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Submitted by bat400 on Tuesday, 27 February 2007  Page Views: 9677

Multi-periodSite Name: Skidaway Shell Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 16.436 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Savannah, Georgia  Nearest Village: Skidaway, Georgia
Latitude: 31.949000N  Longitude: 81.031W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Ancient Settlement (and shell mound) in Chatham County, GA
375 ft long and 190 feet wide. This shell mound may date back to 1000 BC. Several shell mounds have been found on Skidaway and other nearby islands. This recent find has yet to be surveyed, but has attracted attention as a modern teenager hideout.

The location given is a general one of the island itself.
Shell mounds generally formed adjoining Archaic settlements (~3000 to 1000BC for this area), along both salt and fresh water sources. Some appear to have been collected and formed intentionally. Others are the artifact of settlement and discarding trash immediately outside the living area. In either case they are often a rich record of prehistoric cultures and their natural world.

Note: Volunteers remove rubbish from the shell mound, one of the largest on the Georgia coast. Linked to photos.
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Re: Skidaway Shell Mound Clean-up by davidmorgan on Thursday, 01 March 2007
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It's in the middle of a golf course! No wonder they found a golf club.
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    Ancient site cheek and jowl with golf estate by bat400 on Thursday, 01 March 2007
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    Yes, "The Landings." I've yet to figure out the exact site of the Mound, so my location is just for the island itself. I'll assuming that the shell mound is in the undeveloped area south east of the houses and gold course.
    You'll note that it was residents of the housing estate that picked up the trash.
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    Re: Ancient site cheek and jowl with golf estate by Anonymous on Thursday, 01 March 2007
    "You'll note that it was residents of the housing estate that picked up the trash." I'm always surprised, though, how little the locals know about what's on their own doorstep, when it's of so much interest to strangers. I've come across this often.
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Skidaway Shell Mound Clean-up by Anonymous on Tuesday, 27 February 2007
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"As beer cans are cleared away, it's easier to appreciate the native American history on Skidaway. It took Sandee Winter less than a minute to reach back thousands of years on Skidaway Island on Wednesday morning. Crouched on the edge of an American Indian shell mound, she scanned layers of oysters packed tight over the centuries. In an instant she spied a buff-colored pottery shard the size of her palm and eased it out of the excavation hole. The fragment was unpatterned, indicating it could be very old, perhaps crafted by an American Indian thousands of years ago.

"'When I can tell what's mixed in with the clay I'll have a better idea of the dating,' said Winter, an archeology volunteer at the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service.

"Winter hunted for ancient pottery exposed on the surface on the site while nine volunteers cleared away newer debris, including Budweiser cans, Snickers wrappers, broken glass and a golf club head. They filled a dozen trash bags in an hour.

"Landings resident and SCAD professor Russ Wigh organized the clean-up effort after he realized last fall that teenagers had turned the archaeologically-important shell mound into a hang out. ... Eventually, Wigh wants to see interpretative signs posted at the site.

"Archaeologist Chester DePratter investigated the mound in the mid-70s when Braniger, the real estate arm of Union Camp, began developing Skidaway, according to Chris McCabe, deputy state archaeologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

"But DePratter's archaeological finds are largely unknown to most island residents. Wigh's interest in the site prompted McCabe and others to take a second look."

For more, including photos, see the Savannah Morning News.
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Re: Skidaway site and teens by Aluta on Sunday, 05 November 2006
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If archaeologists and investigators asked local teenagers for their gathering spots, especially in wooded ares, they might find some pretty interesting things. Teens are drawn to anomalous formations and constructions that no one else has found. They like broad views from outcroppings and things with a mysterious or even creepy feel to them. Ask them where they go to trip or get high and you might discover new sites. Adults may also be able to show you the places they went when they were young, or at least where "people they knew" used to go to do those things. (wink, wink!)
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    Re: Skidaway site and teens by bat400 on Monday, 06 November 2006
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    And it's good to note that the researcher whose notes led to this new interest wants to inspire the local kids to treasure these sites and help protect them. There are too many wonderful places like this to protect them unless the locals feel a connection, no matter what that positive connection came from.
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Skidaway site may hold Native American relics by bat400 on Saturday, 04 November 2006
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This article was submitted by coldrum.

Skidaway site may hold Native American relics

Teens on Skidaway Island have apparently picked the wrong spot for a hideout, said Russ Wigh, a Skidaway resident and naturalist.

They've built a makeshift tree house above what could be an archeologically important Native American shell mound. Beer cans litter the ground; a spray-painted sign reads, "I rule this island sucker."

"We know kids have always wanted to build hideouts where they could escape with their friends," wrote Wigh on his Web site, http://www.skidaway.net. "Innocent enough, but in this case, instead of a deserted 'island' local teens have likely chosen the wrong spot. "

The site could be a shell ring, a rare type of midden that contains some of the earliest pottery in North America.

Savannah Morning News
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