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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