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Mon., May 6, 2013 12:00pm
Archaeologists in Georgia say they have discovered the location of a small frontier fort that was the site of a violent Revolutionary War gunbattle between patriot militiamen and fellow colonists siding with the British army. The team found musket balls and rifle parts at the battle site.
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Mon., February 4, 2013 9:46am
Archaeologists are trying to unearth clues about five large vaults beneath a Savannah street. Past uses for the large vaults under Bay Street, known as Cluskey Embarkment Stores, remain a mystery.
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Fri., November 9, 2012 11:33am
An archaeological dig on the grounds of a former middle school in coastal Brunswick has so far turned up 33 graves from the Colonial-era.
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Thu., October 11, 2012 5:04pm
Archaeologists have found the remains of the Camp Lawton stockade wall, establishing the actual layout and site of one of the Civil Wars largest prisoner of war camps. The discovery was made at Magnolia Springs State Park located in Millen.
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Thu., April 19, 2012 1:59pm
A massive US Army Corps of Engineers report on the $650 million proposed Savannah port expansion goes out for public comment Friday. The report details every aspect of the project, including a $14 million plan to conserve a Confederate battleship in the way of the dredging. The ironclad sank in the harbor in 1864.
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Wed., October 12, 2011 3:36pm
Archaeologists have begun digging again at Fort Hawkins, and they say they've found fragments of frontier-era guns at the old Macon-area post. The team is trying to map the outer palisade wall of the frontier fort, which was built in 1808.
