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expedition had its capital at the Little Egypt site. De Soto and his expedition entered the Coosa chiefdom in 1540. Chroniclers recorded that the chiefdom then consisted of eight villages. Archaeologists have identified the remains of seven of these. The population of the Coosa chiefdom is thought to
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were known to inhabit the general area, but not the mounds themselves. A.R. Kelly surveyed this location and excavated sites nearby. Hally and his team excavated several pits, 5 feet (1.5 m) by 10 feet (3.0 m) by 3 feet (0.91 m) and several trenches 3 feet (0.91 m) in width. The
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Features uncovered included several smudge pits for deer hide, layers of ash with food pieces in it, including both plants and animals (with an emphasis on acorns), and several hearths. The burned bone chips found in the area included: fresh water mussel shells, fish, turtle, birds (especially
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turkey), deer, black bear, beaver, bobcat, opossum, raccoon, and squirrel. The species were not evenly distributed throughout the site—only a limited number of them appeared in the mounds, suggesting a hierarchy of foodstuffs.
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have been between about 2,500 to 4,650 people. The chief of Coosa ruled over a significantly wider confederation of other chiefdoms, whose territory spread 400 miles along the
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site consisted of two mounds and a village nearby. Mound A was 9 feet (2.7 m) in height and Mound B was 6 feet (1.8 m) in height at the time of Hally's excavation.
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Some artifacts unburied during the process of excavation include: columella beads, cut and ground antler, bone awls, a
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HISTORIC PERIOD INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTHERN GEORGIA By Marvin T. Smith
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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sherds were found throughout the site, falling into the basic categories of
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Archeological
Investigation of the Little Egypt Site (9Mu102), Murray County, Georgia, 1969 Season
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Several time periods were represented in the excavation. See table below.
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and a large village area. It was destroyed during the construction of the
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found at the site archaeologists dated the site to the Middle and Late
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484:"Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1300-1850)"
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shards, "at least one mound structure and habitable zone"
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in 1925 and again by David Hally (in association with the
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518:, University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology Series
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and
Talking Rock Creek. The site originally had three
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expedition through the Coosa chiefdom, based on the
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514:Hally, David; Beverly Cooper; Janet Roth (1978),
400:Artifacts and Features Attributed to that Period
243:sections of the state in a flood plain. Using
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255:) habitation from 1300 to 1600 CE during the
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3409:Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state)
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287:ruling over numerous other local villages.
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2841:Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
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3404:South Appalachian Mississippian culture
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172:South Appalachian Mississippian culture
536:Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun
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324:across northern Georgia into eastern
239:in 1972. It was situated between the
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3312:Norse colonization of North America
616:Mississippian and related cultures
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3414:History of Georgia (U.S. state)
3332:Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
2250:Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
632:Timeline of Mississippi valley
1:
1832:Grand Village of the Illinois
251:(a regional variation of the
245:Mississippian culture pottery
241:Ridge and Valley and Piedmont
51:Location within Georgia today
18:Little Egypt (disambiguation)
3297:Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing
3247:Eastern Agricultural Complex
1609:Grand Village of the Natchez
2681:Bandelier National Monument
2555:List of Mississippian sites
2342:Pre-Columbian North America
627:List of Mississippian sites
542:University of Georgia Press
219:, near the junction of the
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3101:West Oak Forest Earthlodge
2706:The Bluff Point Stoneworks
2415:Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
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3419:Archaeological type sites
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406:Early and Middle Woodland
249:South Appalachian culture
201:Responsible body: private
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113:34.5995806°N 84.6802111°W
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2881:Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site
2440:Buttermilk Creek complex
1544:Naval Live Oaks Cemetery
488:New Georgia Encyclopedia
459:King Archaeological Site
3081:Town Creek Indian Mound
3051:Sierra de San Francisco
2906:Meadowcroft Rockshelter
2174:Ballgame (Southeastern)
2070:Long-nosed god maskette
1950:SunWatch Indian Village
1897:Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs
1758:Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village
118:34.5995806; -84.6802111
2736:Coso Rock Art District
2623:Santa Rosa-Swift Creek
2526:List of Hopewell sites
1925:Alligator Effigy Mound
1539:Hickory Ridge Cemetery
1491:Leon-Jefferson culture
887:Caborn-Welborn culture
370:copper plate fragments
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217:Murray County, Georgia
86:Murray County, Georgia
64:Murray County, Georgia
3144:Arlington Springs Man
2986:Portsmouth Earthworks
654:and Upper Mississippi
453:Bell Field Mound Site
346:University of Georgia
322:Appalachian Mountains
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253:Mississippian culture
183:Excavation dates
3352:Transoceanic contact
3242:Container Revolution
2816:Gila Cliff Dwellings
2781:Etowah Indian Mounds
2213:Earth/fertility cult
1917:Fort Ancient culture
801:Dogtooth Bend Mounds
787:Lower Ohio River and
773:Steed-Kisker culture
16:For other uses, see
3272:Green Corn Ceremony
3086:Turkey River Mounds
2876:Lake Jackson Mounds
2696:Blue Spring Shelter
2218:Green Corn Ceremony
1778:Upper Mississippian
1728:Blue Spring Shelter
1448:Fort Walton culture
902:Hovey Lake District
368:, brass rings, and
342:Warren K. Moorehead
315:encountered by the
213:archaeological site
195:Warren K. Moorehead
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3357:Underwater panther
3031:Rosenstock Village
2901:Marmes Rockshelter
2886:L'Anse aux Meadows
2300:de Soto Expedition
2265:Underwater panther
2111:Central Algonquian
1822:Fisher Mound Group
1466:Apalachee Province
1433:Waddells Mill Pond
530:Hudson, Charles M.
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285:paramount chiefdom
211:(9 MU 102) was an
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3184:Spirit Cave mummy
2981:Plum Bayou Mounds
2891:Lynch Quarry Site
2410:Ancient Beringian
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1516:Pensacola culture
1481:Fort Walton Mound
1373:Punk Rock Shelter
1333:Mouse Creek phase
1156:South Appalachian
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970:Castalian Springs
960:Brentwood Library
860:Middle Ohio River
713:Emerald Acropolis
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24:Little Egypt site
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3164:Leanderthal Lady
3091:Upward Sun River
3066:Stallings Island
3056:Shell ring sites
3006:Recapture Canyon
2921:Moorehead Circle
2766:El Fin del Mundo
2751:Cueva de la Olla
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2065:Duck River cache
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897:Hovey Lake-Klein
851:Wickliffe Mounds
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3362:Water glyphs
3317:Oasisamerica
3307:N.A.G.P.R.A.
3267:Folsom point
3257:Effigy mound
3237:Clovis point
3205:Aridoamerica
3106:Wickiup Hill
3061:Spiro Mounds
3041:Salmon Ruins
3036:Russell Cave
2831:Helen Blazes
2826:Grimes Point
2806:Fort Juelson
2796:Fort Ancient
2771:El Vallecito
2731:Chaco Canyon
2671:Angel Mounds
2633:Steed-Kisker
2583:Paleo-Arctic
2505:Glacial Kame
2490:Fort Ancient
2382:Post-Classic
2353:
2285:Chevron bead
2191:Burial mound
2085:Shell gorget
2053:Spiro plates
2048:Rogan plates
1867:Knoll Spring
1842:Hartley Fort
1802:Beattie Park
1686:Transylvania
1524:Bottle Creek
1486:Lake Jackson
1368:Pisgah phase
1298:Little Egypt
1297:
1248:Garden Creek
1233:Dallas phase
1120:Tipton phase
1098:Nodena phase
995:Mound Bottom
980:Fewkes Group
965:Brick Church
867:Angel Mounds
733:Kuhn Station
728:John Chapman
535:
524:
515:
491:. Retrieved
487:
447:Sixtoe Mound
423:Little Egypt
390:
363:
359:
339:
328:and central
310:
274:
237:Carters Lake
208:
206:
154:Dallas phase
3347:Thunderbird
3215:Black drink
3179:Peñon woman
3116:Winterville
3096:Velda Mound
3076:Taos Pueblo
2971:Parkin Park
2956:Orwell site
2941:Nodena site
2836:Holly Bluff
2811:Four Mounds
2801:Fort Center
2726:Casa Grande
2676:Anzick site
2568:Monongahela
2495:Fort Walton
2470:Coles Creek
2435:Belle Glade
2420:Anishinaabe
2260:Thunderbird
2186:Black drink
2038:Emmons mask
1982:Chenopodium
1970:Agriculture
1892:Plum Island
1847:Hotel Plaza
1696:Winterville
1676:Scott Place
1614:Holly Bluff
1534:Fort Walton
1288:Lamar phase
1142:Walls phase
1038:Belle Meade
1031:Mississippi
975:Dunbar Cave
877:Annis Mound
872:Angel phase
846:Ware Mounds
841:Twin Mounds
691:Ramey state
676:Monks Mound
544:. pp.
397:Time Period
336:Excavations
307:map of 1997
265:Mouse Creek
215:located in
158:Lamar phase
116: /
92:Coordinates
3398:Categories
3292:Metallurgy
3252:Eden point
3149:Buhl Woman
3021:Rock Eagle
3011:River Styx
2936:Mummy Cave
2931:Moundville
2911:Mesa Verde
2896:Marksville
2643:Tchefuncte
2603:Plaquemine
2539:Las Palmas
2455:Calf Creek
2450:Cades Pond
1997:Marshelder
1882:Oak Forest
1852:Hoxie Farm
1666:Pocahontas
1559:Plaquemine
1496:Letchworth
1428:Town Creek
1363:Park Mound
1328:Moundville
1313:Mandeville
1303:Long Swamp
1263:Jere Shine
1115:Quigualtam
1063:Chucalissa
950:Backusburg
943:Cumberland
932:Yankeetown
917:Slack Farm
892:Ellerbusch
796:Adams site
703:Cloverdale
493:2011-12-02
465:References
455:(9 MU 101)
449:(9 MU 100)
366:shell mask
186:1925, 1969
178:Site notes
3337:Stickball
3026:Rock Hawk
2856:Key Marco
2648:Troyville
2628:St. Johns
2613:Red Ocher
2372:Formative
2126:Muskogean
2099:Languages
2012:Sunflower
1872:Mero site
1807:Blood Run
1461:Apalachee
1408:Summerour
1348:Nacoochee
1105:Owl Creek
1000:Riverview
990:Link Farm
882:Bone Bank
836:Turk Site
831:Towosahgy
696:Woodhenge
415:Woodstock
388:designs.
354:Cherokees
326:Tennessee
142:Abandoned
3225:Chanunpa
3210:Ballgame
3189:Vero man
3139:Anzick-1
3111:Windover
3071:SunWatch
3001:Rassawek
2821:Glenwood
2711:Brewster
2563:Mogollon
2534:La Jolla
2520:Hopewell
2480:Deptford
2393:cultures
2233:Red Horn
2201:Chanunpa
2179:Northern
2167:Religion
2148:Timucuan
2116:Cherokee
1902:Schwerdt
1862:Juntunen
1837:Griesmer
1780:cultures
1733:Bluffton
1619:Jaketown
1584:Fitzhugh
1438:Wilbanks
1418:Tomotley
1393:Savannah
1358:Ocmulgee
1338:Mulberry
1273:Joe Bell
1193:Biltmore
1188:Bessemer
1053:Campbell
1015:Old Town
821:Orr-Herl
758:Orendorf
753:Mitchell
686:Mound 72
681:Mound 34
666:Big Eddy
532:(1997).
441:See also
267:phases.
168:Cultures
60:Location
26:9 MU 102
3374:Related
3232:Chunkey
3132:remains
3121:Wupatki
2961:Paquime
2851:Huápoca
2716:Cahokia
2686:Bastian
2593:Patayan
2515:Hohokam
2500:Fremont
2475:Comondú
2430:Baytown
2425:Avonlea
2405:Alachua
2377:Classic
2367:Archaic
2355:Periods
2208:Chunkey
2153:Tunican
2131:Natchez
2106:Caddoan
2080:Pottery
2031:Artwork
2022:Tobacco
2002:Pumpkin
1963:Culture
1817:Fifield
1748:Gahagan
1723:Belcher
1708:Caddoan
1691:Venable
1654:Natchez
1639:Mazique
1594:Fosters
1589:Flowery
1579:Emerald
1456:Anhaica
1413:Taskigi
1378:Rembert
1353:Nikwasi
1318:McMahan
1293:Liddell
1168:Adamson
1078:Janet's
1068:Denmark
1043:Boone's
1005:Sellars
912:Prather
671:Cahokia
661:Aztalan
546:185–219
431:Barnett
382:pottery
330:Alabama
301:de Soto
150:Periods
145:1600 CE
137:1300 CE
134:Founded
129:History
66:,
2791:Folsom
2756:Cutler
2691:Benson
2578:Oneota
2510:Glades
2485:Folsom
2465:Clovis
2362:Lithic
2143:Siouan
2136:Taensa
2007:Squash
1930:Clover
1789:Oneota
1763:Keller
1753:Hughes
1718:Battle
1659:Taensa
1644:Medora
1634:Mangum
1629:Julice
1624:Jordan
1471:Cayson
1403:Sixtoe
1398:Shiloh
1308:Mabila
1243:Etowah
1223:Citico
1213:Chiaha
1208:Chauga
1125:Tunica
1110:Parkin
1093:Nodena
1088:Murphy
1058:Carson
907:Murphy
763:Sleeth
748:McCune
738:Larson
641:Middle
552:
378:blades
374:flakes
350:Creeks
305:Hudson
279:and a
263:, and
257:Dallas
82:Region
73:
3322:Piasa
3130:Human
2761:Eaker
2664:sites
2598:Plano
2400:Adena
2158:Yuchi
1992:Maize
1977:Beans
1935:Dodge
1887:Palos
1857:Huber
1797:Anker
1768:Spiro
1738:Caddo
1671:Routh
1604:Glass
1599:Ghost
1501:Velda
1423:Toqua
1283:Lamar
1268:Joara
1258:Irene
1228:Coosa
1218:Chota
1198:Blair
1173:Avery
1135:Yazoo
1130:Koroa
1073:Eaker
1010:Obion
768:Starr
386:Lamar
352:then
281:plaza
261:Lamar
229:plaza
3282:Kiva
1681:Sims
1649:Mott
1569:Anna
1278:King
1238:Dyar
1048:Boyd
922:Tolu
550:ISBN
311:The
207:The
2786:Eva
1506:Yon
235:of
233:Dam
76:USA
3400::
548:.
540:.
502:^
486:.
473:^
376:,
259:,
160:,
156:,
2334:e
2327:t
2320:v
601:e
594:t
587:v
558:.
496:.
20:.
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