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Minim Island Shell Midden (38GE46)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Added to NRHP
  
18 August 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82003852

Nearest city
  
Georgetown

Minim Island Shell Midden (38GE46) is a historic midden and archaeological site located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The site consists of prehistoric midden deposits of shellfish remains, floral and faunal remains, and interred human burials. Cultural materials in the form of ceramics and lithics occur throughout the midden. These deposits are concentrated for a distance of about 100 feet along the shoreline of the Intracoastal Waterway.

This shell midden was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Minim Island Shell Midden (38GE46) Wikipedia