Chatham County (County) (Geographic Keyword)

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Description of Periodic Subsistence and Settlement Patterns

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In November 2003, the Ossabaw Island Foundation was awarded a $400,000 grant from Save America's Treasures to restore three former slave cabins on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, located at the North End Plantation. Save America's Treasures (SAT) is a national program to protect the country's historic and cultural treasures and it operates as a public­ private partnership between the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Among its stated goals are the fostering of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronnie Rogers.

Wildlife Resources Division notified the Archaeological Services Unit of Historic Preservation Division of plans to install an above ground fuel tank with a buried pipe providing service to the Main House (Mrs. West's residence) at the north end ofOssabaw Island (Figure 1). There are two proposed locations. The preferred DNR location places the tank near the location of a buried tank now in place about 100' west of the Main House. Mrs. West has suggested an alternate location: near an...

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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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel T. Elliott.

This report documents emergency archaeological data recovery and survey efforts performed in late 2008 at site 9CH155 on Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia. The project included salvage excavation of an eroding human mortuary feature (Burial 1), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey of selected portions of the site, topographic mapping, and a minor surface collection from a rarely exposed mud flat in Newell Creek. Each of these phases was completed successfully and provided new...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Elliott.

This report documents a recent l y completed archaeological project by The LAMAR Institute on a portion of the Newell Creek site (9CH 155) on Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia (Figures I and 2). The Newell Creek site is located on the southern portion of Ossabaw Island on an elevated bluff above Newell Creek. This multi-component site is actively eroding along the creek bank and human burials are among the casual ti es of this natural geo-morphological process. Once the Historic...

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General Information about Archaeology and Background on the Coastal History of Ossabaw Island for the 2002 Boy Scout Project

DOCUMENT Full-Text David C. Crass. Chip Morgan.

Correspondence and Report Draft

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles E. Pearson. Fred C. Cook.

This document represents the End of Field Report submitted to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources-Historic Preservation Division relative to archaeological excavations conducted at a late prehistoric shell midden located at archaeological site 9CH199 on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, a Georgia Natural and Cultural Heritage Area. Dr. Charles E. Pearson directed the archaeological research at the site under approval and authority of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The fieldwork at...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronnie Rogers.

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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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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Edwards.

NR Registration of Ossabaw Island List of archaeological research known to have occurred on the island Bibliographic references

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronnie Rogers.

Four partial skeletons were excavated from the eroding west bank of Ossabaw Island at Newell Creek. They became exposed after unusually high tides and wind caused areas of the bank to slump to the toe of the bluff. Three were determined to be of prehistoric origin according to the ceramics associated with them. The same three are of Native American descent and are probably all males of differing ages. There was not enough material recovered from the fourth skeleton to make these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David C. Crass. Jim Simmons. Ronnie Rogers.

Correspondence and Travel Plans for Scout Fieldschool on Ossabaw Island, 2003

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer Bedell. Ronnie Rogers. Chip Morgan.

Site Visit Reports, Field Notes, and Photos

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jim Simmons. David C. Crass. Bob Monroe.

Request for Review and Comment by DNR Historic Preservation Division

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jim Simmons. Ronnie Rogers.

Request and approval to relocate septic tank at the Newell Creek hunt camp.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David C. Crass. Ronnie Rogers. Jennifer Bedell.

Purpose of visit: In response to a DNR notification of the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns about burials exposed and discovered on Ossabaw Island, we had several objectives in the interest of keeping the council informed and DNR in compliance with state law...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer Bedell. Jim Bittler.

Correspondence regarding Site Visit for a Planned Septic Line at the Boarding House

DOCUMENT Full-Text [NFM] Various. Ronnie Rogers. David C. Crass.

Archaeological Investigations at the Ossabaw Tabbies - WRD Workshop: Background Information, Schedule, Field Notes, Artifact- and Excavation Forms

DOCUMENT Citation Only Terry Martin.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only John R. Morgan.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Frederick S. Hulse.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence Babits.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence E. Babits. Susan Simmons.

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