Online news archive...
The complete archive of online news on various topics in archaeology is here, listed in reverse order of publication on this website. If, instead, you are interested in an archive of notices about the business of the Society (e.
Read MoreOnline symposium: "the hardest unsolved problems in social science"
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Elsewhere on this website, we have defined culture as the learned beliefs and behaviors shared, and passed on, by the members of a society. Archaeologists, therefore, deal with the products of culture—that is, human-made things like tools, pots, buildings (and building remains), and the like—rather than culture directly.
Read MoreOpen house at the Waring Laboratory of Archaeology
The Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Laboratory of Archaeology at the University of West Georgia is pleased to announce its 2013 open house. Come out to the Waring Lab on Saturday, April 6, from 11:00 a.
Read MoreOpen House---Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory
Submitted by Meggie Dunivent ([email protected]) The Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory at the University of West Georgia is hosting their annual Open House on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Read MoreOrder box lunches TODAY!
You can order $5 box lunches for the Saturday picnic on Gascoigne Bluff during the Fall Meeting (Friday-Sunday, 15-17 October, 2010) through today, October 8th, and you can register right up to the start of the meeting in the conference hall at Sea Palms, on St.
Read MoreOrder Frontiers in the Soil now!
Frontiers in the Soil is a classic in archaeological literature that should be useful to everyone. Using easy-to-read text by Roy S. Dickens, Jr., and creative color cartoon illustrations by James L.
Read MoreOrigins of agriculture discussed in detail
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Figure 1 (reduced), from the issue’s introductory article, The Origins of Agriculture: New Data, New Ideas: An Introduction to Supplement 4, by T. Douglas Price and Ofer Bar-Yosef.
Read MoreOther project ideas
For some years, the Society for Georgia Archaeology teamed with the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists to offer prizes in both the junior and senior divisions of the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair.
Read MoreOutgoing SGA President's message: Fall 2010
Submitted by Dennis Blanton ([email protected]) Dear Friends and Supporters of SGA, It is clear that SGA will be secure and will continue to thrive under the leadership of our new President, Catherine Long, and with the dedication of a very capable group of officers, board members, and volunteers to support her.
Read MoreOutliers and rare events
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) When a scientist analyzes data, sometimes the values are more similar—except for one or a few values or characteristics or whatever. These different values are called outliers, meaning they lie outside the pattern of most of the values (or of the sample of values).
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