Sea Pines (archaeological site) explained

Sea Pines
Nearest City:Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Added:October 15, 1970
Mpsub:Historic Resources of the Late Archaic-Early Woodland Period Shell Rings of South Carolina, ca. 1,000-2,200 years B.C.
Refnum:70000563

Sea Pines is a historic archeological site located at Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site is one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia. It is believed to date early in the second millennium BC, and to contain some of the earliest pottery known in North America. The Sea Pines ring stands about two feet above a flat central area, which is about five feet above mean sea level.[1] [2]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sea Pines, Beaufort County (Address Restricted). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 1 March 2014.
  2. Web site: E. Thomas Hemmings. August 1970. Sea Pines . National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. 1 March 2014.