Sixtoe Mound

Sixtoe Mound
9 MU 100
Sixtoe Mound is located in Georgia
Sixtoe Mound
Shown within Georgia
LocationMurray County, Georgia USA
RegionMurray County, Georgia
Coordinates34°36′44.53″N 84°40′29.78″W / 34.6123694°N 84.6749389°W / 34.6123694; -84.6749389
History
CulturesSouth Appalachian Mississippian culture
Site notes
Excavation dates1962-1965
ArchaeologistsArthur Randolph Kelly
Architecture
Architectural stylesplatform mound

The Sixtoe Mound site (9MU100) is an archaeological site in Murray County, Georgia excavated by Arthur Randolph Kelly from 1962-1965 as a part of the Carters Dam project conducted for the National Park Service by the University of Georgia.[1] The site consisted of a low platform mound and an associated village. The majority of the mound was excavated, while the village received little excavation.

  1. ^ Williams, J. Mark (1990). Lamar Archaeology : Mississippian Chiefdoms in the Deep South. University of Alabama Press.