Etowah Indian Mounds

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Mississippian culture site archaeological site prehistoric earthwork complex

Etowah Indian Mounds is a significant prehistoric archaeological site in Georgia featuring large earthen mounds built by the Mississippian peoples between roughly 1000 and 1550 CE.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Etowah Indian Mounds canonical 5
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site 4
Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian culture site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric earthwork complex ⓘ
area approximately 54 acres ⓘ
associatedWith chiefdom-level society ⓘ
southeastern ceremonial complex ⓘ
containsArtifactType copper plates ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
shell gorgets ⓘ
stone effigies ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
containsBurials elite burials ⓘ
mass graves ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
state historic site ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Landmark ⓘ
endDate circa 1550 CE ⓘ
excavatedBy Warren K. Moorehead ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1920s ⓘ
hasExhibit Mississippian artifacts ⓘ
interpretive displays ⓘ
reconstructed buildings ⓘ
hasPart Mound A ⓘ
Mound B ⓘ
Mound C ⓘ
borrow pits ⓘ
defensive ditch ⓘ
plaza ⓘ
village area ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Bartow County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
locatedNear Cartersville ⓘ
surface form: Cartersville, Georgia
locatedOn Etowah River ⓘ
managementBy Georgia Department of Natural Resources ⓘ
maximumMoundHeight approximately 19 meters ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1964 ⓘ
nearestCity Cartersville ⓘ
surface form: Cartersville, Georgia
openToPublic yes ⓘ
period Middle Mississippian ⓘ
surface form: Middle Mississippian period
primaryFunction ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
residential center for elites ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
significance one of the best-preserved Mississippian mound complexes in the Southeast ⓘ
startDate circa 1000 CE ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippian culture → majorSite → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → hasArchaeologicalSite → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
Georgia state parks system → hasNotableSite → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
Georgia state historic sites system → hasPart → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
southeastern ceremonial complex → associatedWithSite → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
Cartersville → hasAttraction → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
Cartersville → hasHistoricSite → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state) → hasPart → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site?
Etowah River → adjacentTo → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site
Bartow County → containsProtectedArea → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site
Bartow County → hasHistoricSite → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
North Georgia → contains → Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ