United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.278711708/2022An 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/coastal-shell-ringsForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/coastal-shell-ringsForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSapelo Island (Ga.)--AntiquitiesKitchen-middens--Georgia--Sapelo IslandIndians of North America--AntiquitiesArchaeologists--Georgia--Sapelo IslandArchaeology--Georgia--Sapelo IslandSapelo Shell RingStillImage