“We’re just laying the facts on the table,” Rita Elliott says. “For so long, a series of myths have fueled a lack of interest in an ordinance. The myths aren’t true at all, but policy leaders buy into them.”
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Will the CSS Georgia and its artifacts stay in Savannah?
Since it began in January, the underwater dig—sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—has yielded plenty of fascinating aspects about the ship and its weaponry.
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5 Questions: Why De Soto Matters to the Georgia History Festival
TWO CENTURIES before Savannah was founded, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led the first European expedition into the North American interior. From the Florida Gulf Coast through Georgia, through […]
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Archaeology at the Davenport House
“This was a tenement far longer that it was a home for the Davenports,” reminds Director Jamie Credle. “Everything can add to our inventory of information.”
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Abercorn archaeology site open for tours
A side effect of the “improvements to State Route 204 /Abercorn Extension and the King George Boulevard interchange” is that the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the Federal Highway […]
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Interview: Dr. David Hurst Thomas
Dr. David Hurst Thomas is the curator of North American Archaeology with the American Museum of Natural History, and while he’s worked on sites around the country, the one he’s […]
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Uncovering history
While Savannah wears its history on its sleeve, there’s still a considerable amount of the city’s past that remains buried — not in cemeteries, per se — but all across […]