Ocmulgee National Monument: The Earth Lodge Historic Structure Report
National Park Service. 2005. Ocmulgee National Monument: The Earth Lodge Historic Structure Report. Historic Structure Report. National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, Historic Architecture, Cultural Resources Division. Atlanta, Georgia
Radiocarbon dated to around 1015 CE, the Earth Lodge at Ocmulgee National Monument is the largest and the earliest of nine such structures that were discovered in Bibb County, Georgia, in the 1930s. Mississippian earth lodges have also been documented at nineteen sites in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, but none are older or as well preserved as the Earth Lodge at Ocmulgee. The building has had a number of names since its discovery in 1934. In the 1930s, it was variously referred to as the Mound D lodge, Council Chamber, Ceremonial Council Chamber, Ceremonial Earth Lodge, Macon Earth Lodge, Earth Lodge and Earthlodge. Since about 1940, Earth Lodge and Earthlodge have been in common use. “Earth Lodge” is used in this report, but “Council Chamber” appears to be a more accurate characterization of the structure than the present term and is also the designation used on the original construction documents in the 1930s.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2005-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, Historic Architecture, Cultural Resources Division
- Units
- HIST , OCMU
- Keywords
- Administrative Data, Alternatives, Archeology, Architectural Data, Artifacts, Climate Control, Concrete shell, Discovery, Earth lodges, ehistory, historical data, History, Interior, Interpretation, Mold and Cracks Redux, mound, Ocmulgee National Monument, Ocmulgee Old Fields, Original construction and loss, Pre-Columbian Features, Preservation, Recent Past, Recommendations, Reconstructed Features, Reconstruction, Site, Treatment and Use, Utilities, viewing platform, Visitor Experience
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 001186: Earthlodge