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Little Egypt (archaeological site)
View on map:34.599581°N 84.680211°W
Description
Little Egypt (archaeological site) is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
The
Little Egypt site
(9 MU 102) was an
archaeological site
located in
Murray County, Georgia
, near the junction of the
Coosawattee River
and Talking Rock Creek. The site originally had three
platform mounds
surrounding a
plaza
and a large village area.
[1]
It was destroyed during the construction of the
Dam
of
Carters Lake
in 1972. It was situated between the
Ridge and Valley and Piedmont
sections of the state in a flood plain.
[2]
Using
Mississippian culture pottery
found at the site archaeologists dated the site to the Middle and Late
South Appalachinian Mississippian culture
(a regional variation of the
Mississippian culture
) habitation from 1300 to 1600 CE during the
Dallas
,
Lamar
, and
Mouse Creek
phases.
[1]
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little Egypt (archaeological site)
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