Sapelo Island

This collection contains the digital resources for all Georgia Department of Natural Resoures Historic Preservation Division's (GA DNR HPD) records pertaining to Sapelo Island. It also includes some materials maintained by members of the Sapelo Island Archaeological Research Consortium.

The collection is divided into subcollections based on sites that GA DNR HPD manages on Sapelo Island. The following subcollections correspond to archaeological sites: Bank Stabilization/ Spalding's Long Tabby, Behaviour Cemetery, Bourbon Field, Chocolate, Gullah Geechee, Lighthouse, Mission Archaeology, Pumpkin Hammock, Raccoon Bluff, and Shell Ring. One subcollection labeled Sapelo Island General/Miscellaneous Resources contains additional materials related to archaeological research, cultural resource management, and/or volunteer events that GA HPD DNR conducts on the island.

Site Name Keywords
General • Lighthouse • Chocolate Plantation • Behavior Cemetery • Bourbon Field • Shell Ring Complex • Bank Stabilization / (Spalding's Long Tabby) • High Point • Mission Archaeology / North of Shell Ring Complex • Pumpkin Hammock

Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Archaeological Feature • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Water-Related • Plantation Site • Cemetery • Ball Court • Historic Structure • Midden

Other Keywords
GPR Survey • Plantation • GPS • Mission San Joseph de Sapala • complex societies • Historic residence, lighthouse, Sapelo, Island • Field School • Excavation Data • Shellfish • Occupation

Culture Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric • Archaic • African American • Mississippian • Woodland • Late Archaic • Euroamerican • Late Woodland • Early Woodland

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Historic Background Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Systematic Survey • Reconnaissance / Survey • Consultation • Site Stabilization • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Environment Research • Site Evaluation / Testing

Material Types
Ceramic • Glass • Metal • Shell • Fauna • Building Materials • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Dating Sample

Temporal Keywords
19th Century • Late Archaic • 19-20th Centuries • 19th & 20th Centuries • 18th Century • Historic Period • Prehistoric • Mission Period • Early 19th Century • 1940

Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Georgia (State / Territory) • McIntosh County (County) • North America (Continent) • Sapelo Island • Georgia • Georgia Coast

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 101-134 of 134)

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Documents
  1. Sapelo Island: Mapping and Geophysical Survey North of Shell Ring II (2010)
  2. Sapelo Island: Memorandum of Cession by Georgia
  3. Sapelo Island: Mortuary Research at Behavior Cemetary (9MC498) (2010)
  4. Sapelo Island: Newspaper Article - Hog Hammock (1986)
  5. Sapelo Island: Phase I Survey for Proposed New Gasoline Tank and Fueling Facility (1997)
  6. Sapelo Island: Preliminary Report on the 2006 Field Season (2006)
  7. Sapelo Island: Preservation Work on Behaviour Cemetery (2008)
  8. Sapelo Island: Proposed Restoration of Chocolate Plantation (2001)
  9. Sapelo Island: Public Archaeology at supposed Location of the Original 1820s Keeper's House (2004)
  10. Sapelo Island: Recovery & Analysis Human Skeletal Remains & Artical on Skeletal Analysis (2000)
  11. Sapelo Island: Removal of Brick Base around the Perimeter of the Lighthouse (1998)
  12. Sapelo Island: Review of Proposal for Replacement of Oakland Crossing Bridge (1995)
  13. Sapelo Island: Review of Timber Activities at Cabretta Creek & Long Row Field (1992)
  14. Sapelo Island: Site Visit along Bluffs at Post Office and Barn Creeks (2008)
  15. Sapelo Island: Site Visit to investigate Evidence of Looting at the Bourbon Field Site (2011)
  16. Sapelo Island: Survey for Alternate Locations for DNR Fuel Area (1999)
  17. Sapelo Island: Survey to locate Pier Structures of Keeper's House (1999)
  18. Sapelo Island: UTC Field School - Behaviour Cemetery Field Notes 2010 (2010)
  19. Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife 2009 (2008)
  20. Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife 2009 (2009)
  21. Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife 2009 at Long Tabby - Artifact Data (2009)
  22. Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife Agenda 2007 (2007)
  23. Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife Agenda 2008 (2008)
  24. Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife Program 2011 (2011)
  25. Sapelo Shells Yield Clues to Ancient People (2007)
  26. Sapelo Storage Building (1990)
  27. Site Visit along Bluffs at Post Office and Barn Creeks (2008)
  28. Site Visit for Assessment of Racoon Bluff Church Condition on Sapelo Island, Georgia (1995)
  29. Spalding's Sugar Work Site, Sapelo Island, Georgia (1980)
  30. A Summary Report of a Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Sapelo Lighthouse, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2004)
  31. Update on the 2007 Hammock Survey on Sapelo Island (2007)
  32. Weekend for Wildlife Sapelo Island 2008 (2008)
  33. Working Papers on the Sapelo Shell Ring _ Site (9Mcl23): Geophysics, Ceramic. Analysis, and Zooarchaeology (2005)
  34. Working Plantations on Sapelo Island: High Point Versus Chocolate (2008)