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Matt Matternes and Joe Joseph will be speaking about New South Associates’ work on the Avondale Burial Place and the discovery of undocumented burials under the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel in Austin, Texas in the virtual symposium All Together Here: A Community Symposium for Discovery and Remembrance this Friday October 9th at 9pm. This free symposium is a two day event that will look at the archaeological work at Oakwood, the history of Black life in Austin, and community remembrance and memorialization of the African American past. he symposium is open to the public. You can see the agenda and login to the presentations via Zoom by clicking on the Registration page here - https://experience.arcgis.com//d0b7ec88a46147ff835c3be602/

Jackie Tyson made an excellent virtual presentation today at the SESAH virtual conference. She spoke about her work on the Sweet Auburn National Historic Landmark District.

Registration is now open for the October 14th virtual talk by Dr. Matt Matternes! The presentation is titled "Eternal Homecoming: Documenting the New Hope AME Church Cemetery in Fulton County, Georgia" and it is expected to run for 40-45 minutes. The talk begins at 11 a.m. EST/ 10 a.m. CST. You can register for free at https://southalabama.zoom.us//tJcpd-yspjosE9A0hQMlBbDt7a-L. #archaeology #history #funhistory #historical #newsouth #preservation #historic #historian #archaeologist #kids #education #educational #historylover #historyfan #kidsprojects #flintknapping #stonetools #pottery #nativeamerican #cultural #cultures #georgia #archeobus #historytour #publicoutreach #outreach #historic #fun #protectorsofthepast

The Southeast Chapter of the Society for Architectural History’s annual meeting is later this week and like all conferences in the time of COVID, it will be a virtual meeting. Past President and current SESAH Treasurer, Robbie Jones of our Nashville office is chairing a People Preserving Places session on Friday. For more information on the conference, and registration, visit the SESAH home page - https://sesah.org

ACRA’s 26th annual conference, a virtual event, will be presented this Thursday and Friday, September 24th and 25th. The virtual platform that ACRA will be using will allow registrants to select a seat at a table and see and interact with others at their table before presentations begin and provides the opportunity for attendees to meet and interact with others attending the conference. The conference will devote attention to both diversity in cultural resource management ...and the challenges of dealing with the pandemic. It is a don’t miss event. Joe Joseph is a panelist in the Thursday afternoon session Asking Ourselves the Uncomfortable Questions: Staff Diversity in the Preservation Field, and ACRA VP for Government Affairs Shawn Patch will introduce the Friday morning Webinar Election 2020: What’s at Stake for CRM. Conference details and registration can be found here - https://www.acra-crm.org/event-3935779. We encourage you to attend! See more

We are very pleased to announce that Carey Harrison will be joining our staff as Videographer/Editor. Carey is a Georgia Public Broadcasting Videographer/Editor who we had the great pleasure to work with on both the award-winning Avondale Burial Place video and the Dixie Highway video. Those projects clearly demonstrated the power of video in conveying the stories of the work we do, and the addition of Carey to our team will allow us to expand our efforts. Carey will be su...pported by Anna Wiman, whose also worked with videos to create alternatives for public site visits on our current Coldbrook Plantation, Albany Transportation Center, and Chief Vann House/Springplace Mission projects. Cary will begin his tenure with New South on September 28th. He and Anna are already discussing future projects. We look forward to seeing what they produce. See more

New South has purchased Abby the Archaeobus from the Society for Georgia Archaeology. Abby has lived on our campus for a number of years, and while no longer road worthy, it can continue to be used for education and outreach to school age children. Abby is also an artifact of the social outreach in archaeology and is one of the most noted, award winning archaeology outreach vehicles ever created. Abby will continue to serve as a static museum when conditions improve, and social interaction is permitted again. In the mean time, Abby will keep her prime parking spot on our campus, and we are glad to be her permanent home. Dr Stefan Brannan, SGA President, is shown handing the title to New South’s President Mary Beth Reed.

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We are pleased to announce that JW Joseph has published an article, A Clay Pipe from Springfield: Symbol and Meaning in an Antebellum Southern Free African American Community" in a new volume published by the Society for Historical Archaeology entitled Artifacts that Enlighten: The Ordinary and the Unexpected. The volume can be purchased from the SHA bookstore (https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/shabookstore) and is currently on sale for $15 for color print (use the discount code at the top of the page when ordering). The Springfield pipe is Joe’s favorite artifact and he is glad to be able to tell its story in this great new publication.

New South Associates has been conducted data recovery excavations of domestic sites in the Albany Freedom District in advance of the construction of the Albany Transit Center. Anne Dorland has directed the excavations which involved machine stripping and feature excavation. Velma Fann is conducting oral history interviews of life in the neighborhood. New South is working for the City of Albany and its Architect-Engineer, Niles Bolton Associates, with funding from the Federal Transit Administration. You can learn more about the project here: https://wfxl.com//archaeology-project-started-in-albany-fr. Please visit the project Facebook page for more information and updates: https://www.facebook.com/Archaeology-at-the-Albany-Transportation-Center-108453897596790/?fref=tag

We are very pleased to announce the election of Shawn Patch as the American Cultural Resource Association’s (ACRA’s) Vice-President for Government Relations. Shawn has been active in promoting the benefits of heritage management on a broad spectrum and we know he will help ACRA to communicate those benefits to our elected representatives. Congrats Shawn!