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 [...]

Bartow County’s Mound Legacy An Inventory of American Indian Mound Sites Located in Bartow County By Scot Keith and Joe F. Head Etowah Indian Mounds, formerly Tumlin Mounds It is the intention of this research to promote an educational understanding and awareness of American Indian mounds within Bartow County. Readers [...]