It's been probably three times that I have visited the Etowah Indian Mounds in Cartersville. It seems that no matter how many times I visit, the size of the largest mound is amazing. I would think that maybe it would be less so each time, but it doesn't wear off. Here, I have shown you some photos of the site, whether taken by me or someone else, but even these photos don't do any justice to the impression they leave when you see them in person.
This looking at Mound B from the top of Mound A. Beyond
the trees is the Etowah River from which the Indians used to catch fish.
This is Mound A from the parking lot. It's looking across a moat
that was dug to make the mounds, which was used as a defensive trench by the
Etowah. Mound A is the highest mound, they say it was used for the temple and
the chief's house. The view from the top of it is no joke.
This is the moat that was dug by the Etowah Indians to defend
themselves from invasion. The earth they dug up from this moat went to make the
mounds. The moat went around the Etowah village, and was often water-filled.
With spikes coming out of the inside of the moat, invaders would have had a
rough time even getting into the village.
This is the Etowah River from which the people got their fish.
They had an ingenius and simple way to get their fish. They'd place rocks on the
river in a V-shape, with an opening at the crook of the V. The fish would be
funneled through there into the fish traps they had set. Here below is a video
showing the section of the river where they did this.
And following this line is a video showing the height of Mound A from
its top.