Publications
Original Publications of the MARTA Archaeological Project
Bowen, William R. and Linda R. Carnes. 1977. "Archaeological Impact Studies of the MARTA East and West Lines (Contract TZ600-M93-02)." Report submitted to the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and on-file at Georgia State University.
Carnes, Linda and Roy S. Dickens, Jr. 1979. "Archaeological Impact Studies of the MARTA North and South Lines (Contract TZ600-M93-03)." Report submitted to the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and on-file at Georgia State University.
Dickens, Roy S. Jr. and William R. Bowen. 1980. "Problems and promises in urban historical archaeology: The MARTA project." Historical Archaeology 14:42-57.
Read online: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25615368
Dickens, Roy S., Jr. and Timothy J. Crimmins. 1982. "Environmental-Impact Archaeology in the Urban Setting: A View from Atlanta." In Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Process, edited by Roy S. Dickens, Jr., pp. 105-113. Academic Press, New York, NY.
Find a copy: https://www.worldcat.org/title/1331522674
Read: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XlHuTA5NZdEYu5lEXLI-2eSC0GrnUhUG/view?usp=sharing
Futch, Robin S., Linda H. Worthy, and Roy S. Dickens, Jr. 1980. "Archaeological Impact Studies of the MARTA North and South Lines (Contract TZ600-M93-04)." Report submitted to the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and on-file at Georgia State University.
Phoenix Project Publications
Masters Theses
Cook, Lauren L.
2014 Medicinal Vessels of the First Gilded Age (1870-1929): Properties of Promise or Hokum of False Hope? Thesis, Georgia State University.
Read online: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/88/
Thompson, Lori C.
2016 The MARTA Collection: An Investigation of an Archaeological Legacy and Cache of History. Thesis, Georgia State University.
Read online: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/108/
Presentations
Presentations at the 2025 Conference for Historical and Underwater Archaeology in New Orleans, LA, in symposium titled The Phoenix Project and the Rebirth of the MARTA Archaeological Collection: (in order of presentation)
- Glover, Jeffrey.
- An Introduction and Overview of the Phoenix Project.
- Thompson, Lori.
- The MARTA Collection: The Early Days of Urban Archaeology and CRM.
- Sharratt, Nicola, Jeffrey Glover, Aspen Kemmerlin, and Brennan Collins.
- Engagement and Education: The MARTA Archaeological Collection as a Tool for GSU's Experiential Learning Efforts.
- Ellington, Cloe.
- Creating a Historical Ceramic Type Collection: A Case Study from the MARTA Archaeological Collection.
- Cantkier, Emmett.
- From Bottling Plant to Buried Trash: Soft Drinks in the MARTA Archaeological Collection. Watch
- Carnes-McNaughton, Linda. (Discussant)
- Memories of Atlanta's Rapid Transit Archaeology.
Cantkier, Emmett; York Lewis; Kyle Wong.
2023 The Phoenix Project: A Digital Recount of Atlanta's Buried History. CASA Summer Symposium, Georgia State University. https://www.academia.edu/106014173/The_Phoenix_Project_A_Digital_Recount_of_Atlantas_Buried_Past
Posters
Ellington, Cloe.
Creating A Historical Ceramic Type Collection: A Case Study from the MARTA Archaeological Collection. Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Georgia State University.
Placed First in the Arts and Sciences posters!
Magazines
Farah, Kirby, Aspen Kemmerlin, and Benjamin Luley.
2024 Experiencing Archaeology Beyond the Classroom. The SAA Archaeological Record: May 2024.
Raviv, Shaun.
2018 Treasures of Terminus. Georgia State University Magazine. https://news.gsu.edu/magazine/summer2018/treasures-of-terminus
Shakespeare, Margaret
2023 Atlanta Rises: Artifacts Collected Ahead of Rail Line in the 1970s Carry the Untold Stories of Post-Civil War Reconstruction Atop a Pharmaceutical Boom. American Archaeology: Winter 2023.