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The Macon Earth Lodge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Charles H. Fairbanks
Charles H. Fairbanks*
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Ft. Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia
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Ocmulgee National Monument lies on the left bank of the Ocmulgee River at the eastern edge of the city of Macon, Bibb County Georgia. A general description of the archaeological remains has appeared in a previous publication. The present report will describe the excavation of a ceremonial earth lodge uncovered on the Macon Plateau and will summarize traits found in earth lodges represented in the Macon Plateau focus. As this represents the earliest earth lodge so far reported in the southeast, the distribution and significance of the occurrence of this type of structure will be discussed briefly. No historical identification of the Macon Plateau focus can be made, but some parallels with southeastern ceremonial will be pointed out.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , October 1946 , pp. 94 - 108
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1946

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