Caldwell, Joseph Ralston

In our initial report on excavations it was suggested that the long stratigraphic sequence which seemed to be present in the mound offered some hope for determining when the Lower or Underhill Cherokee first came into the Tugalo River region.

Extensive remains of aboriginal dwelling sites and artificial mounds have been known on the Georgia and South Carolina coasts for a good many years. Through the work of several investigators, especially Clarence B. Moore in the coastal area, and William H.

Archaeological excavations on the Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina coasts have been carried on intermittently ever since the Civil War. Probably the first investigator was Jeffries Wyman (Wyman, 1875), who dug into the shell mounds along the St. Johns River in Florida. C. C.