The LAMAR Institute Story / Major Milestones.
1981
LAMAR Institute founded on top of Mound
A, Scull Shoals Mound Group, Greene County, Georgia by Mark Williams, Gary
Shapiro, and Chester DePratter;
SEAC, 1st Issue of
LAMAR Briefs
compiled by Gary Shapiro; Assisted in founding of Northeast Georgia
Chapter, Society for Georgia Archaeology;
Conducted Teacher's Workshop as a
Continuing Education Course at UGA.
1982
Incorporated on
November 17th in the State of Georgia by Mark Williams;
Founding Board
of Directors were Chester DePratter, Gary Shapiro, Mark Williams, and
Jacqueline Saindon;
Mark Williams elected as
President.
1983
Scull Shoals excavation project in
cooperation with UGA and USDA Forest Service;
Conducted Teacher's Workshop as a
Continuing Education Course at UGA.
1984
Articles of
Amendment filed on February 1st as part of Federal 501c3 tax exempt status
acquisition;
Little River excavation project in cooperation with UGA
with the aid of a Wenner Gren Grant;
Lower Cherokee Town of Tamassee
excavation project in cooperation with USC/SCIAA;
Chester DePratter
leaves the LAMAR Institute Board for a teaching position in South
Carolina;
Marvin Smith and Dean Wood added to the Board of
Directors;
Conducted Teacher's Workshop as a
Continuing Education Course at UGA;
San Luis Resistivity
project, Tallahassee, Florida.
1985
2nd
Scull Shoals and 1st
Shinholser excavation projects in cooperation with UGA and USDA Forest
Service;
Conducted Teacher's Workshop as a Continuing
Education Course at UGA;
1986
South Appalachian
Mississippian Symposium (aka
LAMAR conference), Macon, Georgia, in
cooperation with National Park Service (NPS);
Shoulderbone Mounds
excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
1987
2nd
Little River excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
2nd
Shinholser excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
Daniel T. Elliott added as Research Associate;
Fortson Mound reconnaissance project;
New Ebenezer Initiative begins with New Ebenezer survey project;
Oconee Valley of the Chiefs video project with grant from Oglethorpe Power Company and WGPA-TV
Atlanta.
1988
King Bee excavation project, in cooperation
with USDA Forest Service;
Bullards Landing excavation project, in
cooperation with Mercer University;
Wildcat Creek
survey and excavation project, in cooperation with UGA;
Gary Shapiro dies at age of 34.
1989
Museum
exhibit of contemporary Native American artwork entitled,
Native Americans
as Creative Adaptors, in cooperation with UGA State Botanical Gardens and
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center and funded in part by a grant from the
Georgia Humanities Council and The National Endowment for the Humanities,
The Georgia Council for the Arts, and The Institute for Museum
Services;
Mount Pleasant excavation project,
privately funded;
New Ebenezer excavation
project, privately funded;
Yarbrough Cave excavation project,
privately funded;
Lost City survey project, Chatham and Effingham Counties, Georgia,
funded by a Historic Resources Survey grant from NPS and GDNR;
Bethany Cemetery delineation project in cooperation with Historic Effingham Society and
Georgia Salzburger Society;
Browns' Mount excavation project in
cooperation with Mercer University and Macon Museum;
2nd Bullards
Landing excavation project in cooperation with Mercer University;
1990
2nd Mount Pleasant excavation
project;
2nd Ebenezer excavation project;
2nd Bethany cemetery delineation project in cooperation with Historic Effingham Society and Georgia Salzburger Society;
3rd Bullard's Landing excavation project in cooperation with Mercer University;
Smithsonian Institution Research on undocumented archaeological sites in Georgia, including Clark Hill
Reservoir sites and Roland Steiner collection;
Publication of Lamar Archaeology (Williams and Shapiro) by University of Alabama Press;
Production of Ramblings with Kelly report;
Publication of
fictional diary of Rupert Schrempff, Locksmith and Blacksmith at Ebenezer, Georgia;
Production of excavation
report on Punk Rockshelter under contract with Georgia Power
Company.
1991
Rita F. Elliott added as Research Associate;
2nd Brown's Mount excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
Fortson Mound excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
Copeland site excavation project in cooperation with UGA and USDA
Forest Service;
Liberty Church Clearcut Survey project in cooperation with
UGA;
Compartment 132 and 148 Survey project in cooperation with UGA and
USDA Forest Service
1992
Jamestown Survey project in
cooperation with Diachronic Research Foundation, Inc.;
Participated in
260th Purysburg Anniversary Celebration (Jasper County, South
Carolina);
Dig It! Children's Archaeology Workshop in cooperation with
Emory University;
West Effingham Survey project in cooperation with
Historic Effingham Society;
Archaeofest (Athens, Georgia) cosponsored
with UGA, State Botanical Gardens;
Conducted Teacher's Workshop entitled, "The
Archaeology of Georgia: A 12,000 Year Human Ecological Experience" in
cooperation with UGA;
Editorship of special edition of The Society for
Georgia Archaeology's Early Georgia Vol. 20, No.1, entitled, "Used
Archaeology: Practical Classroom Ideas for Teachers, by Teachers" in
cooperation with SGA;
Production of
Stubbs mound excavation
report;
Production of
Hitchiti dictionary;
New Ebenezer Excavation
project in cooperation with Georgia Salzburger Society and Elderhostel,
Inc. (two sessions)
1993
Vernonburg Survey, Excavation,
and National Register Nomination project (Chatham County, Georgia) in
cooperation with Georgia Department of Natural Resources
(GDNR);
Vernonburg Savannah Country Day School Field trip;
Dig It!
Excavation and Children's Archaeology Workshop in cooperation with Emory
University;
Teacher's Workshop in cooperation with Michael C. Carlos
Museum, Emory University;
Children's Archaeology Workshops, Springfield
Elementary School, Springfield, Georgia;
Ellijay Middle
School Archaeology Workshop, Ellijay, Georgia;
Swift Creek Conference,
Macon, Georgia in cooperation with NPS;
Dry Creek/Long Cane creek
survey project (Abbeville County, South Carolina);
Continued New
Ebenezer Excavation project in cooperation with Georgia Salzburger Society
and Elderhostel, Inc.;
Teacher's Archaeology Workshop at 1993 Georgia
Studies Symposium entitled, "Georgia's Prehistoric Native American
Population" (Cartersville, Georgia) in cooperation with Carl Vincent
Institute of Government and Georgia Humanities Council;
Old Evans'
Place reconnaissance project (Burke County, Georgia) in cooperation with
Southeastern Archeological Society and Augusta Archaeological
Society;
David A. McKivergan, Jr. and Tad Britt added as Research
Associates;
Rita F. Elliott promoted to Education
Coordinator;
Production of LAMAR Briefs terminated with Issue Number
22.
1994
Supported the 1st Georgia Archaeology Awareness
Week with lectures, open house at two archaeology consulting firms, and
public library displays in Athens, Hartwell and Royston;
Roland Steiner
Georgia artifact collection short-term study grant funded by Smithsonian
Institution;
Archaeofest II (Athens, Georgia) cosponsored with UGA,
State Botanical Gardens;
Ellijay Middle School Archaeology Workshop
(Ellijay, Georgia);
Children's Archaeology Workshop, Sarah Smith
Elementary School (Atlanta, Georgia);
Children's Archaeology Workshop,
Morris Brandon Elementary School (Atlanta, Georgia);
Children's
Archaeology Workshop, Warren T. Jackson Elementary School (Atlanta,
Georgia);
Teacher's Workshop in cooperation with Michael C. Carlos
Museum, Emory University;
Symposium on Teaching Archaeology for
teachers entitled, "Making Use of Archaeology in Georgia Studies: A Hands
On Approach" at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies conference in
Atlanta cosponsored by SGA;
Continued New Ebenezer Excavation project
in cooperation with New Ebenezer Retreat Center and Elderhostel,
Inc.;
USDA Forest Service Passport in Time/LAMAR Institute Teacher's
Workshop and excavations at a rock shelter in northeastern
Georgia;
Survey and Testing of
Sawyer Site, Laurens County, Georgia
with UGA;
Paul A. Webb added as Research
Associate.
1995
Cooperated with the Diachronic Research Foundation's John De La Howe excavation project (McCormick County,
Georgia);
Tate Mound (Elbert County, Georgia) mapping and excavation
project in cooperation with UGA;
Clark Hill River Basin Survey
report published in cooperation with USC/SCIAA Savannah River Archaeological
Research Project and Southeastern Archeological Services,
Inc.;
Archaeology Visiting School Children Workshop Development and
Docent Training, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University;
Ellijay
Middle School Archaeology Workshop (Ellijay, Georgia);
Teacher's
Workshop in cooperation with Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory
University;
Archaeofest, Athens, Georgia in cooperation with UGA, State
Botanical Gardens;
Children's Archaeology Workshop, Nesbit Elementary
School (Atlanta, Georgia);
Children's Archaeology Workshop, Norton
Elementary School (Snellville, Georgia);
Children's Archaeology
Workshop, Tritt Elementary School (Marietta, Georgia);
Children's
Archaeology Workshop, Brownie Troop 526 (Athens, Georgia);
Participated
in Site File Workshop at UGA Sponsored by NPS;
Transcription of Isabel
Patterson and Arthur R. Kelly
correspondence;
Oconee Old Town excavation
project (Baldwin County, Georgia) in cooperation with UGA;
Supported
the 2nd Georgia Archaeology Awareness Week with several professional
lectures;
New Ebenezer
Parsonage Relocation Project in cooperation with
Georgia Salzburger Society;
Continued New Ebenezer Excavation project
in cooperation with Georgia New Ebenezer Retreat Center and Elderhostel,
Inc.;
Jerry Lilly and Thomas Pluckhahn added as Research Associates;
Lewis Mound excavation project (Bryan County, Georgia) in
cooperation U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Army;
Established World
Wide Web presence with the aid of UGA, Skidaway Oceanographic Institute,
and Mike Matthews.
1996
Organizers and major sponsor of
the 3rd Georgia Archaeology Week in cooperation with SGA and
others;
Sponsored Children's Archaeology Pavilion, funded by
Walmart;
Sponsored lecture by Gregory Waselkov on William Bartram,
funded by Georgia Humanities Council Grant;
Sponsored week-long public
archaeology events at New Ebenezer, Georgia;
Children's Archaeology
Workshop, Cedar Shoals High School (Athens, Georgia);
Children's
Archaeology Workshop, Tritt Elementary School (Marietta,
Georgia);
Presentation at Ocmulgee Teacher's Workshop, (Macon,
Georgia);
Teacher's Workshop, Aiken, South Carolina in cooperation with
USC/SCIAA SRARP;
Continued New Ebenezer Excavation project in
cooperation with New Ebenezer Retreat Center and Elderhostel,
Inc.
Lamar site excavation project (Bibb County, Georgia) in
cooperation with NPS and UGA;
Fort Argyle excavation project in
cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Army;
Production
of Interview with Kelly
report;
Reprinting of Robert Wauchope's
Archaeological Survey of Northern Georgia in cooperation with the Society
for American Archaeology and others.
1997
Survey and
Testing,
Hartley-Posey Site, Taylor County Georgia with UGA;
Survey and
Testing,
Kenimer Site, White County, Georgia with UGA;
Survey Carolina-Walker clearcut Morgan County, Georgia with UGA and Georgia
Pacific Corporation;
Supported the 4th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Week with
Children's Workshop entitled, "Indians, Art, and Archaeology for
Children" and Adult Workshop entitled, Indians of the Southeastern United
States (Royston, Georgia) in cooperation with Madison County
Library;
Teacher's Workshop in cooperation with Michael C. Carlos
Museum, Emory University;
Continued New Ebenezer Excavation project in
cooperation with New Ebenezer Retreat Center and Elderhostel, Inc.;
Old
Governor's Mansion Teacher's Workshop (Milledgeville, Georgia) in
cooperation with Georgia College;
Maureen S. Meyers added as Research
Associate.
1998
Kolomoki excavation project in
cooperation with UGA and Georgia Department of Natural
Resources;
Assisted in Community Open House Program, Annual Meeting of
Society for Historical Archaeology (Atlanta, Georgia);
Supported the
5th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Week with a financial donation and
several professional lectures;
Presentation at the Georgia Trust for
Historic Preservation Heritage Education Teacher's Workshop (Washington,
Georgia);
Presentation in Georgia DNR Workshop, "Learning About
Archaeology with Georgia's Historic Sites and Parks" (Brasstown Valley
Resort, Georgia);
Old Governor's Mansion Teacher's Workshop
(Milledgeville, Georgia) in cooperation with Georgia College;
Completed
Ebenezer Greenway survey project in cooperation with Effingham County
government;
Continued New Ebenezer Excavation project in cooperation
with Georgia Southern University and Elderhostel, Inc.;
3rd
Little
River excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
Publication of A
World Engraved, Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture (Williams
and Elliott) by University of Alabama Press
1999
4th Little River
excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
Continued New
Ebenezer Excavation project in cooperation with Georgia Southern
University and Elderhostel, Inc.;
Cosponsor of the 6th Georgia
Archaeology Awareness Week with SGA and others;
Roland Steiner Georgia
artifact collection study, Field Museum, (Chicago,
Illinois);
Participated in Stallings Island Stabilization project with
the University of Florida and the Archaeological Conservancy;
Vacation
Bible School Archaeology Class, New Ebenezer Retreat Center, New Ebenezer,
Georgia'
Transferred
LAMAR Institute web page from Skidaway Marine Institute to new host
server.
2000
Implemented the Bettye Broyles Data Repatriation Project (Chattanooga, Tennessee);
Cosponsor of 7th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Week with SGA and others;
Presentation in
Old Governor's Mansion Teacher's Workshop (Milledgeville, Georgia) at Georgia
College;
Georgia Forts Initiative officially launched;
5th Little River
excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers sponsored
by NPS;
Vernonburg designated a National Register District by the Keeper of the Register in June, 2000;
4th Little River
excavation project in cooperation with UGA;
New Ebenezer Excavation project in cooperation with Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Labor Day, 2000;
Daniel T. Elliott elected as President.
2001
Completed the Bettye Broyles Repatriation Project;
Cosponsor of 8th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Week with SGA and others;
6th
Little River excavation project, in cooperation with UGA;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers sponsored by
NPS;
LAMAR Institute awarded research grant from National Park Service,
American Battlefield Protection Program, Revolutionary War and War of 1812
Initiative for study of Revolutionary War Headquarters at New Ebenezer,
Georgia;
Designed and constructed museum exhibit for the Georgia
Salzburger Museum entitled, Earthly Possessions: Archaeology of New
Ebenezer;
Conducted Teacher's Workshop (entitled, Teaching with
Archaeology) for Weber County School District, Ogden, Utah;
Conducted Archaeology Workshop at H. Guy Childs Elementary School, Ogden,
Utah;
Launched revamped LAMAR Institute web page with more than 45
reports online.
2002
Completed fieldwork and laboratory analysis of the New Ebenezer Revolutionary War Headquarters Grant Project;
Completed museum exhibit entitled, Earthly Possessions: The Archaeology of New Ebenezer, for the Georgia Salzburger
Society Museum, New Ebenezer, Georgia;
Completed
monograph on Point Peter and St. Marys River Forts;
University of Georgia Department of Anthropology Field School [led by Mark Williams]
Bullard Bottom, Putnam County, Georgia;
Completed fieldwork for the Jerusalem Lutheran Church Expansion Archaeological Salvage;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers, July, 2002, sponsored by NPS;
Cosponsor of 9th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Month with SGA and others.
2003
Completed
report of the New Ebenezer Revolutionary War Headquarters Grant Project;
LAMAR Institute awarded research grant from National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program, for
study of Sunbury Battlefield, Liberty County, Georgia;
LAMAR Institute awarded historic resources survey grant from Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department
of Natural Resources for study of Sunbury, Liberty County, Georgia;
LAMAR Institute awarded research grant from National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program, for
study of Fort Mt. Venture Massacre, Wayne County, Georgia;
LAMAR Institute awarded research grant from Plum Creek Foundation, for study of Fort Mt. Venture Massacre, Wayne
County, Georgia;
University of Georgia Department of Anthropology Field School [led by Mark Williams] revisits
King
Bee Site, Putnam County, Georgia,
Bullard Bottom, Putnam County, Georgia and
Cedar Creek Mound, Jones County;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers, July, 2003. sponsored by NPS;
Old Governor's Mansion Archaeology Workshop (Milledgeville, Georgia) in cooperation with Georgia
College;
Designed and constructed Johannes Kronberger interpretive display for the Great Hall at the New Ebenezer
Retreat Center, Ebenezer, Georgia.
Conducted survey, limited testing and
report of Bostwick tract in Hudsons Ferry locale, Screven County, Georgia.
Conducted reconnaissance survey and
report of Clapp Factory Cemetery, Muscogee County, Georgia.
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2004
Completed fieldwork on Sunbury and Sunbury Battlefield studies, sponsored by
ABPP, NPS and HPD, GNDR;
Completed fieldwork on Fort Mt. Venture Massacre study, sponsored by ABPP, NPS and Plum Creek Foundation;
Conducted topographic mapping, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey, and report at Woodbine Mound, Camden
County, Georgia, in cooperation with Valdosta State University field school
(Carolyn Rock, instructor);
University of Georgia Department of Anthropology Field School [led by Mark Williams]
Bullard Bottom, Putnam County, and
Nacoochee Mound, White County, Georgia;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers, July, 2004. sponsored by NPS;
Old Governor's Mansion Archaeology Workshop (Milledgeville, Georgia) in cooperation with Georgia
College;
Conducted archaeological reconnaissance of tabby house, Delegal Fort vicinity, St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Georgia;
Conducted archaeological survey and
report at Glen Mary plantation, Hancock County, Georgia;
Launched revamped LAMAR Institute web page;
Completed survey and
report on Estatoe Site, Stephens County, Georgia;
Completed
report on the Zack and Leah Site, Putnam County, Georgia;
Completed
report on Southwest Georgia Survey for HPD, GDNR;
LAMAR Institute awarded research grant from HPD, GDNR for Flint River Basin Archaeological Survey project.
2005
Completed
reports on Sunbury and Sunbury Battlefield studies, sponsored by ABPP, NPS
and HPD, GNDR;
Completed
reports on Fort Mt. Venture Massacre study, sponsored by ABPP, NPS and Plum
Creek Foundation;
Completed fieldwork on the North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia. Sponsored by Save
America's Treasures, NPS, The Ossabaw Island Foundation, and the HPD, GDNR;
Conducted archaeological reconnaissance and Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at Greenwood Plantation,
Thomas County, Georgia; sponsored by the HPD, GDNR, the LAMAR Institute, and the
Nature Conservancy. The results were presented in a Symposium, which was part of
the Georgia Trust's Spring meeting;
President Elliott received the Preservation Achievement Award
from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources;
Began field excavation at Fort Hawkins (9Bi21), Macon, Georgia. Sponsored by the Fort Hawkins Commission, The
Society for Georgia Archaeology, the LAMAR Institute, and the City of Macon;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers, July, 2005. sponsored by
NPS;
Assisted Coastal Heritage Society in discovery of Spring Hill Redoubt, Savannah, Georgia [CHS
News!];
LAMAR Institute address moved to Savannah, Georgia with offices in Rincon, Georgia.
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers, July, 2005. sponsored by NPS.
2006
Completed additional fieldwork at Tabby Number 2 on the North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Chatham County,
Georgia. Sponsored by Save America's Treasures, National Park Service, The Ossabaw Island Foundation, and the Historic
Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources;
Completed the Flint River Basin Archaeological Survey
Project for Georgia Department of Natural Resources ;
Completed field excavations at Fort Hawkins (9Bi21), Macon, Georgia. Sponsored by the Fort Hawkins Commission,
The Society for Georgia Archaeology, the LAMAR Institute, and the City of Macon;
Completed
report on 2005 survey and test excavations at North End Plantation, Ossabaw
Island, Georgia;
Completed report and
website for the
Flint River Basin Archaeological Survey
Completed
monograph summarizing past archaeological and historical research at
Crowfield and Broomhall Plantation, South Carolina;
Completed reconnaissance and
report on unidentified shipwreck on Ossabaw Island;
Completed survey and report on Fort Hill Site, Dougherty County, Georgia;
Completed GPR Survey and shovel test survey adjacent to St. Simons Lighthouse, St. Simons Island, Georgia;
Completed GPR Survey, topographic mapping and grave recordation on Gould-Bethel Cemetery, Chatham County, Georgia;
Completed GPR Survey on portions of Chocolate Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia;
Completed GPR Survey on portions of Button Gwinnett plantation, St. Catherines Island, Georgia;
Completed GPR Survey on portions of Fort St. Andrews, Cumberland Island, Georgia;
Completed GPR Survey on portions of Bullhead Bluff Cemetery, Camden County, Georgia;
Participated in NPS Remote Sensing Workshop, Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia;
Old Governor's Mansion Archaeology Workshop (Milledgeville, Georgia) in cooperation with Georgia
College;
Presentations at Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshop for Teachers, July, 2006. sponsored by NPS;
Co-sponsor of 13th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Month with SGA and others.
2007
Completed fieldwork at the Nash Farm Battlefield in Henry County, Georgia for Henry County;
Completed report on 2005 and 2006 excavations at Fort Hawkins (9Bi21), Macon, Georgia. Sponsored by the Fort Hawkins Commission, The Society for Georgia Archaeology, the LAMAR Institute, and the City of Macon;
Completed report on 2006 excavations at the North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia. Sponsored by Save America's Treasures, National Park Service, The Ossabaw Island Foundation, and the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources;
Partipated in the 1st annual Archaeofest, hosted by the Coastal Heritage Society, Battlefield Park, Savannah, Georgia;
Co-sponsor of 13th Georgia Archaeology Awareness Month with SGA and others.