Newell Creek
Part of: Ossabaw Island
All GA DNR HPD reports, documents, images, and data sheets concerning the South End area on Ossabaw Island
Site Name Keywords
Newell Creek •
South End •
General •
North End Tabbies
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Bluff •
Water-Related
Other Keywords
Education Program •
Scouts •
Shovel Test •
Boy Scout Camp •
Bluff
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Prehistoric
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Systematic Survey •
Historic Background Research •
Site Stewardship Monitoring •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Site Stabilization
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Shell
Temporal Keywords
Archaic To Historic
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
United States of America (Country) •
Georgia (State / Territory) •
Chatham County (County) •
North America (Continent)
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT HE NEWELL CREEK SITE (9CH155), Ossabaw Island, Georgia, 2003 Season (2003)
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On June 25-27, 2003, the Office of the State Archaeologist, housed in the Historic Preservation Division of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, participated in an educational program for scouts held on Ossabaw Island, in Chatham County, Georgia. Ossabaw consists of ca. 26,000 acres of marsh, tidal streams, and uplands. With the exception of DNR facilities, a mansion dating to the time when wealthy families and corporations owned the coastal islands, and ruins of structures dating to the...
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Boy Scout Meeting and Archaeological Field School at Ossabaw 2002 (2002)
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Correspondence, Notes, and Planning
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Ossabaw Island: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT 9CH155 (THE NEWELL CREEK SITE) 2001-2002 (2002)
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This report provides an overview of limited archaeological investigations carried out on Ossabaw Island by the Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA), Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division, in 2001-2002. Ossabaw Island is managed by DNR's Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Initial investigations were precipitated by erosion at 9CH155, located on a bluff overlooking Newell Creek at the southern end of the island. The erosion exposed Indian burials, and recovery...
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Ossabaw Island: Background Information and Work Plan for the Newell Creek Site, Boy Scout Project 2002 (2002)
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General Information about Archaeology and Background on the Coastal History of Ossabaw Island for the 2002 Boy Scout Project
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Ossabaw Island: Monitoring Bluff Erosion at the Newell Creek Site, 2002 - 2005 (2002)
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DNR Archaeologists returned to 9CH155 on July 25, 2002 to monitor grading for a barge landing. Grading was done within the area previously marked by DNR archaeologists after close-interval shovel testing indicated that the specified area had low potential for encountering undisturbed cultural deposits. Due to the known presence of features, including burials, elsewhere on the site, a decision was made to have archaeologists present during grading...
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Ossabaw Island: Preparations for Archaeological Investigations at the Newell Creek Site 2003 (2003)
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Correspondence and Travel Plans for Scout Fieldschool on Ossabaw Island, 2003