Roods Landing Site

Roods Landing Site

The Roods Landing Site or Roods Creek Mounds are located south of Omaha, Stewart County, Georgia, United States.

It is a Middle Woodland / Mississippian period Pre-Columbian complex of earthen mounds at the juncture of Roods Creek and the Chattahoochee River. It was a political and ceremonial center for the mound-builders. It is considered a major site with multiple mounds and is accessible only through scheduled tours.

The Roods Landing Site is federally protected as it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1975 [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ga/Stewart/state.html] .

References

*Indian Burial and Sacred Grounds Watch [http://www.ibsgwatch.imagedjinn.com/learn/georgia.htm]


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