She leads UGA’s Singer-Moye Archaeological Settlement History (SMASH) field school at Singer-Moye, a Mississippian mound site in south Georgia. Right now, she and her students are washing and analyzing the artifacts they excavated during this research season. Next, the artifacts will be analyzed, photographed, put into archival bags and boxes, and placed into the lab’s curation facilities. Check out the SMASH blog to learn more about what Dr. Birch and her students have been up to all summer.