essay

Swift Creek phase design assemblages from two sites on the Georgia coast

world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 154-180

By: Saunders, Rebecca.

Abstract

Saunders examined the design elements from two sites in southeast Georgia (located 1.5 kilometers apart) and compared them. She tried to determine the relationship between the two sites. The middens at the sites indicate short term occupation for both, perhaps both sites were used as part of a seasonal round. Saunders is 'inclined to think that the same population occupied the two sites. The similarity in carving and style … is particularly persuasive…[I]t might be noted that … [few] of the designs pictures by Snow … from sites in south-central Georgia could be incorporated into the design groups found at the Georgia coast sites … ' (page 177).

HRAF PubDate

2005

Region

North America

Sub Region

Eastern Woodlands

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2003

Field Date

probably circa early 1980s

Coverage Date

Late Swift Creek

Coverage Place

Kings Bay site (9CM171a) and Mallard Creek site (9CM185), Georgia, United States

Notes

Rebecca Saunders

For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot

LCCN

98009001

LCSH

Woodland culture