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Stallings Island
33.5609° N, -82.0465° E
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Stallings Island is an archeological site with a large shell midden, located in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia. The site is the namesake for the Stallings culture of the Late Archaic period and for Stallings fiber-tempered pottery, the oldest known pottery in North America. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Stallings Island pottery found in coastal Georgia was formerly called St. Simons pottery, but is now recognized as Stallings Island.
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Initial occupation begins
c. 2600 BCE
Earliest pottery appears elsewhere
after 2500 BCE
Classic Stallings occupation
c. 1800–1400 BCE
Site identified by archaeologists
1861
Declared National Historic Landmark
1961
Acquired by Archaeological Conservancy
1998
Mill Branch phase occupation
c. 2200–1800 BCE
Paris Island phase occupation
c. 2500–2200 BCE
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