Prehistoric community excavated in Spalding County
Submitted by Lynn Pietak ([email protected]) Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. (EPEI) recently completed Phase III investigations at 9SP161 in Spalding County under the direction of Phillip Quirk. This project was conducted for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) under a contract with Atkins, Inc.
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the period of time before written records; the prehistoric period varies from region to region Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MorePresentation on Cave Spring Log Cabin
Chieftain’s Museum Archaeologist Pat Garrow will present his findings from the December 2012 excavation at the Cave Spring Log Cabin. You can learn more about the work at the Cave Spring Log Cabin by clicking here.
Read MorePresentation on Maya researcher Tatiana Proskouriakoff
One of the events in celebration of Women’s History Month at Emory University in Atlanta is an illustrated lecture by Char Solomon about a pioneering historic figure, Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Proskouriakoff helped decode the Maya hieroglyphs.
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the act of maintaining the form and integrity of a structure or building as it presently exists, and halting any further deterioration or decay; it does not include any significant rebuilding
Read MorePreservation 101 orientation
Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division periodically teams with the Georgia Trust to offer a day-long meeting with assorted speakers who introduce participants to the services and programs the two organizations offer. Consider attending the next Preservation 101 orientation, offered on May 5th.
Read MorePreservation by parking lot
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Does paving over archaeological remains successfully preserve them? thisisleistershire.co.uk photograph captioned “Public invited to view progress in search for King Richard III remains Pic Mike Sewell”.
Read MorePreservation license tag sales fund four SFY 2010 grants
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Preservation Georgia Online for September 12–18, 2009, lists the four grants funded through statewide preservation license tag sales. The four SFY 2010 Georgia Heritage Grants total $46,285.
Read MorePreserving our past for our future: The Chesser-Williams House
Submitted by Catherine Long You may know or have wondered about the wooden house that sits along the side of Braselton Highway between Old Peachtree Road and Gravel Springs Road. This structure is the Chesser–Williams House, which has been moved to the campus of the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center.
Read MorePreserving the last remaining school house on St. Simons Island
Submitted by Rawson Gordon In 2004, Glynn County and the St. Simons Land Trust, Inc. acquired ownership of a tract of real estate, containing approximately 12 acres of land, known as the Harrington Tract and located on South Harrington Road on St.
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