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| The anthropology of St. Catherines Island. 2, The Refuge-Deptford mortuary complex. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 56, pt. 1 |
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| Title: | The anthropology of St. Catherines Island. 2, The Refuge-Deptford mortuary complex. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 56, pt. 1 |
| Other Titles: | Refuge-Deptford mortuary complex |
| Authors: | Thomas, David Hurst. Larsen, Clark Spencer. Clark, George R. DePratter, Chester B. Lunsford, Ann Marie. |
| Issue Date: | 1978 |
| Publisher: | New York : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 56, pt. 1 |
| Abstract: | "Data and implications from nine burial mounds excavated by crews of the American Museum of Natural History on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, are given in this monograph. As a group, these nine sites define a surprisingly homogeneous pattern and these data comprise virtually all that is known regarding the mortuary customs practiced along the Georgia and Florida coast between ca. 1500 B.C. to A.D. 600. The sites are rather unspectacular sand mounds, which exhibit a remarkably consistent stratigraphic patterning. The skeletal materials recovered are poorly preserved, except in the rare case when shell was added to the interment. The radiocarbon evidence, consisting of 29 determinations from the nine mounds, strongly suggests a marked periodicity in the use of these sites. In all cases, the areas seem to have been visited for centuries - in some cases millenia - prior to the actual construction of the mortuary mound. Several graves were placed into this pre-mound surface, and mound-buil... |
| Description: | 179 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. AMNH Library's copies lack t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179). Mortuary archaeology on the Georgia coast / David Hurst Thomas and Clark Spencer Larsen -- Archaeological techniques and procedures / David Hurst Thomas and Clark Spencer Larsen -- The Cunningham Mound group / David Hurst Thomas, Clark Spencer Larsen, and Ann Marie Lunsford -- Seaside Mound group / David Hurst Thomas, Clark Spencer Larsen, and Ann Marie Lunsford -- Ceramics / Chester B. DePratter -- Comparisons / David Hurst Thomas -- Implications and some speculations / David Hurst Thomas -- Appendix. Seasonal growth variations in the shells of recent and prehistoric specimens of Mercenaria mercenaria from St. Catherines Island, Georgia / George R. Clark II. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/305 |
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