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The Mandeville Site in Southwest Georgia*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James H. Kellar ,
A. R. Kelly  and
Edward V. McMichael
James H. Kellar
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
A. R. Kelly
Affiliation:
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Edward V. McMichael
Affiliation:
West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, W. Va.
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Abstract

This site contains three major components. Mandeville I is a very Late Deptford culture, represented by sizable village deposits, the premound occupation under Mound A, the initial pyramidal mound building at Mound A, and most of the burial mound, Mound B. Significant contacts are seen with Copena and Ohio Valley Hopewell, and there are definite ties with the Crystal River complex. Mandeville II is a continuity with Mandeville I, but may be considered Early Swift Creek. New layers were added to Mound A, but there was little activity on Mound B. Village deposits of this component are extensive. Primary outside contact for the group is with the Crystal River complex, though some continuing Copena and Ohio Valley Hopewell influence is seen. Mandeville III, unrelated to the earlier components, is an expression of the Mississippian Rood focus 500 to 1000 years after Mandeville II. Village deposits of this component are not plentiful. Mound A was capped and presumably used for a temple base. Relationships lie with Macon Plateau and Lake Jackson, and ultimately to the northwest in the Tennessee and Mississippi valleys.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , January 1962 , pp. 336 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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Footnotes

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Some of this material was presented in papers by Kellar and McMichael at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, May 4, 1961, Columbus, Ohio.

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