New experimental archaeology/primitive technology book
Submitted by Tom Gresham (searcheo@aol.com) Long time SGA member and primitive technology researcher Scott Jones has just published a book that is a compilation of his articles from the past decade related to primitive technology and experimental archaeology.
Read MoreNew Friends of Scull Shoals newsletter
The Friends of Scull Shoals seeks to foster education and outdoor recreation enjoyment by preserving and sharing the natural and historic resources of the Scull Shoals area from its base in Greensboro.
Read MoreNew henge detected near Stonehenge
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) In summer 2010 archaeologists began the field research for a three-year study of the lands around Stonehenge, on the Salisbury plain west-southwest of London. Almost immediately they made a game-changing find.
Read MoreNew metal artifact preservation method explored
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) On 27 December 2009, the online version of Charleston’s Post and Courier published a fascinating story by Tony Bartelme titled “Research on Hunley spurs new discoveries.
Read MoreNew Publication on Preston Holder's WPA Archaeology on the Georgia Coast
SGA members will be pleased to see the inclusion of Kevin Kiernan’s chapter on Preston Holder’s New Deal-era excavations on the Georgia coast in a new book, Shovel Ready: Archaeology and Roosevelt’s New Deal for America, edited by Bernard K.
Read MoreNew radiocarbon calibration curve: IntCal09
An international working group called INTCAL has announced an updated radiocarbon calibration curve. As Michael Balter notes in ScienceNOW online: To calibrate the period extending from the present to about 12,000 years ago, the team has used thousands of overlapping tree-ring segments from the Northern Hemisphere, which provide a very accurate check of raw radiocarbon dates and how much they must be corrected.
Read MoreNew research at 1854 Roswell Manufacturing ruins
Submitted by TRC (770-270-1192) View of part of the Roswell Mill ruins from the end of the tailrace. TRC recently completed archaeological monitoring at the 1854 Roswell Manufacturing Company ruins (9FU205) in the City of Roswell’s Vickery Creek Mill Park, in conjuntion with work to make the site accessible to the public.
Read MoreNew SGA chapter in Dahlonega
Submitted by Jack T. Wynn (jtmfwynn@windstream.net) GMAS ยป BRAG + NoGAG There is both bad news and good news in the story of SGA’s chapters. First the bad news: sadly, the Georgia Mountains Archaeological Society (GMAS) in Gainesville is no more.
Read MoreNew South excavating, reporting
Submitted by New South Associates (770-498-4155) In possibly our busiest winter to date, New South Associates is currently at work on two data recovery projects and is about to begin a third, in addition to a number of survey and testing projects, including smaller corridor or bridge surveys conducted in Bartow, Lowndes, Douglas, Coweta, Paulding, and Washington counties.
Read MoreNew volume on excavations at Major Ridge home
Submitted by Pat Garrow (garrow@mindspring.com) Long-time SGA member Pat Garrow has authored: The Chieftain Excavations, 1969-1971*. ACRA/SHA Reports From the Past. Paperback: 128 pages, 26 Figures, 22 Tables. Available at http://www.
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