Ossabaw Island: Preliminary Skeletal Analysis of Material from South End Site

Four partial skeletons were excavated from the eroding west bank of Ossabaw Island at Newell Creek. They became exposed after unusually high tides and wind caused areas of the bank to slump to the toe of the bluff. Three were determined to be of prehistoric origin according to the ceramics associated with them. The same three are of Native American descent and are probably all males of differing ages. There was not enough material recovered from the fourth skeleton to make these determinations. The exposed skeletal remains of each were retrieved from the banks before the Archaeological Services Unit of DNR arrived. Bones from each skeleton were kept separate at all times, and were labeled by individual.