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{{short description|Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States}}

{{short description|Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States}}

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| name = Green's Shell Enclosure

| name = Green's Shell Enclosure

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'''Green's Shell Enclosure''' is a historic [[archeological site]] located at [[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Hilton Head Island]], [[Beaufort County, South Carolina]]. The site includes one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell [[midden]]s in a [[shell ring|ring shape]] located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia. They are believed to date early in the second millennium BC, and they contain some of the earliest pottery known in North America.<ref>{{cite web|title= Green's Shell Enclosure, Beaufort County (Address Restricted) |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707018/index.htm|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=M.G. Rhett|date=April 1974|title=Green's Shell Enclosure |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707018/S10817707018.pdf|work=National Register of Historic Places nomination|publisher=NRHP|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref>

'''Green's Shell Enclosure''' is a historic [[archeological site]] located at [[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Hilton Head Island]], [[Beaufort County, South Carolina]]. The site includes one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell [[midden]]s in a [[shell ring|ring shape]] located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia. They are believed to date early in the second millennium BC, and they contain some of the earliest pottery known in North America.<ref>{{cite web|title= Green's Shell Enclosure, Beaufort County (Address Restricted) |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707018/index.htm|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=M.G. Rhett|date=April 1974|title=Green's Shell Enclosure |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707018/S10817707018.pdf|work=National Register of Historic Places nomination|publisher=NRHP|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref>