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June 2021
June 2021
We continued our work at Clark Quarry and branched out into more lateral deposits to determine the spatial extent of fossil-bearing sediments. This trip was extremely successful in that we excavated large remains of mammoths as well as giant long-horned bison, but also small fossils like the talon of a large avian raptor. We continued to map all finds and deposits within our three-dimensional framework. Overall is was an awesome outing.
October 2019
October 2019
Dr. Al Mead (Georgia College and State University), Dr. Chris Seminack (UNG Lewis Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analyses), and Dr. David Patterson spent 5 days excavating and setting up a spatial framework for interpreting paleolandscape variability and mammal community dynamics. The team also included Dr. Jesse Thornburg (Temple University) whose work focused on ancient soil morphology, Dr. Carla Hadden (UGA Center for Applied Isotope Studies) and Dr. Alex Cherkinsky (UGA Center for Applied Isotope Studies) who focused on radiocarbon dating of ancient materials from the site.
June 2019
June 2019
The SCALE lab spent another two weeks in Brunswick excavating and gathering paleoenvironmental data from region. Excavations were extremely successful and yielded many important insights into the depositional setting of the region as well as the late Pleistocene animal community. We collected more samples for radiocarbon dating as well as new samples for Optically-Stimulated Luminescence dating. These new data points will be important for creating a temporal framework for interpreting the ancient ecosystem.
May/June 2018
May/June 2018
The SCALE Lab spent nearly two weeks on the coast of Georgia in late May and early June to begin fossil exploration in collaboration with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). This work expands on existing data focusing on late Pleistocene mammals. Fossil remains have been found in the immediate vicinity in the past and date to approximately 20,000 years ago.
As with all fossil exploration, understanding the geological context of the region is the crucial first step. Therefore, most of our time was spent digging geo-trenches and running Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to understand spatial variability in the underlying geology and better predict the prevalence of fossils. Dr. Chris Seminack (UNG Gainesville) contributed significantly to this effort.
We made tremendous progress on this front and will be analyzing our data for the remainder of the summer and plan to return to the coast in the early fall.
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