New South Associates, Inc.

Catch up on what PIN Intern Caroline Beigel has been working on this week!
https://portaltothepast.newsouthassoc.com/from-tourism-to-isotopes-lessons-from-week-four-at-new-south/

New Blog post from out PIN Intern, Lucia McGrath!
https://portaltothepast.newsouthassoc.com/from-storymaps-to-ai-what-were-learning-this-summer-lucia-mcgrath/

We’re proud to support the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), which has been preserving USACE artifacts and helping veterans build new careers since 2009.

Check out this story about the program in USA Today!

Veterans find new purpose through artifact work The Veterans Curation Program helps veterans transition to civilian life by training them to preserve history.

Check it out! https://buff.ly/0RPONAf

Meet our presenter! Audrey Popard is a GIS Analyst at New South Associates Inc who specializes in geospatial and remote technology. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Sciences from Georgia Southern University with an emphasis on cemetery studies, mortuary archaeology, and geospatial technology. Mrs. Popard has been part of the SGA board for two years, and been at NSA for over a year. Some of Mrs. Popard’s research interests are forensic genealogy and human remains identification! Her full thesis can be found through Georgia Southern’s Digital Commons.

Audrey Popard, a GIS Analyst at NSA, is also presenting her thesis research today at the The Society for Georgia Archaeology meeting!

Meet our presenter! Leigha Herrin is an archaeologist with New South Associates, Inc. who specializes in bioarchaeology, osteology, and mortuary archaeology. She holds a masters degree in Social Sciences with an emphasis on bioarchaeology and human osteology from Georgia Southern University. Mrs. Herrin has been with NSA for 4 years and has worked across the southeast including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. One of Mrs. Herrin’s research interests is epitaph poetry!
At SGA this weekend, Mrs. Herrin will be presenting on work conducted at the Broadfield Cemetery in Brunswick, GA and future efforts of keeping the cemetery clean and open for the descendent communities in the area.

From collaborative archaeology to interactive mapping, our interns are exploring new ways to share Georgia’s Native histories. Read more about their journey and what they’re building this summer!

https://portaltothepast.newsouthassoc.com/blog/

NSA Archaeologist Patty McMahon will also present at The Society for Georgia Archaeology Spring Meeting tomorrow on “A Landscape of Labor: Archaeological Investigations at the Chattahoochee Brick Company Site in Atlanta.” The presentation summarizes research conducted on behalf of the City of Atlanta and SCAPE, highlighting the intact archaeological deposits identified and placing these features within the broader historic context of the site’s changing industrial landscape.

NSA Archaeologist Howard Cyr will present at The Society for Georgia Archaeology Spring Meeting tomorrow on “Geoarchaeology as a Compliance Tool: Holocene Landscape Change and Precontact Site Integrity on the Broad River, Elbert County, Georgia.” His presentation highlights how a recent Phase II archaeological investigation along the Broad River in eastern Georgia demonstrates the value of geoarchaeology in supporting CRM compliance.