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- ↑ Toner, Mike (November–December 2008). "City Beneath the Mounds". Archaeology. 61 (6).
- ↑ Eubanks, Thomas Hales (Winter 2004). "Legislation, legacy, and Larson: Lewis H. Larson, Georgia's first State Archaeologist". Southeastern Archaeology. 23 (2): 214–218.
- ↑ "Lewis H. Larson, Jr. Volunteer Program". University of West Georgia. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
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