Kolomoki Mounds archaeological excavation film
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1984.13.1
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Georgia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Mounds -- Georgia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the University of Georgia in 1984.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (black-and-white silent; 1165 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1948
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Kolomoki Indian Mounds ca. 1948."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1984.13
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage of the excavations at the Kolomoki Indian Mounds State Park in southwest Georgia. Digging undertaken in preparation for a proposed roadway to the Jim Woodruff Dam on the Apalachicola River. Film documents excavating at and around several of the mounds as well as on the floodplain near the river. Records techniques such as core sampling, topographic surveying, and excavation methods. Also includes detail of several human burials and recovered objects, including ceramics and bone utensils. Site is thought to have been occupied from Kolomoki through Weeden Island Period Cultures. The nine mounds on the site are also thought to have been constructed during this period.

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