The Tama Network
A Source Audit of Tama/Tamali/Tamahasi, Siouan Parallels, and Possible Mesoamerican Connections Abstract Historical sources preserve a recurring series of Indigenous
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Georgia
Tracing the Issa/Itsa Stem
Placenames, Trade Routes, and the Southern Appalachian Copper Belt Abstract Across the Carolinas and southern Appalachians, historical records preserve a
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Reconsidering Altamaha
A Source Audit of Tama and a Possible Siouan Etymology The Altamaha is one of Georgia’s great rivers, formed where
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Reconsidering Satilla
A Source Audit and Argument for a Sati/Itsati/Santee Origin Abstract The Satilla River of southern Georgia is commonly said to
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Reconsidering Echetee and Hitchiti
A Source Audit of a Contested Southeastern Place-Name Abstract The origin of the southeastern Indigenous name Echetee, later standardized as
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Achito Is Not Hitchiti
A Source and Linguistic Reassessment of Two Lower Creek Town Names Abstract The origin of the name Hitchiti has generally
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The Santee Sioux Connection to Etowah and Ocmulgee
Were Georgia’s Great Mound Centers Built Around an Ancient Merchant Network? The Etowah Mounds and Ocmulgee Mounds have long been
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The Sati Corridor
Tracing a Santee Merchant Route from the Savannah River through the Southern Appalachians to the Tennessee–Mississippi Exchange Network Abstract Previous
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The Santee Merchant Guild
A Shawnee-Style Enclave Model For Siouan Trade Networks in Pre-Contact Georgia Abstract Previous cartographic and toponymic research in my paper
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Ancient DNA Reveals Chocolate Was Consumed at Georgia’s Etowah Mounds 900 Years Ago
For more than a century, archaeologists have noticed intriguing similarities between the ancient civilizations of the southeastern United States and
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Lost Worlds: Georgia on YouTube
Lost Worlds: Georgia is a documentary I created in 2004 and updated in 2006 featuring the seven most important ancient
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Top 10 Strange and Macabre Traditions of Georgia’s/Florida’s Native Americans
A new online art exhibit about Georgia’s and Florida’s Timucua Indians reveals the darker side of their rituals and customs.
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Etowah Elites from Cahokia
In 2004 I argued that the site of Etowah Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia was inhabited by elites from Cahokia, a
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Dakota Sioux Once Lived in Georgia?
When one thinks of the Dakota Sioux what instantly springs to mind are images of Indians on horseback hunting buffalo
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Evidence of Foreign Invasion of Georgia in 1100 AD?
Why was a fortified town built on the lower Chattahoochee River in southwest Georgia around 1100 AD? Known as the
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