The Norman Mound can be characterized as a low, conical burial mound which developed around a shell midden constructed during the Savannah II Period. Previous to the build-up of the shell midden, the site had been occupied more or less continuously4from the fiber-tempered ceramic period through the Deptford, Wilmington, and Savannah I ceramic periods. Following the construction of the shell midden, the site was utilized for mortuary purposes. Some thirty-one burials were deposited on and around the shell midden. Little or no formal arrangement of burials took place, and there was considerable variation in the type of burial. Burial goods were scanty and occurred in very few graves. In view of the available data it is felt that the burials were made during the final two ceramic phases at the site, the Savannah II Period and the Pine Harbor Period. This conclusion is borne out by similar archaeological situations at another mound in McIntosh County and by the burial mound at the Irene site.
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