Ancient Chihuahuas in Southeastern U.S.?
Do three dog effigy pots excavated in Georgia in the 1930s at the Bull Creek Site and one from
Read moreDo three dog effigy pots excavated in Georgia in the 1930s at the Bull Creek Site and one from
Read moreWhen Europeans first stepped foot in Florida and Georgia they all recorded eye-witness accounts of Native Americans in possession of
Read moreMayan Words in Hitchiti-Creek Language Suggest Ancient Connection The Hitchiti language, one of many languages spoken by Creek Indians, was
Read moreIs there evidence that the Maya were in Georgia and Florida? If so, why were they there? Were they mining
Read moreArchitect and scholar Richard Thornton has published his findings about an archaeological site on the side of Georgia’s highest mountain
Read moreDesigns on the Forsyth Petroglyph in Georgia may include astronomical representations of stars, the constellation Draco, the Pleiades asterism, a comet, and meteors or comet fragments and may be a record of a comet impact event that caused a severe weather event in 536 AD.
Read moreIt’s possible that a culture influenced by both west Mexican and Olmec ideas settled in Georgia during the Mississippian period. Both the cultural traditions and oral history of the Creek Indians strongly suggest an origin from west Mexico.
Read moreA mysterious stone wall constructed atop Fort Mountain in north Georgia around 400 AD could represent an astronomical observatory built by people from Mexico.
Read moreAmateur archeologists will get a chance to search this summer for the lost mission of Santa Isabel de Utinahica, built in the wilderness in the 1600s for a lone friar who was dispatched to evangelize among the Indians on the edge of Spain’s colonial empire.
Read moreAn ancient civilization of mound builders who lived near the Ocmulgee River just northeast of what is now downtown Macon may have been home to more native people than originally thought. Though the research, much of it done with a ground-scanning instrument to roughly map underground shapes and forms, is still under way, early analysis seems to indicate more unearthed dwellings at the site than were previously known to have existed.
Read moreLocated in the State Capitol in Atlanta, houses exhibits and artifacts from all archaeological periods. Newly designed pre-historic exhibit on
Read moreThe Etowah Mounds, near Cartersville, thrived during the Mississippian Period. A fortified town with seven earthen mounds, Etowah was the
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