Technical Summary of Georgia Prehistory

Summary Table

 

North Georgia

Georgia Coastal Plain and Coast

Date Range

Period

Phase

Date Range

Period

Phase

a.d. 1350–1540

 

Lamar

a.d. 1450–1575

 

Pine Harbor?

a.d. 1200–1350

MISSISSIPPIAN

Savannah/Wilbanks

a.d. 1350–1450

 

Irene II

a.d. 1000–1200

 

Etowah

a.d. 1300–1350

MISSISSIPPIAN

Irene I

a.d. 900-1200

 

Vining­

a.d. 1200–1300

 

Savannah II

a.d. 750–1000

LATE WOODLAND

Woodstock

a.d. 1150–1200

 

Savannah I

a.d. 500–750

 

Late Swift Creek/Napier

a.d. 1000–1150

 

St. Catherines

a.d. 200–500

 

Panola?

a.d. 500–1000

LATE WOODLAND

Wilmington

a.d. 1–500

MIDDLE WOODLAND

Early Swift Creek

a.d. 300–500

 

Deptford II

300 b.c.a.d. 500

 

Cartersville

600 b.c.a.d. 300

MIDDLE WOODLAND

Deptford I

1000–300 b.c.

EARLY WOODLAND

Dunlap/Cartersville

800–600 b.c.

 

Refuge II

1500–1000 b.c.

 

Undifferentiated Post-Stallings4

1000–800 b.c.

EARLY WOODLAND

Refuge I

1850–1500 b.c.

 

Black Shoals3

1700–1000 b.c.

 

St. Simons II

1850–1500 b.c.

 

Stallings1

2200–1700 b.c.

LATE ARCHAIC

St. Simons I

2200–1850 b.c.

LATE ARCHAIC

Mill Branch1

3000–2200 b.c.

 

Unnamed Preceramic

2600–2200 b.c.

 

Paris Island1

3200–2600 b.c.

 

Undefined Benton Influence ­

3000–2600 b.c.

 

Undifferentiated2

5750–3500 b.c.

MIDDLE ARCHAIC

Morrow Mountain

3200–2600 b.c.

 

Undefined Benton Influence­1

6500–5750 b.c.

 

Kirk Stemmed¯

5750–3000 b.c.

MIDDLE ARCHAIC

Morrow Mountain

7000–6500 b.c.

 

Bifurcate«

6500–5750 b.c.

 

Kirk Stemmed¯

7500–7000 b.c.

EARLY ARCHAIC

Palmer/Kirk­

7000–6500 b.c.

 

Bifurcate«

8000–7500 b.c.

 

Taylor/Bolen/Big Sandy«

7500–7000 b.c.

EARLY ARCHAIC

Palmer/Kirk­

8500–8000 b.c.

 

Dalton

8000–7500 b.c.

 

Taylor/Bolen/Big Sandy«

9000–8500 b.c.

PALEOINDIAN

Simpson/Suwannee/Quad

8500–8000 b.c.

 

Dalton

?–9000 b.c.

 

Clovis

9000–8500 b.c.

PALEOINDIAN

Simpson/Suwannee/Quad

 

 

 

?–9000 b.c.

 

Clovis

 

 

 

* The early portion of the Archaic sequence overlaps considerably. The direction of overlap is represented by the following symbols: ­ represents overlap into later time periods; ¯ represents overlap into earlier time periods; and « indicates overlap into both earlier and later time periods.

 

1Savannah River drainage only; 2Northern Georgia outside the Savannah River drainage, extends to 1850 b.c. in central Georgia Piedmont and 1000 b.c. in west Georgia Piedmont, Appalachian Plateau, Ridge and Valley, and Blue Ridge provinces; 3Central Georgia Piedmont; 4Eastern and central Georgia Piedmont.

 

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