Road trip: Augusta's Springfield community
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) Image of Springfield Baptist Church, the heart of Springfield community, in downtown Augusta. Image from Google Maps streetview (which is why there’s a funny partly opaque parallelogram on the right half of the image).
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Submitted by Amanda Brown ([email protected]) A visit to the Bartow History Museum is indeed a trip back in time! The museum documents the history of northwest Georgia’s Bartow County, spanning more than two hundred years since the Cherokee were the area’s primary residents.
Read MoreRoad trip: Chief Vann's house
Just over two hundred years ago, craftsmen built the first brick home within the Cherokee nation. The owner, James Vann, was a prosperous Cherokee businessman, and one of the foremost leaders of the Cherokee Upper Towns.
Read MoreRoad trip: Russell Cave
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) The mouth of Russell Cave, looking out in springtime. Visit Russell Cave and walk back in time. Russell Cave is in the TAG area—where the states of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia meet (get it: T-A-G?
Read MoreRoad trip: Scull Shoals
Submitted by Sammy Smith ([email protected]) With a name like Scull Shoals*, ya gotta check out this place! And it’s fascinating! There’s a big river—the Oconee. There’re ruins—from an historic industrial complex!
Read MoreRobins AFB archaeology
Submitted by Stephen Hammack ([email protected]) Stephen Hammack, the Robins Air Force Base on-site archaeologist, continues to give lectures about the archaeology of the Base. He spoke to Dr. Jo Anna Watson’s Mercer University “Introduction to Archaeology” class in Macon on January 17th, and to the Jones County Rotary Club on February 28th.
Read MoreRock art lecture and book signing announcement
Submitted by Jannie Loubser ([email protected]) The Dawn of Art: Recent Discoveries on Shamanism, Altered States and the Origin of Religion and Art Free public lecture followed by a book signing at the Savannah College for Art and Design (SCAD) Event Space, Atlanta Campus, on Saturday Night April 25, 2009 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Read MoreRock carving expert to speak about Mayans in northern Georgia
Submitted by Jim Langford ([email protected]) Northwest Georgia Archaeology Society member Jim Langford sent thesga.org this notice…. NWGAS is a Chapter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology.\ Mayans in North Georgia??? This question raised some eyebrows and much heated discussion a few weeks ago when a Georgian posed this as a “substantiated” fact.
Read MoreRock piling in Georgia
The 1990 issue of Early Georgia (volume 18) featured Thomas H. Gresham’s article “Historic Patterns of Rock Piling and the Rock Pile Problems.” In the introduction, Mr. Gresham notes: Rock piles, a term that can be broadly applied to a wide array of prehistoric and historic features, have long been of interest to the archaeologist and the general public.
Read Morerock shelter
a relatively shallow cave in a cliff-face, some were occupied for extensive periods in prehistory Posted online on Monday, January 1st, 2001
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