The Cutting Edge: Analysis of Pre-Contact Lithic Tools from the Cummings Site, Bartow County, Georgia Kelsi Merkel (Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University) Published December 2025 Introduction The study of lithic technology is one of the most informative approaches to understanding how past humans lived. Evidence from lithic [...]

Natalie Mason Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University Dani Hopkins Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University Fall, 2025   Introduction This research focuses on the recovery and analysis of ceramic pulley-style earspools from the Cummings Site, located approximately three kms (2 mi) within proximity to the [...]

1835 Treaty of New Echota – Signed in Old Cass County, Georgia By Joe F. Head A forgotten History of the Cherokee Capitol and Removal in Cass County Local Native American history often takes a back seat to the average awareness of Bartow citizens. Perhaps the most well-known event regarding [...]

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John Tomko Practicum in Anthropology Dr. Terry G. Powis May 9, 2022 Abstract The Mississippian Period refers to the North American Southeast region and dates from AD 1000-1500. It is characterized by its societal organization, form of government, culture, and subsistence practices. Daily life and survival for the Native Americans [...]

Riley James Practicum in Anthropology Dr. Terry G. Powis May 9, 2022 Introduction             The Mississippian Period was a cultural era in the Eastern United States that lasted from around 1000 CE to 1550 CE (Powis et al. 2021). It was characterized by great cultural interconnectedness where art and trade [...]

by Joey CasePracticum in AnthropologyFaculty Sponsor: Dr. Terry G. Powis Abstract During the Mississippian Period (1000-1500 CE) the Etowah River Valley experienced waves of population growth and decline with communities of people entering the valley from across the Southeast region of the U.S. leading to a unique intersection of ceramic, [...]

Student Anthropology Practicum Paper Department of Geography and Anthropology Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia Abstract Very few precontact Native American houses have been fully excavated from the Middle Mississippian period (AD 1200-1375), and even fewer excavations used modern archaeological techniques to uncover them. Recent excavations at a small village named the [...]

Cherokee General Hails from old Cass County By Terry Sloope Many Americans have heard of the horrors of the “Trail of Tears” – the inhumane removal of the most of the Cherokee tribe from its homeland in the southeastern United States in the late 1830s.[1]  Thousands of Cherokees died on [...]

An Architectural Analysis of Native American HousesDuring the Middle Mississippian Period in the Etowah River Valley By Jordan Farkas ANTH 3397Practicum in AnthropologyDepartment of Geography and AnthropologyKennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia May 12, 2021 Abstract The Mississippian period lasted from AD 1000-1550. It is divided into three different subperiods: Early (AD [...]