GEORGIA INDIAN MOUNDS - OCMULGEE in MACON - 1956

GEORGIA INDIAN MOUNDS - OCMULGEE in MACON - 1956 (image 1/1)
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"Archeology of the Funeral Mound: Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia" by Charles H. Fairbanks with Introduction by Frank M. Setzler This is a 2003 new, unread HARDBACK of the 1956 original with 95 pages of text and photoplates. It measures 11-3/4” tall and 9” wide.This is a study of the archaeology of the largest prehistoric mound site in Georgia, the Ocmulgee Indian Mounds at Macon. These mounds were first recorded by James Ogelthorpe in the early 1700's, described by William Bartram in the mid to late 1700's, and noted for its archaeological significance by Charles Jones in 1873. A wealth of primary data on mortuary practice in the Mississippian Period.The contents include: the setting; the country; ecology; the background; historical accounts; chronology of the Macon Plateau; the Creeks; present appearance of the mounds; excavations at the Funeral Mound; Methodology; mound stages and associated remains; the sub-mound area; mound construction; the village site; 19th-century features; analysis; physical stratigraphy; cultural stratigraphy; pre-funeral mound occupations; funeral mound occupation; artifacts and other cultural elements; Stalling's Island Period; Dunlap Period; Deptford Period; Mossy Oak Period; Swift Creek Period; Macoon Plateau Period; Lamar Period; Ocmulgee Fields Period; Affiliations of Macon Plateau Focus; etc. read more
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