Mission Archaeology / North of Shell Ring Complex (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jefferies.

The arrival of Spanish missionaries on the Georgia and Florida coasts in the mid-16th century began what is known as the Mission period (1568-1684), a time of sustained interaction between the Spanish and many coastal Indian polities. At the time of Spanish contact, much of the central and northern Georgia coast was occupied by Muskogean-speaking people known as the Guale (Worth 2004a). Sapelo Island, one of the Georgia "barrier" islands, is the site of at least one Spanish mission, the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jeffries. Christopher Moore.

In 2003, University of Kentucky archaeologists initiated field investigations just north of the famous Sapelo Shell Ring Complex (Site 9Mc23). The purpose of the excavations was to investigate the site’s Late Archaic component; however, test units and shovel probes placed north of Shell Ring II yielded several items of European origin, including several majolica and olive jar fragments and part of a small brass bell. Associated with these European artifacts were hundreds of Native American...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jefferies. Christopher Moore.

In 2003, University of Kentucky archaeologists initiated field investigations just north of the famous Sapelo Shell Ring Complex (Site 9Mc23). The purpose of the excavations was to investigate the site’s Late Archaic component; however, test units and shovel probes placed north of Shell Ring II yielded several items of European origin, including several majolica and olive jar fragments and part of a small brass bell. Associated with these European artifacts were hundreds of Native American...

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Sapelo Island Project

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jefferies.

Report/Correspondence on the 2010 Mapping- and Survey Fieldwork

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jefferies.

Archaeological field investigations focused on the area north of Shell Ring II, containing evidence for Guale/Spanish interaction