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

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