Comparison of Archeological Survey Techniques at Camp Lawton, a Civil War Prison Stockade

In 2009, Dr. Sue Moore of Georgia Southern University was contacted by State Archeologist Dr. Dave Crass of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division. He proposed an exploratory survey of the site of a Civil War Confederate prisoner of war camp known as Camp Lawton located on Magnolia Springs State Park and Bo Ginn National Fish Hatchery in Millen, Georgia. Camp Lawton was constructed, occupied, and abandoned over an approximately three month period in the fall of 1864. The survey served a twofold purpose. First, was to evaluate survey methods to determine the most efficient for use on this and similar sites. Second, was to determine the archeological integrity of the site.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Chapman, James Kevin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stephen Hale
• John Derden

• ETD
• Camp Lawton
• Civil War
• Stokade
• Prison
• Millen
• Georgia
• Shovel test
• Metal detection
• Archeology
• Magnolia Springs State Park
• Bo Ginn National Fish Hatchery
• Archaeology
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Landscape archaeology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/623

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1623