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Type of shell mound
Shell rings are archaeological sites with curved shell middens completely or partially surrounding a clear space. The rings were sited next to estuaries
Shell_ring
United States historic place
the ring. The St. Catherines shell ring appears to have been constructed in two stages. A ring of shallow shell filled pits were found under the shell ring
St._Catherines_Island
This List of shell ring sites includes archaeological sites with confirmed and possible shell rings. Shell rings have been reported from Colombia, Peru
List_of_shell_ring_sites
use of the shell ring after 50 BCE. Relatively flat shell fields, of about 6.5 hectares (16 acres) in area, are in the interior of the shell works, separated
Dismal_Key
Archaeological site in Georgia, US
The McQueen Shell Ring is a Late Archaic archaeological site on St. Catherines Island on the coast of Georgia, known for a quantity of copper artifacts
McQueen_Shell_Ring
Archaeological site in Florida, US
culture. Late Deptford sites on the Gulf coast built shell mounds. Horseshoe-shaped shell rings appeared in Deptford sites along the Big Bend Coast starting
River Styx archaeological site
River_Styx_archaeological_site
Archaeological site in Florida, US
Island in Collier County, Florida. The site includes four mounds and a shell ring. It has one of the oldest known mound burials in the eastern United States
Horr's_Island
Archaeological site in South Carolina, US
Atlantic Coast of South Carolina, consisting of three shell rings. Shell rings are curved shell middens wholly or partially surrounding a clear central
Fig_Island
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Plantation Shell Ring, is a historic mound located near Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located
Auld_Mound
Town in South Carolina, United States
other shell rings on Hilton Head were destroyed when the shells were removed and used to make tabby for roads and buildings. The Green's Shell Enclosure
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina
Archaeological site in South Carolina, US
Lighthouse Point Shell Ring (38CH12), also known as Parrot's Point Shell Ring, is a historic mound located on James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
Lighthouse Point Shell Ring (38CH12)
Lighthouse_Point_Shell_Ring_(38CH12)
Place in Florida listed on National Register of Historic Places
children. Shell beads and necklaces were found at Windover Pond, but other shell objects were scarce. Archaeologist Christine Hamlin found that shell necklaces
Windover_Archeological_Site
Ancient shell midden in Chiba, Kantō, Japan
about 170 meters, and two shell mounds were connected in a figure eight forming a double shell ring. The middens contained shells from clams and oysters
Kasori_Shell_Mound
Archaeological site in Brickell, Miami
Examination of the earth revealed numerous archeological artifacts, ranging from shell-tools and stone axe-heads to human teeth and charcoal from fires. The developer
Miami_Circle
2026 video game
"Mortal Shell 2 Review". IGN. Retrieved August 17, 2026. Partleton, Kayleigh (August 17, 2026). "Mortal Shell 2 review - falls short of Elden Ring's greatness"
Mortal_Shell_II
Legendary Indigenous North American creature
"large circular pile of boulders with a central depression or hollow". The ring had an outer diameter of around 6.5 meters and when excavated had a minimum
Thunderbird_(mythology)
Period from c. 8000 to 1000 BC in North America
to 1000 BC, shell rings, large shell middens that more or less surround open centers, were developed along the coast. These shell rings are numerous
Archaic period (North America)
Archaic_period_(North_America)
Archaeological site in Colombia
of Cartagena de Indias. A shell ring of the Late Archaic period has been described at Puerto Hormiga. The Puerto Hormiga ring, found in a marsh, is composed
Puerto Hormiga archaeological site
Puerto_Hormiga_archaeological_site
Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
South Bluff Heritage Preserve is on the island. It includes ring sites (List of shell ring sites) dating from 5,000-3,000 years ago. List of shipwrecks
Coosaw_Island
Historic site in Florida, US
Whelk shells and yaupon holly, two local products, were valuable elite commodities to the peoples of the Mississippian cultures, used to make shell gorgets
Mill_Cove_Complex
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Places in 1970. The site is one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central
Sea Pines (archaeological site)
Sea_Pines_(archaeological_site)
Naval battle during the Second World War
"Y" turrets guns were in operation. "Y" turrets shell transfer ring jammed at salvo 20, due to a shell sliding out of its tray due to the motion of the
Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
Principal energy levels in atomic physics
"K shell"), followed by the "2 shell" (or "L shell"), then the "3 shell" (or "M shell"), and so on further and further from the nucleus. The shells correspond
Electron_shell
Old dump for domestic waste
Crystal River site provides an example of this phenomenon. Some shell mounds, known as shell rings, are circular or open arcs with a clear central area. Many
Midden
Topics referred to by the same term
United States Chester Field (Laurel Bay, South Carolina), prehistoric shell ring Chesterfield (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles
Chester_Field
Hypothetical megastructure around a star
the paper as a "shell" or "biosphere". He later clarified that he did not have in mind a solid structure, saying: "A solid shell or ring surrounding a star
Dyson_sphere
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
high point of 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level. This height is due to the shell mounds built on the island during more than 2,000 years of occupation by
Chokoloskee,_Florida
Statement on the gravitational attraction of spherical bodies
are three steps to proving Newton's shell theorem (1). First, the equation for a gravitational field due to a ring of mass will be derived. Arranging an
Shell_theorem
Cultures of the Late Woodland period of the North American Southeast
culture. While a number of sites have been surveyed, most of the mounds and shell middens in the area have been disturbed or destroyed by artifact hunters
Weeden_Island_culture
Archaeological and paleontological site in Florida, US
a domestic dog. Artifacts recovered from the same layers include marine shells modified as tools, and a number of stone tools. Both local limestone and
Cutler_Fossil_Site
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
Gulf coast close to the Cades Pond culture area built shell mounds. Horseshoe-shaped shell rings appeared in those sites starting in the first century
Cades_Pond_culture
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
people of the Alachua culture grew maize. Middens contain few fresh water shells, and a smaller number of animal species, compared to Cades Pond middens
Alachua_culture
Archaeological site in Hanamigawa
It has a horseshoe shape opening to the northeast, forming a partial shell ring with dimensions of 200 meters from east-to-west by 150 meters from north-to-south
Kotehashi_Shell_Mound
Archaeological culture in Florida, USA
use the culture made of shell. Cushing found earplugs at Key Marco that were made from wood, shell rings, and tortoise shell. Small figurines, often depicting
Glades_culture
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
site consists of the large temple mound, one smaller burial mound and two shell middens. The temple mound is roughly circular, 150 feet (46 m) in diameter
Safety_Harbor_site
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Beaufort County, South Carolina, is one of the nearly two dozen prehistoric shell rings that run from the center coast of South Carolina to the northeast coast
Chester Field (Laurel Bay, South Carolina)
Chester_Field_(Laurel_Bay,_South_Carolina)
Jōmon period shell midden in Ichikawa, Kantō, Japan
the shell middens were confirmed, forming a ring-shaped village that surrounding a central plaza, which in turn was surrounded by the shell ring midden
Hanawa_Shell_Mound
Archaeological culture in North America
estuaries. During the 2000 years of the St. Johns culture, large middens of shell and other debris, sometimes covering several acres and often up to 25 feet
St._Johns_culture
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
located near Awendaw, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast
Sewee_Mound
Historical currency using sea shells
of the world. Shell money usually consisted of whole or partial sea shells, often worked into beads or otherwise shaped. The use of shells in trade began
Shell_money
Archaeological site in Japan
and 120 meters from north to south, forming an incomplete shell ring. The presence of a shell mound in this location was known at a relatively early time
Ubayama_Shell_Mound
Historic Indigenous people of coastal Georgia, United States
shell deposits at Middle Place mark a settlement of more than 272 acres on Ossabaw Island. It was occupied from about 1100 to 1525 CE. Oyster shells from
Guale
Ancient shell midden in Kasaoka, Japan
Some of the burials were accompanied by various grave goods such as shell rings, earrings, and waist ornaments as well as stone arrowheads, dogū and
Tsukumo_Shell_Mound
Island in Florida, United States
of the island along the western side. A 9-metre-tall (30-foot) conical shell midden with ramps is located on the west side of the island towards the
Useppa_Island
Earliest phase of European settlement in the Americas
a Norse site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. They found a bronze, ring-headed pin like those the Norse used to fasten their cloaks inside the cooking
Norse settlement of North America
Norse_settlement_of_North_America
Archaeological site in Florida, US
shoreline and holds over 35,000 cubic yards (27,000 m3) of shells. It is the largest shell midden on the mainland United States, with an approximate height
Turtle_Mound
Archaeological site in Alabama, United States
ten feet (3.0 m) thick. The structures are archaeologically similar to shell rings found on the coasts of Florida and South Carolina. In 1940 and 1941,
Indian Mound Park (Dauphin Island, Alabama)
Indian_Mound_Park_(Dauphin_Island,_Alabama)
Strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod mollusc
chamber of the shell, the siphuncle is encased by a tubular structure known as a connecting ring. In living nautiluses, the connecting ring is a simple,
Siphuncle
Payload-carrying projectile
lyddite shells in British service were painted yellow, with a red ring behind the nose to indicate the shell had been filled. The mine shell is a particular
Shell_(projectile)
United States historic place
Rock Eagle is the next oldest Indian mound in Georgia after the Sapelo Shell Ring Complex. Early settlers of the region thought it might cover some fantastic
Rock_Eagle
American archaeologist
marble effigies. Larson also worked on excavations of the Sapelo Island Shell Ring site located off the coast of Georgia. In 1972 he was appointed as Georgia's
Lewis_H._Larson
Pre-Columbian Native American culture
a variety of raw materials, ranging from copper from the Great Lakes to shells from the Gulf Coast. Lasting traces of Adena culture are still seen in the
Adena_culture
Archaeological site in Ichikawa, Japan
south of the Horinouchi Shell Midden. History portal Japan portal List of Historic Sites of Japan (Chiba) List of shell ring sites "堀之内貝塚". Cultural Heritage
Horinouchi_Shell_Mound
Historic Florida Tequesta burial mound
At the base of the mound is a 6-inch (15 cm) layer of "black dirt and shell with refuse", a likely indication that it was built atop a seasonal camp
Pompano_Beach_Mound
U.S. national park in New Mexico
strikes the center of the larger spiral; it steps outward year by year, ring by ring, until it strikes the outermost edge of it during the full "maximum moon"
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park
Historic Indigenous people in Florida, United States
saltwater wetlands. Because they relied on shellfish, they accumulated large shell middens during this period. Many people lived in large villages with ceremonial
Calusa
Norse archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada
carbon dating estimates between 990 and 1050 CE (mean date 1014) and tree-ring dating of 1021, L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian
L'Anse_aux_Meadows
American film screenwriter and producer
addition to the American version of The Ring and its sequel The Ring Two and the American adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. For his work on Top Gun: Maverick
Ehren_Kruger
Shell midden, settlement in Aomori, Japan
middens forming a rough shell ring. The eastern area consists of five much larger shell middens, also forming a rough shell ring, and enclosing the remains
Futatsumori_Site
United States historic place
Simpson, Terrance. The Narvaez/Anderson Site (8Pi54): A Safety Harbor Culture Shell Mound and Midden – AD 1000-1600. Gulf Coast Archeological Society, 1998
Jungle_Prada_Site
Family of shellfish, many edible
clapping their shells together. Scallops have a well-developed nervous system, and unlike most other bivalves all scallops have a ring of numerous simple
Scallop
Archaeological site in Chiba, Japan
ago). The midden is horseshoe-shaped, coming close to forming a complete shell ring, with dimensions of 150 meters north-to-south by 160 meters east-to-west
Arayashiki_Shell_Mound
Legendary serpent found in the mythology of many cultures
diamond on its forehead, and scales glowing like sparks of fire. It has rings or spots of color along its whole length, and can not be wounded except
Horned_Serpent
Native American archaeological culture
mound to the plaza. A burial mound would be located off to the side. A shell mound, or midden, ran along the shore, and other middens were sometimes
Safety_Harbor_culture
Dual Purpose Gun
openings used to the install the shell's filler and hold the fuzes. Around the tube near the base is a copper alloy ring called the Rotating Band. This
5-inch/38-caliber_gun
Archaeological culture in the US
Island, between the mouth of the Suwannee River and Cedar Key, Florida Shell Mound (8DI42), north of Cedar Key Palmetto Mound (8LV2), north of Cedar
Deptford_culture
Prehistoric burial site in Charlotte County, Florida, US
the most significant sites in peninsular Florida. Approximately 45 rare shell cups, along with exotic incised ceramics vessels from Fort Walton and St
Aqui_Esta_Burial_Mound
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Carolina. The site includes one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central
Green's_Shell_Enclosure
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
mounds. Some of the mounds in Caloosahatchee settlements were undisturbed shell middens, but other were constructed from midden and earth materials. The
Caloosahatchee_culture
Archaeological site in southwestern Illinois, US
The inhabitants left no written records beyond symbols on pottery, marine shell, copper, wood, and stone, but the evidence of elaborately planned community
Cahokia
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
Green Mound is one of the largest Pre-Columbian shell mounds, or shell middens, in the United States. Located in Ponce Inlet, Florida, the peak of the
Green_Mound
United States historic place
outbuildings from Bleak Hall Plantation, and the prehistoric Fig Island shell rings. In 1695, Christopher Hinkley received a grant of 170 acres (69 ha) on
Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area
Botany_Bay_Plantation_Wildlife_Management_Area
Ancient game
the team that put the ball through a ring. However, placing the ball through the ring was a rare event—the rings at Chichen Itza, for example, were set
Mesoamerican_ballgame
Ceramics of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE)
adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell-tempering agents in the clay paste. Shell tempering is one of the hallmarks of Mississippian
Mississippian_culture_pottery
Peoples of the Florida Everglades
sunken plazas, ponds, ramps, raised platforms, ridges, rings, walls, and "water courts". Shell works, including large ones such as Dismal Key, Key Marco
Indigenous people of the Everglades region
Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region
American novelist (1921–2007)
novelist, best known for creating the "Shell Scott" series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring. Prather was born in Santa Ana,
Richard_S._Prather
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
impressions on its outer surface prior to firing. Much of the Gulf coastal shell middens date to this Archaic period. Some sites have been covered by rising
Norwood_culture
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
contemporary with the development of ceremonial centers at Crystal River and Shell Mound (near Cedar Key). The ceremonial center continued in use for about
Garden Patch Archeological Site
Garden_Patch_Archeological_Site
Pre-historic canal in Florida
easy access to the interior of the island from the water was the group of shell mounds at what is now called the Pineland Site. Late nineteenth-century
Pine_Island_Canal
Tiwa Pueblo in New Mexico; oldest U.S. city
February 3. The next day, a hole was broken in the wall of the church to fire shells and grapeshot at those seeking refuge within. More than 150 people were
Taos_Pueblo
Ring of soft material designed to obturate under pressure
cast-iron casing of the shell is too hard to practically deform to provide a tight seal for the propellant gases. An obturating ring which is called driving
Obturating_ring
Shell midden in Tsuchiura, Kantō, Japan
outskirts of Tsuchiura City. The site has five shell mounds distributed across a flat surface forming a shell ring with a diameter of about 150 meters. In 1900
Kamitakatsu_Shell_Mound
Aboriginal archaeological site in Florida, US
contained both Glades Plain and Weeden Island pottery. In the 1950s the shell midden was excavated by John Goggin and William Plowden. They dated the
Cayo Pelau Archaeological Site
Cayo_Pelau_Archaeological_Site
United States historic place
Shell Bluff Landing is a historic site in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. It is part of Guana River State Park. On April 25, 1991, it was added
Shell_Bluff_Landing
United States historic place in South Carolina
Charleston County, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast
Buzzard's_Island_Site
Form of Native American art
Shell gorgets are a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes
Shell_gorget
Peoples of Florida prior to European-Americans
500 to 14,500 years ago. Evidence that a giant tortoise was cooked in its shell at Little Salt Spring dates to between 12,000 and 13,500 years ago. Human
Indigenous_peoples_of_Florida
Late prehistoric Native American archaeological culture
the Pensacola culture peoples used the more typical Mississippian culture shell tempering for their pottery. Using this unique combination of sand/grit/grog
Fort_Walton_culture
Ancient North American indigenous civilization
their predecessors the Adena. Grizzly bear teeth, fresh water pearls, sea shells, sharks' teeth, copper, and small quantities of silver were crafted as elegant
Hopewell_tradition
Archaeological culture in Florida
earthworks. Some mounds contained few, if any artifacts. Others held sherds, shell tools, projectile points, and human teeth, and some of the latest constructed
Belle_Glade_culture
Complex constructions of mollusc shells
plazas, ponds, ramps, raised platforms, ridges, rings, walls, and "water courts". The largest shell works were constructed during the Woodland period
Shell_works
Species of gastropod
annulus, the ring cowry, so-called because of the bright orange-colored ring on the back or upper side of the shell, was commonly used as shell money much
Monetaria_annulus
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
The site includes two of 20 or more prehistoric Native American shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central
Skull Creek (Beaufort County, South Carolina)
Skull_Creek_(Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina)
Place in Georgia, United States
Simons Island, is an archaeological site that includes a Late Archaic shell ring. The Cannon's Point site has yielded evidence of occupation by Native
St._Simons,_Georgia
Indigenous groups in the US
projectile points and tools; ground stone plummets, gorgets and vessels; and shell and stone beads. Stone tools found at Poverty Point were made from raw materials
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Southeastern_Woodlands
Atomic model introduced by Niels Bohr in 1913
the outer rings, and Kossel called the rings: "shells". Irving Langmuir is credited with the first viable arrangement of electrons in shells with only
Bohr_model
North American cultural period (1000 BCE – 1000 CE)
from mica, novaculite, hematite, banded slate, and other kinds of stone, shell beads and cups, and leaf-shaped "cache blades". This culture is believed
Woodland_period
Four species of mollusk
Blue-ringed octopuses, comprising the genus Hapalochlaena, are four extremely venomous species of octopus that can be found in shells between rocks and
Blue-ringed_octopus
Prehistoric site in Louisiana, US
features; they found large post pits, indicating the magnetic circles were rings of wood posts. Radiocarbon dates from the post pit fill and from overlying
Poverty_Point
Pre-historic burial site in Bulgaria
J., B. Gaydarska, V. Slavchev. 2008. The life histories of Spondylus shell rings from the Varna I Eneolithic cemetery (Northeast Bulgaria): transformation
Varna_Necropolis
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