- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
- Creator:
- Georgia. Division of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites, 2006
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- Parks--Georgia
Natural resources conservation areas--Georgia
Etowah Indian Mound State Historic Site (Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, 34.23786, -84.8405
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA N200.P2 S1 E8 2006
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-be8-b2006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-be8-b2006
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
FACILITIES
.. Museum 6 Earthen Mounds Riverside Benches Walking T@il Gift Shop 20 Pcnc Tablas Bus Parking
ANNUAL EVENTS
Artifact ldentifcation Day (Ma,ch)
Flintknapping (August)
Torch-lght Tourof the Anc,ant City (Ociober)
Home to SQVQral thousand Native Americans fiom 1COOA.D. to 15!:l:>A.D., this 54-acre site oont,ains six earthen mounds, a plaza, village area, borrow pits and defensive ditch. This is the most intact Mississippian Culture site in the southeastern United Statas.
While only nine percent of this site has been ex:cavatoo, Ei!Xamination at Mound C
and surrounding ar1i.facts revealed much al:outthe people who lived heoa more than &>0 years ag:,. The Etowah Indian Mounds symtolize a society rCh in r~ual. Towering over the community, the 63-foot flat-topped earthen knoll was use:! as a platform for the home ofthe priest-ch,af. In another mound, nobility were buriE.d in
elal:or.,.te cosw mes accompan,ad by
items they wou~ need in their after-lives. tcday, visitors may tour the museum where exhibits interpoat daift lie in the once self-suffoient oomm unity.
Many artiacts show how the natives of this ~ia.:al and religbus center deco@!Ed them,elves w~h shell beads, tattoos, paint, complica!Ed haiicbs, feathers and copper ear ornaments. Wel~po,,erve:I stone effgias and objects made of v,ood, ,ea shells and stone aoa also displayEd.
10 Miles
Located 6 miles southwest of 1-75 exit #288 (Main Street). Follow brown directional signs.
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge - camping
Dellinger Park Chieftains Trail Lake Allatoona New Echota State Historic Site
(Cherokee Indian capital)
Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site
Funk Heritage Center at Reinhardt College
Booth Western Art Museum Weinman Mineral Museum
HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 2-5:30 p.m. Closed Monday (except holidays), Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Year's Day. Group rates available with advance notice. Bus parking available. For a more enjoyable visit, plan to spend 1-2 hours.
INFORMATION
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site 813 Indian Mounds Road SE Cartersville, GA 30120 770-387-37 4 7
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites 2 MLKJr. Drive, Suite 1352 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-2770
www.gastateparks.org
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