  Shown within Georgia | |
| Location | Elbert County, Georgia,  USA |
|---|---|
| Region | Elbert County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34°4′50.66″N 82°39′50.29″W / 34.0807389°N 82.6639694°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 1200 CE |
| Abandoned | 1500 CE |
| Cultures | South Appalachian Mississippian culture |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mound |
The Beaverdam Creek Archaeological Site, (9 EB 85), is an archaeological site located on a floodplain of Beaverdam Creek in Elbert County, Georgia approximately 0.8 km from the creek's confluence with the Savannah River, and is currently inundated by the Richard B. Russell Lake. The site consisted of a platform mound and an associated village site.
Beaverdam Creek is thought to have been the center of a Mississippian culture simple chiefdom with a small resident population. The primary period of mound construction and village occupation dated to the regional Savannah period of the Middle Mississippian period, specifically 1200–1300 CE, with the site's abandonment occurring sometime after 1300.[1] The mound was 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) high, and its base measured 25 metres (82 ft) by 25 metres (82 ft). The village boundaries were delineated as 15,000 square meters.[2]
- ^ Anderson, David G. (1996). "Chiefly Cycling and Large-Scale Abandonments as Viewed from the Savannah River Basin". In John F. Scarry (ed.). Political Structure and Change in the Prehistoric Southeastern United States. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. pp. 150–191.
- ^ Rudolph, James L.; Hally, David J. (1985). "Archaeological Investigations at the Beaverdam Creek Site (9EB85) Elbert County, Georgia". Russell Papers. Atlanta: National Park service, Interagency Archaeological Services.