Camp Lawton

09/24/2024

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09/11/2024

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12/21/2023

Alex is one of our wonderful past graduates (Georgia Southern University Laboratory of Archaeology), and Camp Lawton field school participants.

The Augusta VCP would like you to join us in welcoming Alex as our new Assistant Manager!

Alex most recently worked for the state of Georgia as a child protective services investigator. She has a B.A. in Anthropology from Georgia Southern University, where she worked in the archaeology lab on collections curated by the R.M. Bogan Repository.

We are excited to have Alex and her expertise, and passion for working with the veteran community!

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12/21/2023

Alex is one of our wonderful past graduates, and Camp Lawton field school participants.

The Augusta VCP would like you to join us in welcoming Alex as our new Assistant Manager!

Alex most recently worked for the state of Georgia as a child protective services investigator. She has a B.A. in Anthropology from Georgia Southern University, where she worked in the archaeology lab on collections curated by the R.M. Bogan Repository.

We are excited to have Alex and her expertise, and passion for working with the veteran community!

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| GSU Department of Sociology & Anthropology New South Associates, Inc.
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Photo 1: Blonde woman sitting in window smiling.

08/11/2023

Maybe a relative sent you old letters, certificates, and family photographs and you're not sure what to do with them.

These simple tips will assist you in preserving your family papers and photographs for future generations. The key to preserving your items is to prevent damage.
https://www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives

Image: Preservation of Records, 1940.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3493246

08/05/2023

Our director was invited to appear on the Shindig, an archaeology podcast.

The lethal historical origins of the term 'deadline'. US Civil War POW camps were where 'deadlines' originated? Listen to Dr. Ryan K. McNutt explain the...

07/05/2023

Nicely similar to ours from Summer 2021:

The artifact of the month for July is a curry comb from Fort McKavett State Historic Site, a 19th century fort near San Angelo, Texas.

Curry combs are used to remove mud, matted fur, and other debris from horses; modern combs are usually made of stainless steel or rubber, but the original curry combs were made of several rows of iron teeth. This curry comb has 8 rows of teeth on one side and has a brass component on the other with the mark “J. TILDESLEY No. 222 WARRANTED UNITED STATES”. This comb was based on the “333” model by James Carpenter in Willenhall, England; it was produced at least since the 1830s, but production may have begun earlier. It was so popular, it became the model for Federal military contract made combs before the American Civil War. When Carpenter passed away in 1844, his son in law, J. Tildesley, took over the business.

Even though the comb is made of brass and iron, both are good candidates for electrolytic reduction treatment, so there was no need to disassemble. After treatment, the iron was coated with tannic acid and the brass with benzotriazole. The entire comb was sealed with microcrystalline wax.

For more information about Fort McKavett, please visit: https://thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/fort-mckavett-state-historic-site

For more information about the history of curry combs, please visit: http://confederatesaddles.com/2011/05/18/american-curry-combs-history-identification/

06/17/2023

The bones of an enslaved man and woman, found near the St. Mary’s river, were excavated so they are not lost.

05/12/2023

05/02/2023

May is Georgia Archaeology Month! This year the SGA will highlight women that have influenced Georgia history and archaeology!

Keep an eye on this page over this month as we share events around the state!

04/13/2023

Dr. Ryan McNutt leads us through stories of human misery from both enslaved camp builder and Prisoner of War perspectives, informed by his directorship of th...