Georgia: Etowah Indian Mounds

etowah mounds - 3 aug 2012

This past Friday while Chloe was tucked safely in a chair at school, because how else could she learn, Camille and I took a field trip up to Etowah indian Mounds Historic Site as part of her studies on native cultures in Georgia.

It took a little longer to get there than I had realized, so the sun was quite high by the time we arrived. The ranger was quite friendly and helpful as he took our information from our state parks pass. Camille and I first walked out to the mounds, built by native peoples of the Mississippian Era who likely preceded the Muskogee Creek Indians. We climbed up 130 stairs to the top of the largets mound and had a great view of a nuclear power plant up the road.

We walked by the other two mounds that are visible, then down to the river. There we found a dugout canoe being “dug” as well as a fish trap dam in the river. In the museum, we were able to see a number of artifacts, though the descriptions were a bit lacking. We got to see the “most important” artifacts, the two marble statues. The movie was actually quite informative.

etowah mounds - 3 aug 2012

dugout canoe - 3 aug 2012

fish trap dam - 3 aug 2012

sculptures - 3 aug 2012