Mound A

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Mound A is the largest and most prominent earthen platform mound at the Etowah Indian Mounds site in Georgia, likely serving as a ceremonial and political center for the Mississippian culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mound A canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological feature ⓘ
platform mound ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance key feature for understanding Mississippian sociopolitical organization ⓘ
associatedPeriod Mississippian period ⓘ
associatedWith Etowah chiefdom ⓘ
constructedBy Mississippian peoples ⓘ
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
elevationRelative dominates the Etowah site core ⓘ
function location for political activities ⓘ
location for ritual activities ⓘ
platform for elite structures ⓘ
heritageStatus part of a National Historic Landmark site ⓘ
locatedIn Bartow County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site ⓘ
Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
management managed by the state of Georgia as part of Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site ⓘ
material earth ⓘ
partOf Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
prominence most prominent mound at Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
relativeSize largest mound at Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
shape platform mound ⓘ
siteContext overlooks central plaza at Etowah ⓘ
use ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etowah Indian Mounds → hasPart → Mound A ⓘ
Mound B → hasNearbyFeature → Mound A ⓘ