This report details the results of archeological data recovery conducted in June and July 1982 by a Southeast Archeological Center crew at a prehistoric shell midden, NPS CAM 4, located near the southern end of Cumberland Island, Georgia. NPS CAM 4 (National Park Service; Camden County, Georgia; Site Survey Number 4) is being destroyed by erosion which has been accelerated by increased wave action. The data recovery program was conducted to mitigate the loss of the site in accordance with the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 and with National Park Service policy. The archeological data recovered from the site suggests that it was primarily a processing activity area with little, if any, sustained occupation; however, the radiocarbon dates indicate that the midden deposits had accumulated through several centuries of use. No further excavation of this site is recommended.
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