Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:archaeological_site
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gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces |
1974
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gptkbp:builtBy |
gptkb:Native_Americans
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gptkbp:builtYear |
circa 2170–1630 BCE
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gptkbp:consistsOf |
three shell rings
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gptkbp:diameter |
about 70 meters (largest ring)
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gptkbp:excavatedBy |
University of Georgia archaeologists
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:United_States |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Sapelo_Island
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gptkbp:material |
oyster shells
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gptkbp:nearestCity |
gptkb:Darien,_Georgia
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gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber |
74000677
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gptkbp:part_of |
Shell rings of the southeastern United States
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gptkbp:period |
gptkb:Late_Archaic_period
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gptkbp:preservedIn |
gptkb:Georgia_Department_of_Natural_Resources
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gptkbp:significance |
prehistoric habitation
early evidence of complex society in southeastern North America |
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list |
yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Shell_Ring
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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