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1. Archaeological Excavations at Scull Shoals Mounds (9GE4), 1983 and 1985. By Mark Williams, 1992 (6.7 MB).

 

2. Archaeological Excavations at Little River (9MG46), 1984 & 1987. By Mark Williams & Gary Shapiro, 1990 (5.5 MB).

 

3. Archaeological Excavations at Shoulderbone Mounds and Village (9HK1). By Mark Williams, 1990 (8.2 MB).

 

4. Archaeological Excavations at Shinholser (9BL1), 1985 & 1987. By Mark Williams, 1990 (10.7 MB).

 

5. Proceedings of the 1973 Symposium on Lamar Archaeology. Edited by Mark Williams, 1990. (0.2 MB).

 

6. Proceedings of the 1986 Lamar Institute Conference on South Appalachian Mississippian. Edited by Mark Williams,1990 (.6 MB).

 

7. Ramblings with Kelly. Edited by Mark Williams, 1990 (0.1 MB).

 

8. Native Americans as Creative Adaptors. Edited by Anne Shenk and Mark Williams, 1989 (1.0 MB).

 

9. Archaeological Investigations at Punk Rock Shelter (9PM211). By Mark Williams, 1990 (8.5 MB).

 

10. Mount Pleasant. An Eighteenth-Century Yuchi Indian Town, British Trader Outpost, and Military Garrison in Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott and Rita Folse Elliott,1990 (2.0 MB).

 

11. Ye Pleasant Mount: 1989 and 1990 Excavations. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1991 (4.4 MB).

 

12. Archaeological Excavations at the Copeland Site (9GE18). By Mark Williams, 1992 (.7 MB).

 

13. Yarbrough Cave. By Daniel T. Elliott and Robert A. Martin, 1991 (1.0 MB).

 

14. The King Bee Site, Putnam County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott and Wayne C. Boyko, 1989 (1.1 MB).

 

15. Seasons in the Sun: 1989 & 1990 Excavations at New Ebenezer. By Daniel T. Elliott & Rita Folse Elliott, 1991 (9.3 MB).

 

16. Jamestown Reconnaissance Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott & Carl Steen, 1992 (1.3 MB).

 

17. West Effingham Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1992 (2.5 MB).

 

18. Archaeological Excavations at New Ebenezer, 1992-1999. By Daniel T. Elliott & Rita Folse Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

19. The Lost City Survey. Archaeological Reconnaissance of Nine Eighteenth Century Settlements in Chatham and Effingham Counties, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1990 (4.7 MB).

 

20. Stubbs Mound in Central Georgia Prehistory. By Mark Williams, 1992 (5.3 MB).

 

21. Hitchiti--An Early Georgia Language. Edited by Mark Williams, 1992 (3.3 MB).

 

22. Archaeological Surveys in Compartments 132 and 148 of the Oconee National Forest, Southern Putnam County, Georgia. By Mark Williams, 1991 (2.1 MB).

 

23. The View from Above: Archaeological Excavations at Brown's Mount. By Mark Williams, 1993 (6.8 MB).

 

24. Archaeological Excavations at the Bullard Landing Site (9TW1). By Mark Williams and Don Evans, 1993 (5.7 MB).

 

25. Archaeological Excavations at the Fortson Mound (9WS2). By Mark Williams, 1992 (0.2 MB).

 

26. Clark Hill River Basin Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1995. Also known as Savannah River Archaeological Research Papers 7 and Occasional Papers of the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (8.3 MB).

 

27. Archaeological Survey of the Dry Creek/Long Cane Creek Area, Abbeville County, South Carolina. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1993 (0.3 MB).

 

28. Archaeological Survey of a Clear-Cut Tract Off Liberty Church Road in Southern Greene County, Georgia. By Christine Van Voorhies and Mark Williams, 1993 (1.0 MB).

 

29. Archaeological Investigations at the Wildcat Creek Site (9OC169): A Late Lamar Occupation in the Oconee River Floodplain. By Keith Stephenson, Mark Williams, Tom Pluckhahn, Jerald Ledbetter, Jeff Price, John Wood, Dot Wood, Carol McCanless, Hal Ellison, and Ken Carleton, 1993 (1.0 MB).

 

30. Dig It! 1993 Field Experience: Survey / Testing at Site 9DA354. By Rita Folse Elliott, 1993 (1.6 MB).

 

31. Vernonburg Village: An Archaeological Study. By Rita Folse Elliott and Daniel T. Elliott, 1994 (12.7 MB).

 

32. Archaeological Investigations at the Sawyer Site (9LS1). By Mark Williams, 1996 (5.5 MB).

 

33. Dear Isabel, Archaeological Correspondence, A. R. Kelly and Isabel Patterson, 1934-1953. Edited by Jerald Ledbetter, 1995 (10.7 MB).

 

34. The Parsonage Relocation Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1995 (1.0 MB).

 

35. Archaeological Testing at the Tate Site (9Eb86). By Mark Williams, 1996 (2.2 MB).

 

36. Oconee Old Town: History and Archaeological Excavations. By Mark Williams, 1996 (4.7 MB).

 

37. Argyle, Historical Archaeological Study of a Colonial Fort in Bryan County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1997 (12.9 MB).

 

38. Argyle, Colonial Fort on the Ogeechee. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1997 (1.7 MB).

 

39. Archaeological Survey, Testing, and Damage Assessment of the Lewis Mound and Village Site (9BN39). By Thomas J. Pluckhahn, 1996 (7.5 MB).

 

40. Lewis Mound and Village Site (9BN39) and the Prehistoric Archaeology of Fort Stewart Military Reservation. By Thomas J. Pluckhahn, 1996 (2.7 MB).

 

41. Ebenezer Greenway. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1999. (15.9 MB).

 

42. The Swift Creek Design Book. Edited by Mark Williams and Daniel T. Elliott, 2000. (In Preparation).

 

43. Lamar Revisited: 1996 Test Excavations at the Lamar Site (9Bi2). By Mark Williams, 1999 (4.6 MB).

 

44. In His Own Words: An Interview with Dr. Arthur Kelly (1900-1979). Edited by Mark Williams, 1997 (0.2 MB).

 

45. Brown Mount: The Indian Experience. By Mark Williams, 1993 (0.3 MB).

 

46. Kolomoki Revisted: The 1998 Field Season. By Thomas J. Pluckhahn, 1998. (In Preparation).

 

47. Archaeological Testing at the Kenimer Site, 9Wh68. By Mark Williams, 1999 (3.1 MB).

 

48. The Compete Lamar Briefs. Edited by Mark Williams, 2000 (0.7 MB).

 

49. Archaeological Excavations at Little River: The 1998-2000 Seasons. By Mark Williams, 2003 (10.5 MB).

 

50. Ebenezer Town Lots and Their Owners, Revised Edition. By Daniel T. Elliott, Rita Folse Elliott, and Norman Turner, 2000. (In Preparation).

 

51. The Carolina-Walker Clearcut in Morgan County, Georgia. By Mark Williams, 2000. (In Preparation).

 

52. Archaeological Testing at the Hartley-Posey Site, 9Tr12. By Mark Williams, 1999 (0.9 MB).

 

53. Ebenezer: An Alpine Village in the South Georgia Swamp. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1988 (4.8 MB).

 

54. The Lost Diary of Rupert Schrempff, Locksmith. Daniel T. Elliott and Rita Folse Elliott, 1990 (0.9 MB).

 

55. Bethany Cemetery: Two Seasons of Investigation. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2000 (0.1 MB).

 

56. Effingham County's Historical Archaeological Resources. By Daniel T. Elliott, 1998. (0.1 MB).

 

57. Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey at Hudson's Ferry, Screven County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2003 (0.1 MB).

 

58. Archaeological Reconnaissance, Clapp Factory Cemetery. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2003 (1.0 MB).

 

59. The Roland Steiner Project: Introductory Background and Correspondence. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

60. Southwest Georgia Archaeological Survey, 2001-2004. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2004 (4.0 MB).

 

61. Forts in Georgia, 1670 to 1860: A Preliminary Inventory. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

62. Point Peter and the St. Marys River Forts. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2002 (0.4 MB)

 

63. Sansavilla Bluff: Survey at the Crossroads of the Colonial Georgia Frontier. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2005 (5.9 MB).

 

64. Sunbury Battlefield Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2005 (7.9 MB).

 

65. Huspau? Archaeological Identification of a Yamasee Town in Beaufort County, South Carolina. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

66. Archaeological Excavation at the Little River Site: The 2001 Season. By Mark Williams, 2004 (4.0 MB)

 

67. King Bee Briefly Revisited. By Mark Williams, 2003, (0.9 MB).

 

68. Mapping the Cedar Creek Mound, 9JO208, By Mark Williams, 2003 (0.9 MB)

 

69. Archaeological Testing and Excavations at the Bullard Bottom Site, 9PM169, 2002-2004. By Mark Williams, 2005 (11.6 MB).

 

70. Shovel Testing the Estatoe Site, 9St3. By Mark Williams, 2004, (0.7MB).

 

71. Archaeological Testing of Five Lamar Period Farmsteads in the B.F. Grant, Putnam County, Georgia, By Mark Williams, 2006 (6.9MB).

 

72. Nacoochee Revisited: The 2004 Project. By Mark Williams, 2004 (4.8 MB).

 

73. Ebenezer Revolutionary War Headquarters: A Quest to Locate and Preserve. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2003 (4.7 MB).

 

74. Test Excavations at the Leah and Zack Site, 9PM1182. By Mark Williams, 2003 (1.0 MB).

 

75. Archaeological Research at the Assistant Keeper's House, Tybee Lighthouse, Chatham County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2005 (2.6 MB).

 

76. North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Georgia. Preliminary Archaeological Investigations. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2005 (11.2 MB).

 

77. Flint River Basin Archaeological Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott and Tracy M. Dean, 2006 (3.0 MB).

 

78. Yuchi Towns in Georgia and Adjacent Parts. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

79. Archaeological Discovery of the South Carolina Huguenots: A Review of Discoveries at French Jamestown, Purysburg, and New Bordeaux, South Carolina. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (0.5 MB).

 

80. The Archaic Period of Georgia, South of the Fall Line. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (0.2 MB).

 

81. Gunflints in Southeastern North America: A Preliminary Study. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (In Preparation).

82. Creek Glass Tools. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

83. History of the Parker Plantation, Talbot County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006.(In Preparation).

 

84. Preliminary Archaeological Examination of the Glen Mary Plantation, Hancock County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2004 (0.7 MB).

 

85. Savannah Military Sites Reconnaissance, 2003. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

86. Archaeological Survey of Priests Landing, Skidaway Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott and Jeffrey L. Holland, 2007. (3.8 MB).

 

87. Wreck of the Tracy D: Discovery of an Unidentified Shipwreck on Ossabaw Island. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2005 (0.3 MB).

 

88. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Woodbine Mound Site. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (.7 MB).

 

89. In Search of the Nacoochee Chiefdom: Recent and Not So Recent Data from Habersham County. By Daniel T. Elliott and Robert S. Webb, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

90. Commonwealth, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott and Tracy M. Dean, 2007. (0.9 MB).

 

91. Ground Penetrating Radar Reconnaissance on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

92. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Chocolate Plantation, Sapelo Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

93. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Fort St. Andrews, Cumberland Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (1.5MB).

 

94. Ground Penetrating Radar Reconnaissance at Beaulieu Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

95. Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Greenwood Plantation and Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the Jones Cemetery, Thomas County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

96. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Coosaw Island Community Center, Beaufort County, South Carolina, By Daniel T. Elliott and Daniel Battle, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

97. Navigable Waterways Project, Phase I: Upper Chattahoochee and Toccoa Rivers. By Daniel T. Elliott and Tracy M. Dean, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

98. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Horton Plantation, Jekyll Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (1.8 MB).

 

99. Crowfield and Broomhall: Early Research on Two Eighteenth Century Goose Creek Plantations. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006 (1.5 MB).

 

100. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Gould-Bethel Cemetery. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (3.3 MB).

 

101. Archaeological Delineation of Fort Hill Site (9Du150), Dougherty County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (.8 MB).

 

102. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Bullhead Bluff Cemetery. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (.4 MB).

 

103. Archaeological Survey and Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of the Village, St. Simons Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott and Jason Burns, 2007. (4.1 MB).

 

104. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Railroad Ward, Savannah, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

105. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Waldburg Street Site, Savannah, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (In Preparation).

 

106. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Tannery, Old Clinton, Jones County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (0.4 MB).

 

107. Fort Hawkins, History and Archaeology. By Daniel T. Elliott and Tracy M. Dean, 2007 (11.3 MB).

 

108. Archaeological Investigations at Tabbies 1 and 2, North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007 (10.8 MB).

 

109. Archaic of the Savannah River. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (244 KB).

 

110. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at the Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2006. (2.7 MB).

 

111. Archaeological Reconnaissance of a Tabby Ruin and Lot on St. Simons Island, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

112. Soapstone in Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007 (In Preparation).

 

113. Christopher Frederick Triebner and the Lost Georgia Salzburgers. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007 (In Preparation).

 

114. Historical Archaeology of the Jerusalem Church and Other Church Matters at New Ebenezer, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007 (In Preparation).

 

115. Colburn's Investigation of the Dillard Mound (aka J.J. Greenwood Mound), Rabun County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

116. The Creek War in Alabama: An ABPP Case Study. By Tracy M. Dean and Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (2.8 MB).

 

117. Skeletons in the Closet: A Study of Early Archaeology in Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

118. Siege of Savannah 1779. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (In Preparation).

 

119. Cracked Pots. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (0.4 MB).

 

120. Archaeological Excavations at the Monroe Site, 9PM1428. By Mark Williams, 2006 (25.4 MB).

 

121. Archaeological Excavations at the Lauren Site, 9PM1414. By Mark Williams, 2006. (10.2 MB).

 

122. Archaeological Excavations at the Gladys Site, 9PM1568. By Mark Williams, 2006. (5.3 MB).

 

123. The Nash Farm Battlefield: History and Archaeology. By Daniel T. Elliott and Tracy M. Dean. (13.7 MB).

 

124. Fort Hawkins. 2005-2007 Field Seasons. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009 (25.5 MB).

 

125. Archaeological Testing of Freetown Cemetery and Reconnaissance of Freetown, Grand Bahama Island. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2007. (8.7 MB).

 

126. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Four Aboriginal Sites, Genesis Point, Bryan County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2008. (16.1 MB).

 

127. Archaeological Reconnaissance at the Drudi Tract, Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia. [With Supplement: Identity of the Drudi Objects, 2009]. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2008. (2.6 MB).

 

128. Archaeological Investigations at 9CH155: November 2008. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009. (42.6 MB).

 

129. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on a Portion of Fort Jackson, Chatham County, Georgia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009 (1.1 MB).

 

130. Defining the Tugalo Village. By Mark Williams, 2008 (3.2 MB).

 

131. Stirring Up a Hornet's Nest: The Kettle Creek Battlefield Survey. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009 (12 MB).

 

132. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Theus Plantation, Beaufort County, South Carolina. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009. (1.8 MB).

 

133. Mapping the Shinholser Site, 2007. By Mark Williams, 2009 (12.8 MB).

 

134. GPR and Archaeology on Saipan. By Daniel T. Elliott and Rita F. Elliott, 2008. (10 MB).

 

135. [PENDING]

 

136. Delineation of the Dr. White Cemetery, Saint Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina: Supplementary Comments. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009. (0.03 MB).

 

137. [PENDING]

 

138. [PENDING]

 

139. St. Simons Island Archaeology. An Annotated List of Books, Reports, Manuscripts and Other Mythical Stories. By Daniel T. Elliott, compiler, 2009. (0.2 MB).

 

140. Ground Penetrating Radar Survey on Portions of Battery Brooke, Chesterfield County, Virginia. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009. (1.5 MB).

 

141. Delineation of the Jameson Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina. By Daniel T. Elliott, 2009 (9.9 MB).

 

142.  The Estatoe Towns.  By Marshall W. Williams, 2009 (60KB).

 

143.  Archaeological Excavations at the Madison Steam Mill, 9MG287.  By Marshall Williams, Mark Williams, and Clifton Hanes, 2009 (2.7 MB).

 

144.  2009 Mapping and Shovel Testing of the Cold Springs Site, 9GE10.  By Mark Williams, 2009 (1.2MB).

 

145. The Story of the Excavation of Fort Prince George, Pickens County, South Carolina. By Marshall W.Williams, 2009 (354 KB).

 

146. Okfuskenena: Another Part of the Story. By Mark Williams, 2009 (5.2 MB).


Other Publications Supported by the LAMAR Institute

Lamar Archaeology: Mississippian Cultures in the Deep South, edited by Mark Williams and Gary Shapiro, University of Alabama Press, 1990. Second Printing. http://www.uapress.ua.edu/

A World Engraved: Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture, edited by Mark Williams and Daniel Elliott, University of Alabama Press, 1998. http://www.uapress.ua.edu/


Three reports by the LAMAR Institute are available through the Georgia Salzburger Society.

For these publications, contact the Georgia Salzburger Society, Box 916, Rincon, GA 31326-0916. These include:

Ebenezer: An Alpine Village in the Georgia Swamp. By Daniel Elliott, 1988.

Ebenezer Town Lots and Their Owners. By Daniel Elliott, 1990.

Bethany Cemetery. By Daniel Elliott, 1989.