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Frutchey donated the mound and about an acre of surrounding land to the state of North Carolina, and it was called Frutchey State Park for several years. [6] The name was changed to Town Creek in the 1940s, and it has been administered by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Town Creek was the first state historic site to be ...
Mound C, the northernmost mound of the three at the site, it was used as a ceremonial burial mound, not for elite residences or temples like the other two. [12] The site was the southwesternmost ceremonial mound center of all the mound building cultures of North America. [12] Etowah Mound C: Etowah Indian Mounds, Cartersville, Georgia: 1000-1550 CE
Franklin, North Carolina, was later developed by European Americans around this site. Today, a platform mound, estimated to have been built about 1000 CE, is the only extant feature left of the Cherokee town. The mound site and a small area has been owned and preserved by Franklin since 1946.
The Indian Mound neighborhood is home to 26-acre Budd Park, which features a large community swimming pool and playgrounds, among other attractions. Established in 1890, it’s the third-oldest ...
Too-Cowee (sometimes Cowee) (also Stecoah), was an important historic Cherokee town located near the Little Tennessee River north of present-day Franklin, North Carolina. It also had a prehistoric platform mound and earlier village built by ancestral peoples. As their expression of public architecture, the Cherokee built a townhouse on top of ...
The archeological site was listed as "Spikebuck Town Mound and Village Site" on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] In 2000, the portion of the site containing the mound was acquired by Clay County, which is protecting it. [3] The county developed an overlook sitting area near the mound. (See image).
Kituwa (also spelled Kituwah, Keetoowah, Kittowa, Kitara and other similar variations) or giduhwa (Cherokee: ᎩᏚᏩ) is a Woodland period Native American settlement near the upper Tuckasegee River, and is claimed by the Cherokee people as their original town.
Town Creek Indian Mound in Montgomery County, North Carolina is a proto-historic Pee Dee culture site. [14] Extensive archeological research for 50 years since 1937 at the Town Creek Indian Mound and village site in western North Carolina near the border with South Carolina has provided insights into their culture. [15]