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

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Archaeological Investigations of a Mission Period Shell Midden 9MC23, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2009)
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...


In Search of Mission San Joseph de Sapala: Mission Period Archaeological Research on Sapelo Island, Georgia 2003-2007 (2009)
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...


In Search of Mission San Joseph de Sapala: Mission Period Archaeological Research on Sapelo Island, Georgia 2003-2007 (2009)
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...


Sapelo Island
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Sapelo Island Project


Sapelo Island: Mapping and Geophysical Survey North of Shell Ring II (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jefferies.

Report/Correspondence on the 2010 Mapping- and Survey Fieldwork


Sapelo Island: Preliminary Report on the 2006 Field Season (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Jefferies.

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