Gateway to the Past: Georgia's Leake Site August 15, 2012

The Leake site, a Native American archaeological site located along the Etowah River near Cartersville, Georgia, contains the remains of an American Indian occupation that lasted from approximately 300 B.C. until 650 A.D. Artifacts found at the site to be featured in the exhibition include a large selection of Swift Creek complicated stamped pottery (common throughout Georgia and in portions of surrounding states), Flint Ridge chert from Ohio, pottery from the Gulf Coast, ceramic human and animal figurines, quartz crystals, graphite, graphite, copper, galena, mica, hematite, and other materials originating from a wide area across the Southeast and Midwest.