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The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast, edited by David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman. University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa., 1996
The examination of the Paleoindian and Early Archaic periods as a seri ous research topic has been addressed only within the past few years by the Georgia archaeological community. Because excavation data in Geor gia are so limited, our primary sources of insight rely upon comparison of material recovered from adjacent states to identify and interpret early tool forms recovered primarily from large-scale surveys and private col lections. Perhaps our best primary data have been acquired from a series of sites and locations in the Savannah River drainage (Anderson and Hanson 1988), from the Wallace Reservoir on the Oconee River in north central Georgia (O'Steen et al. 1986), and along the Fall Line and interior Coastal Plain of middle and eastern Georgia (Anderson et al. 1986, 1990a; Elliott and Doyon 1981) (see fi gu re 11.1 for site locations). The following summary will emphasize site-specific and chronological research within the state; an extensive overview of this research, entitled Paleoindian Pe riod Archaeology of Geor g ia, is available to interested readers (Anderson et al. 1990a). Theoretical considerations of the Georgia data are addressed in detail elsewhere in this volume by Anderson, O'Steen and others. At present, we have yet to adequately excavate an intensively occu pied Paleoindian or Early Archaic site in Georgia that could compare to Stanfield-Worley in Alabama (DeJamette et al. 1962), Haw River and Hardaway in North Carolina (Claggett and Cable 1982; Coe 1964), or
Ocmulgee Archaeology 1936–1986, edited by David J. Hally, University of Georgia Press, Athens., 1994
Island and Coastal Archaeology on the Georgia Bight
Life Among the Tides: Recent Archaeology on the Georgia Bight (edited by Victor D. Thompson and David Hurst Thomas), 2013
unified by a geographic focus on the archaeology of the Georgia Bight. The various research projects span multiple time periods (including Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, and contact periods) and many incorporate specialized analyses (such as petrographic point counting, shallow geophysics, and so forth). The 26 contributors conducting this cutting-edge work represent the full spectrum of the archaeological community, including museum, academic, student, and contract archaeologists. Despite the diversity in professional and theoretical backgrounds, temporal periods examined, and methodological approaches pursued, the volume is unified by four distinct, yet interrelated, themes. Contributions in Part I discuss a range of analytical approaches for understanding time, exchange, and site layout. Chapters in Part II model coastal landscapes from both environmental and social perspectives. The third section addresses site-specific studies of late prehistoric architecture and village layout throughout the Georgia Bight. Part IV presents new and ongoing research into the Spanish mission period of this area. These papers were initially presented and discussed at the Sixth Caldwell Conference, cosponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and the St. Catherines Island Foundation, held on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, May 20–22, 2011.
Archaeological Testing at Georgia Power Company Site SN-09, Brier Creek, Georgia
CRM: Vogtle-Effingham-Thalmann 500 kV Electric Transmission Line GP-SN-09: Resource Testing and Data Recovery Planning., 1985
Archaeological testing and data recovery planning studies were conducted within two Designated Work Areas (DWAs) at cultural property GP-S.N.-09, Screven County, Georgia. At each DWA 13 two by two meter test units were excavated to sterile soil. The testing was performed as part of the resource management plan for the proposed Georgia Power Vogtle-Effingham-Thalmann Electric Transmission Line. At the northern DWA (1), the major period of occupation dates to the Late Archaic (4,000 - 1,000 B.C.). Diagnostic hafted bifaces and fiber-tempered ceramics were present as temporal markers. Cultural material of this period was present in two discrete occupation zones recognizable stratigraphically. Artifact clusters are present within each of these zones. These occupations can be interpreted at this point to have been short term habitations established for the purpose of carrying out local resource exploitation. Minor components represented at this DWA date to the Middle-Late Archaic transition, the early Woodland and possibly the Early Archaic. The excavation of one large block excavation is recommended for data recovery within this DWA. The southern DWA (2) was occupied most intensively during the terminal Late Archaic (Thom's Creek) and early Woodland (Refuge-Deptford) periods. Artifacts dating to these periods were concentrated in two different areas, respectively, within the DWA. Diagnostic hafted bifaces and simple stamped and punctate ceramics were associated. It can be suggested that these occupations were in the form of brief, single-episode visits, possibly representing !amps established during resource exploitation forays. minor components recognized date to the Early Archaic, preceramic Late Archaic and possibly the Middle Archaic. The excavation of two small blocks is recommended for data recovery within this DWA. Each block will be located in the area of one of the artifact concentrations.
Society for Georgia Archaeology Profile, 1986
The Paleolndian occupation of Georgia is currently very. poorly understood and documented. Only ten fluted points were represented from Georgia in the massive compilation of fluted points from Eastern North America conducted by the Eastern States Archaeological Federation, and reported by Louis Brennan (1982) in Volume 10 of Archaeology of Eastern North America. A total of 5820 PaleoIndian projectile points were reported during that survey; only Rhode Island, of all the states along the eastern seaboard, however, had fewer reported fewer Paleolndian points than Georgia. The low count from Georgia was underscored by the high totals from adjoining states, such as Alabama (N=1654), Florida (N=1392), North Carolina (N=329), and South Carolina (N=95). If we are to ever understand the PaleoIndian occupation of the lower Southeast, this situation will have to change. The Georgia Paleolndian Fluted and Lanceolate Projectile Point Recordation Project, accordingly, has been initiated in an effort to correct this situation. .