- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- King Site
- Creator:
- Hally, David J.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-10-03
- Subject:
- King Site (Ga.)
Georgia--Antiquities - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, 34.26316, -85.21428
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, 33.75492, -84.37169 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the King site, a mid-sixteenth-century aboriginal town located on the Coosa River in western Floyd County in northwest Georgia. This archaeological site, which was excavated by researchers at Shorter College in Rome, covers a little more than five acres and is bounded by a defensive ditch and palisade.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/king-site/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "King Site," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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