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Members of the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists are professional archaeologists actively working in the state of Georgia. Membership in GCPA is not a requirement to earn contracts to do archaeology in Georgia.

This website contains resources for members of GCPA as well as information for the general public about archaeology and resource protection.

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The Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologist's fall meeting will be held on Friday, October 17th from 1:45 to 3:30 at the Grizzard Center (next to the Chieftains Museum) in Rome, Georgia. The address for the Grizzard Center is: 501 Riverside Parkway Rome, Georgia 30162

Membership is in the Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists is open to anyone who who adheres to the Code of Conduct of the Register of Professional Archaeologists and who either
(a) holds a Master’s degree or higher in Anthropology, or a closely related discipline, with an emphasis archaeology and is actively involved in Georgia archaeology in [...]

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Federal Laws
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470)
–an Act to protect archaeological resource on public lands and Indian lands, and for [...]

Scott Jones examines how easy it is for unscrupulous people to create phony versions of cultural artifacts, and how claims of “authenticated” status might not mean as much as you think.

Breaking our usual pattern, SGA and GCPA met in conjunction with SEAC 2000. The well-attended Saturday (11 November) meeting featured tours of the site, a barbeque, and live music. Click here to see the Great Spirits of SEAC photos.

Preparing the comestible and libation room
Members of the Council came out in force under the leadership of Michelle Martin to prepare the spread for our guests from 7—11 pm on Thursday 9 November.

Our spring 2000 meetings were held at the Unicoi Lodge at Unicoi State Park, near Helen in Northeast Georgia. We have a few video-capture images here for those of you with relatively fast internet connections.

The council published a document in 1992 entitled The State of Georgia Archaeology. The document in Adobe Acrobat PDF form is available by clicking here (caution: 3 MB download, which might take a while on dialup connections.)

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