Parks-Strickland Archeological Complex | |
| One of Little Mulberry mounds within the complex | |
| Nearest city | Dacula, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34°2′32″N83°53′13″W / 34.04222°N 83.88694°W |
| Area | 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 89002034 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 8, 1989 |
The Little Mulberry Indian Mounds are a series of carefully stacked rock piles located in Little Mulberry Park, Dacula, Georgia. In 1990, architect Michael Garrow counted 200 of these stone mounds while surveying the land ahead of a proposed golf course residential development. [2] The stone piles are typically circular or semicircular in shape. Most of those that have been examined archaeologically have revealed no cultural artifacts beyond the stone structure, while a few have been found to have historical 19th-century artifacts underneath them.
A subset of the area, part of its early identification, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Parks-Strickland Archeological Complex. There continues to be scholarly dispute over the function and significance of the structures, [3] although Native American tribes historically associated with the region claim them to have funerary significance. [2]