Fig Island is a major prehistoric archaeological site on South Carolina’s Atlantic coast, preserving three Late Archaic shell rings built and occupied roughly 4400 to 3600 years ago. Spread across a marsh-surrounded peninsula near Edisto Island, the site includes one of North America’s largest and most complex shell rings as well as an unusually well preserved circular example. Pottery from the site belongs mainly to the early Thoms Creek tradition, with some Stallings. Excavations suggest the rings were likely constructed intentionally rather than formed gradually from village refuse. Fig Island remains one of the Southeast’s most important shell-ring sites, illuminating early pottery-making communities and large-scale coastal construction.