&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_Georgia_location_map.svg)  Location within Georgia today | |
| Location | Murray County, Georgia,  USA |
|---|---|
| Region | Murray County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34°35′58.49″N 84°40′48.76″W / 34.5995806°N 84.6802111°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 1300 CE |
| Abandoned | 1600 CE |
| Periods | Dallas phase, Lamar phase, Mouse Creek phase |
| Cultures | South Appalachian Mississippian culture |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1925, 1969 |
| Archaeologists | Warren K. Moorehead |
| Responsible body: private | |
The Little Egypt site (9 MU 102) was an archaeological site located in Murray County, Georgia, near the junction of the Coosawattee River and Talking Rock Creek. The site originally had three platform mounds surrounding a plaza and a large village area.[1] It was destroyed during the construction of the Dam of Carters Lake in 1972. It was situated between the Ridge and Valley and Piedmont sections of the state in a flood plain.[2] Using Mississippian culture pottery found at the site archaeologists dated the site to the Middle and Late South Appalachian culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) habitation from 1300 to 1600 CE during the Dallas, Lamar, and Mouse Creek phases.[1]
- ^ a b "Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1300-1850)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ Hally, David; Beverly Cooper; Janet Roth (1978), Archeological Investigation of the Little Egypt Site (9Mu102), Murray County, Georgia, 1969 Season, University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology Series