Lamar mounds and village site
The Lamar mounds and village site (9BI2) is an important archaeological site on the banks of the Ocmulgee River in Bibb County, Georgia (U.S. state), several miles to the southeast of the Ocmulgee mound site. Both mound sites are part of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, a national park and historic district created in 1936 and run by the U.S. National Park Service. Historians and archaeologists have theorized that the site is the location of the main village of the Ichisi encountered by the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1539.
Location within U.S. state of Georgia Lamar mounds and village site (the United States) | |
| Location | Macon, Georgia, Bibb County, Georgia, USA |
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| Region | Bibb County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 32°48′43.92″N 83°35′31.85″W |
| History | |
| Founded | 1350 CE |
| Abandoned | 1600 CE |
| Periods | Lamar phase |
| Cultures | South Appalachian Mississippian culture |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939-1940, 1996 |
| Archaeologists | James A. Ford, Arthur R. Kelly, Gordon Willey, Jesse D. Jennings, Charles Fairbanks, Mark Williams WPA, Lamar Institute |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mound |
| Architectural details | Number of temples: 2 |
Ocmulgee National Monument | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | 1207 Emory Hwy., E of Macon, Macon, Georgia |
| Area | 702.1 acres (284.1 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000099 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
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