Encountering Hopewell in the Twenty-first Century, Ohio and Beyond Series, Volume Two: Settlements, Foodways, and Interaction, 2020
Recent investigations of the Leake site, a Middle Woodland ceremonial center in northwestern Geor... more Recent investigations of the Leake site, a Middle Woodland ceremonial center in northwestern Georgia, indicate the site became an interregional interaction center and a gateway community that linked the Southeast and the Midwest. Situated on the floodplain of the Etowah River and occupied circa 300 B.C. - 650 A.D., at least three earthen mounds and a large ditch enclosure were constructed at Leake. Further, the site appears to have been part of a cultural landscape that included the low mountain across the river to the north. The summit of this mountain was enclosed with a stone wall, a large cavern was present on one end of the mountain, and an elaborate stone burial mound was located near the mouth of the cavern at the base of the mountain. Large-scale investigations of the Leake site yielded a number of significant discoveries, including an extensive ditch enclosure and a direct artifact connection with the Hopewellian Mann site in southwest Indiana. Data from Leake are providing significant insight into the expression of Middle Woodland period religion, iconography, community, ritual, and interaction.
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