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photo of entry to earthen lodge, covered with grass hill, with sky, day

UGA research rolls back date of first-millennium Earthen monuments of Middle Georgia

New study emphasizes the role of public architecture, community history Snug against downtown Macon, Georgia, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park includes a network of earthen mounds and a timber-built Earthlodge that date back to the first millennium. One of the most iconic cultural sites in the Southeast and a Traditional Cultural Place (TCP) of the Muscogee Nation, the park also plays an outsized role in models about the "origins" of…
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