“Excavations at  the Taylor Mound, a late Savannah phase burial mound, on St Simons Island Georgia, resulted in the discovery of several intrusive burials containing material of European origin. These artifacts produced specific 16th century dates and represent what are among the earliest historic remains recovered from coastal Georgia.

The Taylor mound (9GN-55), is located on northeastern St Simons island, Georgia, on a tract of land known as Lawrence plantation … the site is situated on  sloping ground at the head of a shallow fresh water slough which drains into the salt marsh about 150 m to the southeast. The areas to the north, west and south, of the mound have been under cultivation for a considerable period of time and are currently in pasture. The mound itself