Author Archives: Dr. Jennifer Birch

This week’s post features Emily Lew who completed the UGA Field School at Singer-Moye in 2015. What have you done since field school and where are you now? After field school finished, I had one more semester to finish off my … Continue reading →

As we gear up for the 2017 field season, we have been reflecting on all of the awesome students we have been fortunate to work with at Singer-Moye. This is the first in a series of posts featuring former field … Continue reading →

Students from the 2016 field school in archaeology at Singer-Moye will be presenting at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) next week, October 26-29. SEAC is being held in UGA’s hometown of Athens this year! Check out the conference website and program for all … Continue reading →

We are now accepting applications for the 2017 SMASH field school at Singer-Moye. Head to our field school page for more information and to fill out an application.

By Adam Coker The goal of our team this field season was to investigate a possible structure identified in magnetometer data. This data presented itself as distinct anomalies that corresponded to what could be a central hearth and rectangular walls. … Continue reading →

By Kimi Swisher For the last five weeks, our team of Nate Hale, Turner Hunt, Judge Jones, and myself have been excavating a midden deposit located in the southeastern portion of the Singer-Moye site core. The midden is part of … Continue reading →

*Note from Dr. Birch: This week, SMASH 2016 wrapped up fieldwork. This is the first in a series of posts which will provide a preliminary summary of each excavation team’s findings. By Sarah Luthman Our team spent three weeks opening … Continue reading →

By Jaimie Carter Over the course of this field school, I have learned the multiple steps it takes to complete a project. From the initial measuring and stringing of the unit to shoveling and troweling, it is a lengthy process … Continue reading →

By Judge Jones Last Thursday and this Thursday, instead of going out into the field to excavate, my unit team and I stayed back at the house.  We performed flotation screening on ten and five liter soil samples that we … Continue reading →

By David Howington At an excavation site, an archaeologist is only as good as those with whom they are working, and the tools that they are using. At Singer-Moye, our main tool for moving dirt is the flat square shovel … Continue reading →