The King Site is located in Foster's Bend on the Coosa River in the western portion of Floyd County, Georgia. This site has long been known to residents of Rome and Floyd County, and artifacts from the site are illustrated in the local history written By George Battey, Jr. in 1922 (1922: 76). Margaret Ashley, working under the direction of Warren K. Moorehead, did a one day excavation there in 1928, and reported finding a burned structure (Moorehead 1932: 157). Robert Wauchope briefly cited Ashley's work in his publication on the sites of northern Georgia, and designated the site 9Fl-5 (1966: 219-220). The current excavation on the King Site began in the Spring of 1971 and was continued in the Fall of 1971 and 1972. Extensive excavations were conducted from June to August of this year under the sponsorship of Shorter College, and have since been continued through the cooperation of Berry College and the University of Georgia.
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