Comparing Mound Centers Without Flattening Them
A field note on comparing Ocmulgee, Etowah, Kolomoki, and Lake Jackson carefully.
Places
Mound Cities
Mound Cities 101 – What Mounds Tell Us
An introductory guide to mound cities, plazas, and evidence-led interpretation.
Ocmulgee Mounds — A gateway into 12,000+ years
How one river corridor near modern Macon holds evidence of deep human time—Paleoindian presence, later villages, and mound-building eras.
Etowah Mounds (Cartersville) — A mound city on the Etowah River
Etowah’s mounds and plazas are a clear look at the Mississippian world: planned space, leadership, ceremony, and agriculture.
Kolomoki Mounds (Blakely) — Woodland-era earthworks and community memory
Kolomoki is often described as one of Georgia’s largest Woodland-period mound sites. This entry is a starter stub for adding dates, maps, and sources.
Lake Jackson Mounds (Tallahassee) — A Late Mississippian center in North Florida
A Tallahassee-area mound site connected to the late Mississippian landscape. This stub invites careful sourcing and respectful language about descendant communities.
The Mississippian World — Mounds, plazas, farms, and leadership
A high-level guide to the Mississippian period in the Southeast: agriculture, mound construction, town planning, and social organization.