- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sapelo Shell Ring
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Sapelo Island (Ga.)--Antiquities
Kitchen-middens--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Indians of North America--Antiquities
Archaeologists--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Archaeology--Georgia--Sapelo Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An archaeologist stands beside Shell Ring No. 1 on Sapelo Island. The shell rings, circular or semicircular in shape, are too large to be shown in their entirety by a single photograph.
Photograph of an archaeologist standing beside Shell Ring No. 1 on Sapelo Island, Georgia. The ring is approximately twelve feet high. Trees and tangled plants grow on the banks of the ring. The shell rings, circular or semicircular in shape, are too large to be shown in their entirety by a single photograph.
Composed of shell, bone, artifact, and soil deposits, the rings contain a wealth of information about the lifeways of coastal societies during the Late Archaic period. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/coastal-shell-rings/m-9141/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Victor D. Thompson
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/coastal-shell-rings
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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