Mound C

E789263

Mound C is one of the principal earthen platform mounds at the Etowah Indian Mounds site in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture’s ceremonial and political activities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mound C canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian culture archaeological feature ⓘ
earthen platform mound ⓘ
associatedWith Etowah chiefdom ⓘ
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex ⓘ
southeastern Mississippian chiefdoms ⓘ
builtBy Mississippian peoples of Etowah ⓘ
constructionMaterial earth ⓘ
contains burial pits ⓘ
grave goods ⓘ
ritual deposits ⓘ
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
elevationType artificially constructed mound ⓘ
excavatedBy Warren K. Moorehead ⓘ
excavatedIn 1920s ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPhase Etowah phase ⓘ
hasFunction platform for structures ⓘ
heritageStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
interpretiveUse educational exhibits at Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site ⓘ
locatedIn Bartow County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Etowah Indian Mounds ⓘ
Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
managedBy Georgia Department of Natural Resources ⓘ
nearbyFeature Mound A at Etowah ⓘ
Mound B at Etowah ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownership State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
partOf Etowah Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark ⓘ
Etowah Indian Mounds complex ⓘ
relativePosition near the Etowah River ⓘ
one of the principal mounds at Etowah ⓘ
researchImportance type context for elite Mississippian burials ⓘ
significance important for understanding Mississippian mortuary practices ⓘ
key source of information on Etowah social hierarchy ⓘ
timePeriod Mississippian period ⓘ
approximately 1000–1550 CE ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial activities ⓘ
elite mortuary activities ⓘ
political activities ⓘ
yields ceremonial objects ⓘ
copper artifacts ⓘ
elaborate burials ⓘ
shell gorgets ⓘ
stone effigies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Etowah Indian Mounds → hasPart → Mound C ⓘ