Sapelo Island: Evolving Community Organization on the Georgia Coast

Part of the Sapelo Island project

Author(s): Morgan R. Crook, Jr.

Year: 1984

Summary

Community settlement-pattern analysis, focusing upon the spatial structure of material remains represented at a single archaeological site, provides a firm basis for re­ constructing a wide range of synchronic. and diachronic cultural phenomena. The potential of the approach for sociocultural explanation of the archaeological record is well documented. 1 The purpose of this paper is to present information concerning changes in the gross configura­ tion of community settlement patterns at Bourbon Field, a large archaeological site located near the middle of the Georgia coast, and to provide at least tentative expla­ nations of the changing configurations.

Cite this Record

Sapelo Island: Evolving Community Organization on the Georgia Coast. Morgan R. Crook, Jr.. Journal of Field Archaeology. 11: 247-263. 1984 ( tDAR id: 366220) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8KK99T4

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Keywords

Culture
Prehistoric

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
Bourbon Field

Site Type
Archaeological Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Systematic Survey

Spatial Coverage

min long: -81.312; min lat: 31.374 ; max long: -81.151; max lat: 31.564 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Rachel Black

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