunday, May 17th. At this rate, check-in is therefore on Friday, and check-out is on Sunday morning.
Read Moremajolica
a visually distinctive painted earthenware pottery that the Spanish brought to the New World that is diagnostic of sites of the Early Colonial period Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreMake plans for Spring Meeting
Please plan to join members and guests of the SGA at our semi-annual meeting this spring, scheduled for Saturday, May 18th in Macon. Preliminary plans include a morning session of presentations at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, a break for a boxed lunch (or bring your own), tour of Ocmulgee National Monument by Dan Bigman, and more presentations at Ocmulgee in the afternoon.
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