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THE PRECONTACT UTILIZATION OF A DEPRESSIONAL WETLAND AT THE GRESSTON SPRING SITE (9DG152) IN DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA **

Abstract

The natural formation processes of depressional wetlands and the resultant resources they provided along the South Atlantic slope were important to a variety of flora and fauna during the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. The utilization of these areas by precontact indigenous populations has provided important data for archaeological interpretations of site formation processes and settlement patterns seen predominately during the Paleoindian and Archaic periods. Prominent archaeological research conducted within the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina looks at indigenous utilization of depressional wetlands and Carolina bays, however, minimal research on this subject has been pursued in Georgia. This project investigates a multi-component precontact site with an associated depressional wetland in Dodge County, Georgia. Through the implementation of the research methodologies conducted in the South Carolina archaeological projects, the main premise of this research was to determine how and when precontact indigenous peoples used depressional wetlands in the Georgia Coastal Plain.

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