Ancient Indian Settlement along the Etowah River 
 
Facilities 
 Museum  Replica Wattle & 
Daub Hut  6 Earthen Mounds  Riverside Benches  Walking Trail  Gift Shop  20 Picnic Tables  Bus Parking 
Annual Events 
 Artifact Identificatin Day (March) 
 Native American Tools & Weapons (April) 
 Junior Ranger Camp (summer) 
 Day of Discovery for Kids (July) 
 Flintknapping (August) 
 Skills of the Past (October) 
 Torch-light Tour of the Ancient City 
hours 
 Wednesday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 
 Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. 
 
Home to several thousand Native Americans from 1000 A.D. to 1550 A.D., this 54-acre site contains six earthen mounds, a plaza, village area, borrow pits and defensive ditch. This is the most intact Mississippian Culture site in the southeastern United States. 
While only nine percent of this site has been excavated, examination at Mound C and surrounding artifacts revealed much about the people who lived here more than 500 years ago. The Etowah Indian Mounds symbolize a society rich in ritual. Towering over the community, the 63-foot flat-topped earthen knoll was used as a platform for the home of the priest-chief. In another mound, nobility were buried in elaborate costumes accompanied by items they would need in their after-lives. Today, visitors may tour the museum where exhibits interpret daily life in the once self-sufficient community. 
Many artifacts show how the natives of this political and religious center decorated themselves with shell beads, tattoos, paint, complicated hairdos, feathers and copper ear ornaments. Well-preserved stone effigies and objects made of wood, sea shells and stone are also displayed. 
 
Operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources 
 
08/10 
 
 Located 6 miles southwest of I-75 exit #288 (Main Street). Follow brown directional signs. 
 
nearby attractions 
 
 Red Top Mountain State Park -- cottages & 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  Allatoona Pass Battlefield 
 
hours 
WednesdaySaturday / 9AM5PM Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Group rates available with advance notice. Bus parking is 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 770-387-3747 
 
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites 2 MLK Jr. Drive, Suite 1352 Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-2770 
 
www.GeorgiaStateParks.org 
 
Printed 08/2010 20M / $1521