A field crew from the University of Georgia, under the direction of Dr. Joseph R. Caldwell and the writer, worked for ten weeks in the summer of 1973 excavating a group of stone mounds and an adjacent habitation area in Dade County, Georgia. The excavation was located near Trenton, Georgia, a few hundred yards east of Lookout Creek and several miles south of the junction of Lookout Creek and the Tennessee River. The mounds are now known as the Tunacunnhee Mounds (9Dd2S). The existence of these mounds has been known for many years, but not until last winter (1973) was their significance recognized. The site was brought to the attention of state archaeologists from Tennessee and Mr. Pat Garrow, an archaeologist from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, by members of the Ani-yun-wiya Society, a local group of amateur archaeologists. University of Georgia archaeologists were notified of the potential importance of this site by the aforementioned people and with excellent support from a large sector of the local community, made plans for the excavation.
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