Sapelo Island

This collection contains the digital resources for all Georgia Department of Natural Resoures Historic Preservation Division's (GA DNR HPD) records pertaining to Sapelo Island. It also includes some materials maintained by members of the Sapelo Island Archaeological Research Consortium.

The collection is divided into subcollections based on sites that GA DNR HPD manages on Sapelo Island. The following subcollections correspond to archaeological sites: Bank Stabilization/ Spalding's Long Tabby, Behaviour Cemetery, Bourbon Field, Chocolate, Gullah Geechee, Lighthouse, Mission Archaeology, Pumpkin Hammock, Raccoon Bluff, and Shell Ring. One subcollection labeled Sapelo Island General/Miscellaneous Resources contains additional materials related to archaeological research, cultural resource management, and/or volunteer events that GA HPD DNR conducts on the island.

Site Name Keywords
General • Chocolate Plantation • Lighthouse • Behavior Cemetery • High Point • Bourbon Field • Shell Ring Complex • Bank Stabilization / (Spalding's Long Tabby) • Mission Archaeology / North of Shell Ring Complex • Pumpkin Hammock

Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Archaeological Feature • Plantation Site • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Cemetery • Water-Related • Midden • Ball Court • Historic Structure

Other Keywords
GPR Survey • Plantation • GPS • Mission San Joseph de Sapala • MIdden • complex societies • Shell • Historic residence, lighthouse, Sapelo, Island • Field School • Excavation Data

Culture Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric • Archaic • African American • Mississippian • Woodland • Late Archaic • Euroamerican • Late Woodland • Early Woodland

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Historic Background Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Systematic Survey • Reconnaissance / Survey • Consultation • Site Stabilization • Site Evaluation / Testing • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Environment Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Metal • Glass • Shell • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Building Materials • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Wood

Temporal Keywords
19th Century • 19th & 20th Centuries • Late Archaic • Prehistoric • 19-20th Centuries • 18th Century • Historic Period • Mission Period • Early 19th Century • 1940

Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Georgia (State / Territory) • McIntosh County (County) • North America (Continent) • Sapelo Island • Georgia • Georgia Coast

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-100 of 156)

Documents
  1. The Ancenstral Saltwater Geechee Lands on Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  2. Archaeological Investigations at the Sapelo Lighthouse and Oilhouse (1997)
  3. Archaeological Investigations at the Sapelo Lighthouse and Oilhouse (1997)
  4. Archaeological Investigations at the Sapelo Lighthouse Interpretive Trail (2004)
  5. Archaeological Investigations at the Sapelo Lighthouse, Sapelo Island, Georgia (1997)
  6. Archaeological Investigations of a Mission Period Shell Midden 9MC23, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2009)
  7. Archaeological Investigations of a Mission Period Shell Midden 9MC23, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2009)
  8. Archaeological Survey and Testing at High Point Plantation (9MC66), Sapelo Island, Georgia (2008)
  9. Archaeological Survey and Testing at High Point Plantation (9MC66), Sapelo Island, Georgia (2008)
  10. Archaeological Survey at South End, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2008)
  11. Archaeological Survey at the South End Site, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2008)
  12. Archaeological Testing at the Lighthouse Site, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2011)
  13. Archaeology at Spalding's South End Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  14. Archaeology at Spalding's South End Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  15. Architecture, Settlement Structure, and Labor Relations At Three Antebellum Plantations On Sapelo Island, Georgia (2009)
  16. Architecture, Settlement Structure, and Labor Relations At Three Antebellum Plantations On Sapelo Island, Georgia (2009)
  17. ARTICULATING ACTIVITY AREAS AND FORMATION PROCESSES AT THE SAPELO ISLAND SHELL RING COMPLEX (2007)
  18. Bilali-The Old Man of Sapelo Island Between Africa and Georgia (2007)
  19. Community-Based Mortuary Archaeology On Sapelo Island, Georgia (2011)
  20. Electrical Imaging at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring
  21. EVALUATING MOBILITY, MONUMENTALITY, AND FEASTING AT THE SAPELO ISLAND SHELL RING COMPLEX (2008)
  22. Evaluating Mobility, Monumentality, and Feasting at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex (2011)
  23. Exploring Slave Settlements on Sapelo Island (2010)
  24. Exploring the Historic Components of the Bourbon Field Site (9MC71), Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  25. FY 2008 Forestry Management Proposal for Sapelo Island, Georgia (2007)
  26. GPR Survey at Behavior Cemetary, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  27. A Guide to the Archaeology of Sapelo Island, GA (1991)
  28. Gullah-Geechee Archaeology: The Living Space of Enslaved Geechee on Sapelo Island (2008)
  29. In Search of Mission San Joseph de Sapala: Mission Period Archaeological Research on Sapelo Island, Georgia 2003-2007 (2009)
  30. In Search of Mission San Joseph de Sapala: Mission Period Archaeological Research on Sapelo Island, Georgia 2003-2007 (2009)
  31. Mortuary Research at Behavior Cemetery (9MC498), Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  32. Newspaper Articles - Geologic and Archaeological Evidence for Climate Change
  33. Permit for Sapelo Island Bourbon Field Excavations 2008 (2008)
  34. Phase I Survey for Installation of Drain Field at African Baptist Church on Sapelo Island, Georgia (2000)
  35. Phase I Survey for Installation of Drain Field at African Baptist Church on Sapelo Island, Georgia (2000)
  36. Pieces of Chocolate: Site Structure and Function at Chocolate Plantation (9MC96), Sapelo Island, Georgia (2007)
  37. Pieces of Chocolate: Site Structure and Function at Chocolate Plantation (9MC96), Sapelo Island, Georgia (2007)
  38. A Place known as Chocolate (2007)
  39. Possible Disturbance of Archaeological Sites on Sapelo Island (1994)
  40. Postbellum Sapelo Island - The Journal of Archibald C. McKinley (2011)
  41. Preliminary Search for Orleans Cemetery, Sapelo Island (2009)
  42. Preliminary Search for Orleans Cemetery, Sapelo Island, GA (2009)
  43. Proposal for Conducting an Archaeological Survey at Chocolate Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2006)
  44. Protection of the Shell Ring Archaeological Site on the North End of Sapelo Island (1991)
  45. QUESTIONING COMPLEXITY: THE PREHISTORIC HUNTER-GATHERERS OF SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA (2006)
  46. Recovery of a WW II aircraft on Sapelo (1989)
  47. Research at Behavior Cemetery, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2010)
  48. Review of Sapelo Island Management Plan (1975)
  49. THE SAPELO SHELL RING COMPLEX: SHALLOW GEOPHYSICS ON A GEORGIA SEA ISLAND (2004)
  50. THE SAPELO COMPANY: FIVE FRENCHMEN ON THE GEORGIA COAST, 1789-1794 (1989)
  51. Sapelo Island - An Opportunity and Challenge (1975)
  52. Sapelo Island - Archaeological Projects (2011)
  53. Sapelo Island - Thomas Spalding (2011)
  54. Sapelo Island - Visitor Pamphlet
  55. Sapelo Island during the Spanish Colonial Era (2011)
  56. Sapelo Island Maps
  57. Sapelo Island State Park: Design Options for Bank Stabilization (2008)
  58. Sapelo Island. Evaluations and Proposed Renovations for Mansion, Lighthouse, and Post Office (1992)
  59. Sapelo Island: "Weekend for Wildlife" Survey and Testing at Chocolate Plantation, 9MC96, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2007)
  60. Sapelo Island: 9MC66 Site Form (1979)
  61. Sapelo Island: A Place Known As Chocolate (2007)
  62. Sapelo Island: A Preliminary Report (1975)
  63. Sapelo Island: A Proposal for Conducting and Archaeological Survey at Chocolate Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2006)
  64. Sapelo Island: A Proposal for Conducting and Archaeological Survey at High Point Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2007)
  65. Sapelo Island: Archaeological and Historical Evidence for Social Upheaval among Native Americans and African Americans on the Georgia Coast (2007)
  66. Sapelo Island: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS ON PUMPKIN HAMMOCK (9MC350) MCINTOSH COUNTY, GEORGIA (2010)
  67. Sapelo Island: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS ON PUMPKIN HAMMOCK (9MC350) MCINTOSH COUNTY, GEORGIA (2010)
  68. Sapelo Island: Archaeological Indications of Community Structures at the Kenan Field Site (1980)
  69. Sapelo Island: Archaeological Survey of Proposed Nature Trail across the Southern Portion of the Sapelo Natural Estuarine Reserve Sanctuary (1991)
  70. Sapelo Island: Archaeological Testing at High Point Plantation (2008)
  71. Sapelo Island: Assorted Photographs at Spalding and Long Tabby Sites
  72. Sapelo Island: Bank Stabilization (2010)
  73. Sapelo Island: Bank Stabilization (2010)
  74. Sapelo Island: Behavior Cemetery NR Nomination (1996)
  75. Sapelo Island: Behaviour Cemetery 2010 Forms (2010)
  76. Sapelo Island: Behaviour Cemetery Grave- and Gravestone related Data (2010)
  77. Sapelo Island: Bourbon Field Work Update 2007 (2007)
  78. Sapelo Island: Chimney Stabilization at Chocolate Plantation (2007)
  79. Sapelo Island: Chocolate Plantation - 2006 Field School Notes (2006)
  80. Sapelo Island: Chocolate Plantation - Artifact Analyses Sheets (2006)
  81. Sapelo Island: Chocolate Plantation Maps and Profiles (2006)
  82. Sapelo Island: Chronological Position of Shell Rings - Proposed Research for Summer 2006 (2006)
  83. Sapelo Island: Comprehensive Management Plan (1989)
  84. Sapelo Island: Contract to build Lighthouse from 1813 (1813)
  85. Sapelo Island: Coupled Pre-Columbian Human-Environment Systems on the Georgia Coast (2006)
  86. Sapelo Island: Display of Dumoussary Grave Marker at Visitors Center (2007)
  87. Sapelo Island: Display of Dumoussary Grave Marker at Visitors Center (2007)
  88. Sapelo Island: Early Hunter-Gatherer Pottery along the Atlantic Coast of the Southeastern United States: A Ceramic Compositional Study (2008)
  89. Sapelo Island: Evolving Community Organization on the Georgia Coast (1984)
  90. Sapelo Island: Field Proposal '08 - The Historical Archaeology of Back Barrier Islands (2008)
  91. Sapelo Island: Filling of Long Tabby Swimming Pool (1989)
  92. Sapelo Island: From the Ground Up: A Preservation Plan for Georgia 2001-2006 (2001)
  93. Sapelo Island: GPS Mapping for Location Confirmation of Bessie Garner Property (2005)
  94. Sapelo Island: GPS Mapping for Location Confirmation of Bessie Garner Property (2005)
  95. Sapelo Island: Gullah Geechee Archaeology (2008)
  96. Sapelo Island: High Point Excavation 2007 - Artifact Data (2007)
  97. Sapelo Island: High Point Field Forms 2007 (2007)
  98. Sapelo Island: Lighthouse Artifact Data (2011)
  99. Sapelo Island: Lighthouse Excavation - 2011 Fieldnotes (2011)
  100. Sapelo Island: Lighthouse Gallery Pamphlet