Exploring an island in the Coosa River, near a massive impact crater, where indigenous peoples historically arranged and piled up rocks. The site is accessible only by swimming or carefully shimmying through rock passages when water levels drop. Fascinating piece of cultural landscape archaeology! 🪨🏞️
Native rock arrangements on island in Cusa River near impact crater
Key facts
- Speaker describes visiting an island in the Cusa River where natives historically worked on rocks and piled them up
- The island is near a giant impact crater
- The site is accessible by swimming or shimmying through rocks when water is low
Sources
uga_lab_series_25.pdf - UGA Archaeologyarchaeology.uga.edu
The Wilbanks phase assemblage at Plant Hamrond on the Coosa River is stylistically intermediate, The available archaeological evidence indicates … the Coosa ...
Middle Savannah River Valley Projectslsa.anthro.ufl.edu
Active fieldwork in the middle Savannah River valley by Ken Sassaman ended in 1999 with work at Stallings Island, the namesake site for the Late Archaic culture ...
Center for Archaeological Studiessouthalabama.edu
The Center for Archaeological Studies conducts archaeological research, teaching, and public service in the north-central Gulf Coast region.
The Coosa River Annex - DTICapps.dtic.mil
Archaeological Conference, Bulletin 19. Waselkov, G. A.. 1980 Coosa River Valley Archaeology. Auburn University Archaeological Monograph. 2 ...
Exploring African American Contexts in New York Archaeologynysm.nysed.gov
The location was important much earlier for the Seneca ancestors who were here from the late Archaic into the early Historic period. Excavations in 2019 ...
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