Archaeological Testing at the Lighthouse Site, Sapelo Island, Georgia
Summary
As part of the 2011 Weekend For Wildlife program sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), two days of archaeological testing were carried out at the Sapelo Island Lighthouse Site on Sapelo Island, in McIntosh County, Georgia. This project was a combined effort on the part of 12 Weekend for Wildlife volunteers and 11 archaeologists associated with DNR, the University of West Florida, the University of West Georgia, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The goal of the project was to positively identify the remains of the 1820 lighthouse keeper’s residence adjacent to the extant oil house and lighthouse. A two-meter section of a brick foundation was visible at the site, and it was believed to be associated with the keeper’s home. Investigating this foundation was the main focus of the Weekend For Wildlife archaeological research.
Cite this Record
Archaeological Testing at the Lighthouse Site, Sapelo Island, Georgia. Nicholas Honerkamp, Dickinson Tanya. 2011 ( tDAR id: 6430) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8P8493F
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Keywords
Culture
Euroamerican
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Historic
Material
Building Materials
Site Name
Lighthouse Site
Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Lighhouse
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Shipping-Related Structure
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Water-Related
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Historic residence, lighthouse, Sapelo, Island
Geographic Keywords
Sapelo Island
Temporal Keywords
Historic Period
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1820 to 1906
Spatial Coverage
min long: -81.313; min lat: 31.37 ; max long: -81.14; max lat: 31.519 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Rachel Black
Notes
General Note: This is an upload test.
File Information
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| cultures-of-sapelo-workshop-ii.pdf | 1.37mb | Aug 24, 2011 9:46:00 AM | Public | ||
| artifact-tables.docx | 54.46kb | Sep 19, 2011 6:11:23 AM | Public | ||
| archaeological-testing-at-the-lighthouse-site-final-report_red... | 3.42mb | Oct 26, 2011 6:08:27 AM | Public | ||
| shoveltestformsw4w11_redacted.pdf | 3.70mb | Oct 26, 2011 6:16:43 AM | Public | ||
| siteformlighthousew4w11_redacted.pdf | 9.74mb | Oct 26, 2011 6:08:41 AM | Public |