Little Mulberry Indian Mounds

Parks-Strickland Archeological Complex
One of Little Mulberry mounds within the complex
Nearest city Dacula, Georgia
Coordinates 34°2′32″N 83°53′13″W / 34.04222°N 83.88694°W / 34.04222; -83.88694Coordinates: 34°2′32″N 83°53′13″W / 34.04222°N 83.88694°W / 34.04222; -83.88694
Area 9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
NRHP reference # 89002034[1]
Added to NRHP December 8, 1989

The Little Mulberry Indian Mounds are a series of carefully stacked rock piles located in Little Mulberry Park, Dacula, Georgia. In 1990, architect Michael Garrow counted 200 of these stone mounds while surveying the land ahead of a proposed golf course residential development.[2] The stone piles are typically circular or semicircular in shape. Most of those that have been examined archaeologically have revealed no cultural artifacts beyond the stone structure, while a few have been found to have historical 19th-century artifacts underneath them.

A subset of the area, part of its early identification, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Parks-Strickland Archeological Complex. There continues to be scholarly dispute over the function and significance of the structures,[3] although Native American tribes historically associated with the region claim them to have funerary significance.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Teegardin, Carrie. The Freelance Star. (1990). Fredericksburg, VA. Retrieved 8/16/2017. Site: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19900504&id=iuQPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6947,859323
  3. ↑ "Newsletter of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, Fall 2003" (PDF). Society for Georgia Archaeology. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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