Mound builders in Georgia and Indiana

[Mojave]

For those interested:
Ocmulgee Indian Mounds, Macon, Georgia
and
The Prehistoric Treasure In The Fields Of Indiana : NPR

[mootsman]

Originally Posted by Mojave

For those interested:
Ocmulgee Indian Mounds, Macon, Georgia
and
The Prehistoric Treasure In The Fields Of Indiana : NPR

I'm about 25 miles from the Ocmulgee mounds. One of the more interesting pieces in the museum is a single Clovis point that was found during some work, I think, back in the 1930's on the site. It's an absolute classic in shape -- looks mid western more than southern.

The park is very nice and was extensively improved a few years ago. On a sad note a RR cut took out a large section of one of the larger mounds many years ago. Nice place to visit if you are in the area.

PS: For those of you who have viewed the incised pottery shards that I frequently post the type is named for this site.

[uniface]

The Indians of the mound-building era were great collectors of arrowheads, crystals/mineral specimens, fossils &c. Doc Gramly said he found one in a stone box grave.

Apparently the guy figured he could take it with him

[Massac]

Well you gotta think they were moving dirt in all the right places.

[jdneill]

Thanks for sharing mojave...don't get to see that much bout indiana.

[uniface]

The right places were Woodland-era occupational levels. There was another one found (this summer, I think) excavating an 18th century fort built on a village site.

[Theakiki]

Don't start with the mounds again!

Just kidding. Thanks for sharing this. I can't wait to check it out!

[mootsman]

I know two different fields near my home where woodland mounds were completely removed for fill dirt and plowed over. There was a Mississippi mound originally on one of the town squares in my home town -- now completely gone.

There is, of course, no record but I suspect many hundreds of smaller late Woodland/Early Mississippian mounds were completely destroyed in this area. There is one rather large flat top Mississippi mound a few miles south of my home that is isolated by swamp and river -- I guess it would have been too difficult to haul it off.