An Integrated Study of Late Archaic to Early Woodland Lithics and Ceramics of the Coastal Savannah River Valley

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Late Archaic (3000-1000 BCE) to Early Woodland (1000 – 500 BCE) transition of the South Atlantic Bight is characterized by vast sociotechnical changes. Research of these periods has been dominated in recent decades by the study of large shell rings and their likely attendant ceremonial happenings, in part because coastal erosion has necessitated mitigation. This poster will explore the Late Archaic and Early Woodland components of 38JA200, a large multi-component site located in the Port Royal Sound of South Carolina. Through analysis of ceramic and lithic assemblages recovered during Phase I research, we explore how this landscape held host to a wide range of quotidian activities during a more than one thousand-year period. We also provide new data to refine local lithic and ceramic sequences in a context absent of shell rings.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41599.0