Long Swamp Site

Long Swamp Site
9 CK 1
Long Swamp Site is located in Georgia
Long Swamp Site
Location within Georgia today
LocationBall Ground, GeorgiaCherokee County, Georgia, United States
RegionCherokee County, Georgia
Coordinates34°19′10.49″N 84°20′31.56″W / 34.3195806°N 84.3421000°W / 34.3195806; -84.3421000
History
Founded1100 CE
Abandonedearly 1600s
PeriodsLate Etowah Phase (1100 to 1200 CE)
CulturesSouth Appalachian Mississippian culture
Site notes
Excavation dates1938, 1940s, 2003–2004,
ArchaeologistsRobert Wauchope, Lewis H. Larson

Long Swamp Site (9 CK 1) is a 4-acre (16,000 m2) archaeological site in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States, on the north shore of the Etowah River near St Rt 372. The site consists of a South Appalachian Mississippian culture village with a palisade and a platform mound.[1]

  1. ^ "Long Swamp site reexamined". The Society for Georgia Archaeology. 2008-10-01. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2013-03-04.