Question

Why did prehistoric Georgia Indians build the Etowah Mounds?
Responses

To use as temples for religious ceremonies


To use for hunting


To use as marketplaces for trading goods


To store harvested crops such as corn

Answer 1

All of the above reasons are possible explanations for why prehistoric Georgia Indians built the Etowah Mounds. However, it is difficult to determine the exact motivations for building the mounds as they were constructed in different time periods and may have served multiple purposes over time. The mounds at Etowah, specifically, provide archaeological evidence of a complex society that engaged in religious ceremonies, hunting, trading, and agriculture.