relic
an object from a previous culture, an artifact Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
Read MoreRemember SGA in year-end giving
As the end of 2012 approaches, the SGA Officers and Board Members encourage and invite you to support the SGA through a financial contribution to the SGA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is used to support educational outreach and the preservation of archaeological sites.
Read MoreReminder: Attend SOGART Symposium on August 18th
The South Georgia Archaeological Research Team, SOGART, a Chapter of the SGA, is sponsoring the 2012 Symposium on Southeastern Coastal Plain Archaeology, to be held Saturday, August 18th, in Stubbs Hall Auditorium on the South Georgia College campus in Douglas (see map below).
Read Morerepartimiento
Spanish word referring to a system for drafting human labor used by the Spanish to force Native Americans to work for them for part of each year; the system had vast and negative consequences for Native Americans in Georgia and across the New World
Read MoreReport from the Office of the State Archaeologist
Submitted by David Crass (David_Crass@dnr.state.ga.us) I’m pleased to announce that the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography has been awarded a second Coastal Incentive Grant to study the effects of natural erosion on archaeological sites.
Read MoreReport on bison conservation summarizes bison "archaeology"
Submitted by Sammy Smith (sammy@thesga.org) When humans enter an ecosystem, they displace some species and prey upon others. This is true of both plants and animals, including species most of us don’t really notice (for example, nematodes in soil and rotifers in freshwater).
Read MoreReport on GPR survey conducted during 2010 fall meeting now available online
Submitted by Kelly Woodard (kelly@thesga.org) Did you attend the Fall 2010 meeting? Did you help Dan Elliott with the GPR survey at Gascoigne Bluff on St. Simons Island? Now, you can read his report and see maps of the results of the survey.
Read Morereporting
a critical step in archaeological research, sometimes overlooked; after field work and laboratory analysis, document searches, and a period of thoughtfulness, a good, ethical archaeologist prepares a report on the investigations.
Read MoreReports completed; excavations undertaken
Submitted by The LAMAR Institute, Inc. Since our last report of activity, which covered up to April 2007, our research team has remained active. We completed the archaeological reports on Fort Hawkins in Bibb County, Nash Farm Battlefield in Henry County, and North End Plantation of Ossabaw Island.
Read MoreResearch continues at the Duckett site
This summer Jack Wynn, long-time SGA member and professor of anthropology at the University of North Georgia, returned to the Duckett site with his field school and members of the Blue Ridge Archaeology Guild to continue an ongoing field research program.
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