Roods Landing site
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The Roods Landing site or Roods Creek Mounds (9SW1) is an archaeological site located south of Omaha, Stewart County, Georgia, United States at the confluence of Rood Creek and the Chattahoochee River. It is a Middle Woodland / Mississippian period Pre-Columbian complex of earthen mounds. It was entered on the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1975.[1]
Site description
The location is a large multimound site with eight platform mounds. The largest mound at the site is Mound A, at Script error: No such module "convert". in height, with a base, and summit measuring Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert".. This summit had 3 wattle and daub structures and was covered with a surface of yellow clay with a raised Script error: No such module "convert". lip forming a parapet around the edge of the summit. Structure 1 was located at the center of the summit and the other structures were arranged around it to either side. The mound had two ramps leading from the summit (with openings in the clay parapet structure) to the ground level, each measuring Script error: No such module "convert". in length, Script error: No such module "convert". in width where they join the summit, and Script error: No such module "convert". where they meet ground level. One faced northwest on a plaza opposite Mound E, the other lead to the southwest.[2]
Excavations
Clarence Bloomfield Moore attempted to excavate the site. It reminded him of Moundville which it somewhat resembles. However, he was denied permission. The site was excavated in 1955 by Joseph Caldwell but has not been excavated since.[2] It is considered a major site with multiple mounds and is accessible only through scheduled tours.
See also
- Cayson Mound and Village Site
- Yon Mound and Village Site
- Fort Walton culture
- List of Mississippian sites
References
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- South Appalachian Mississippian culture
- Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Geography of Stewart County, Georgia
- National Register of Historic Places in Stewart County, Georgia