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Landmark Americas archaeological

Etowah Indian Mounds

1000 CE – still standing

A 54-acre Mississippian ceremonial center in Georgia featuring three large platform mounds, considered the most intact site of its kind in the southeastern United States.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–900 CE)
  2. Eastern North American hunter-gatherers (1000 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East) (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Cherokee (1500 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. United States of America (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. United States (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. United States of America (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. United States (1914 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1000 CE and 2026 CE.

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