Found your video by accident. I grew up around there and in the 1950's we would come over and watch the digging on the C mound as they excavated. We fished a lot in the Etowah River there also. The A mound had a number of trees growing on the side and top up until about 1997. Looks like the NPS has stripped the mounds and plaza of those. There were also some open excavations that were on display to the east of the B mound that showed the post holes of buildings and the one hand forged Iron nail that they found on the site. There are a number of near by interesting sites also. Large Civil War era blast furnice if you go up river towerd the Etowah dam, Fort Mountain with it's mystery fort on top surrounded by rifle pits, the Cherokee Peace and War towns, and Chief Van's plantation home. The museum at Etowah Mounds used to display skeleton material as well as native artifacts. Federal Law governing native remains changed about thirty years ago and the remains were all returned to the tribes that claimed historic occupation of the areas all over the nation. They re-buried their supposed ancestors out of respect which is nice. There are a number of un-marked sites of small villages in the Etowah Mountains and farther west where the artifact hunting after a good rain was always fun.
I live just a few miles from here. A lot of history in the area. You popped up on my feed. I see you are an adventurer and historian. Definitely going to give you a sub. Can’t wait to dive into your library of work.👍🏼
It has been years since I have been there. I remember looking down on the ground and there were literally thousands of very tiny pieces of pottery on the ground. A friend of mine who is an Indian archaeologist told me some of these villages would have as many as 10,000 people in them, a city more than a village. Thank you for this video.
Why no coverage of the displays of some of the ceremonial points they have? I was here in 1986 and there were display cases of different artifacts found here,including very long ceremonial pieces made from flint from the Duck River in Tennessee. Do they no longer have this on display?
@@HistoricForrest That is so unfortunate. I was absolutely stunned at what I saw in 1986. There were very ornate ceremonial points about 3 feet long or longer of one continuous piece of stone. Maybe there was some concern over theft or something. I feel so Blessed to have seen them in '86.
Found your video by accident. I grew up around there and in the 1950's we would come over and watch the digging on the C mound as they excavated. We fished a lot in the Etowah River there also. The A mound had a number of trees growing on the side and top up until about 1997. Looks like the NPS has stripped the mounds and plaza of those. There were also some open excavations that were on display to the east of the B mound that showed the post holes of buildings and the one hand forged Iron nail that they found on the site. There are a number of near by interesting sites also. Large Civil War era blast furnice if you go up river towerd the Etowah dam, Fort Mountain with it's mystery fort on top surrounded by rifle pits, the Cherokee Peace and War towns, and Chief Van's plantation home. The museum at Etowah Mounds used to display skeleton material as well as native artifacts. Federal Law governing native remains changed about thirty years ago and the remains were all returned to the tribes that claimed historic occupation of the areas all over the nation. They re-buried their supposed ancestors out of respect which is nice. There are a number of un-marked sites of small villages in the Etowah Mountains and farther west where the artifact hunting after a good rain was always fun.
Thanks for showing this. My family was on The Trail of Tears. I hope to visit the mounds before I die, to see the land my ancestors came from. Wa-do
I hope you are able to get there.
Absolutely wonderful! Thank You for all that you share and do
Thank you. I enjoy making these videos.
I live just a few miles from here. A lot of history in the area.
You popped up on my feed.
I see you are an adventurer and historian. Definitely going to give you a sub. Can’t wait to dive into your library of work.👍🏼
Thanks
Thanks for just a great tour! I am planning to take my kids as a homeschool field trip and found this tour to be so helpful!
I'm glad it was helpful.
Love this. Ty nice video
Thanks
It has been years since I have been there. I remember looking down on the ground and there were literally thousands of very tiny pieces of pottery on the ground. A friend of mine who is an Indian archaeologist told me some of these villages would have as many as 10,000 people in them, a city more than a village. Thank you for this video.
That would be great to see all of that pottery pieces.
Went there today. That six story mound was no joke. Climbing those steps was very difficult.
Very cool
Thanks. I saw that you also visited some interesting Indian mounds.
Why no coverage of the displays of some of the ceremonial points they have? I was here in 1986 and there were display cases of different artifacts found here,including very long ceremonial pieces made from flint from the Duck River in Tennessee. Do they no longer have this on display?
Most of these items are no longer on display. They have a room at the visitor center with empty display cases.
@@HistoricForrest That is so unfortunate. I was absolutely stunned at what I saw in 1986. There were very ornate ceremonial points about 3 feet long or longer of one continuous piece of stone. Maybe there was some concern over theft or something. I feel so Blessed to have seen them in '86.
The river was also there main means of transportation for trade with other villages.
Good point
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How long did it take you to climb the 6 story mound?
less then 10 minutes when I was filming
@@HistoricForrest ok thanks, I may try to visit here later in the year.
Hidden in plain sight. Giants are buried in these mounds.
Native american man.
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