Pre-European Culture In Henry County

I've been doing a little online research about the Pre-European culture in Henry County.

I'm fascinated to learn their are many Creek/Muscogee sites around, even some from the Woodland period; and disgusted that many of them have been destroyed in the name of progress.

http://www.crghenry.org/woodland_indians/patrick_henry_stone_wall/patrickhenry.html

http://www.crghenry.org/creek_indian_sites/creek_indian_burial_sites.html

 

so i guess you live near mcdonough? my friend lives there

 

Yes, not to far from McDonough.

 

Wow outta the blue I made a profile here on hipppppppforums and I live/d in henry county and spent lots of time playing in the dirt looking and never found arrowheads. I plan on reading the reports in the links and maybe doing some of my own investigation. I'm an anthropology student for shit like this. Mcdonough seemed bland but maybe i need to dig deeper literally never even thought about it. thanks much chica

 

I know...Now, as I cross all these rivers I think about these people who once lived around them. I'm fascinated. I haven't gotten a chance to do any artifact hunting around here, though.

 

Woodland Indians and the Creek culture that emerged lived near creeks and rivers.
The sandy soil could be tilled with wooden and stone tools. The soil on the uplands was generally hard rocky clay and better left as hunting grounds or orchards for berries, plums, persimmons and wild apples.
And there were no wells in those days. If you had no surface water, you did not live there!
So you might find the odd arrow deep in the woods from a hunting party, but 99% of artifacts will be near a stream or river.