More CulturesThe Etowah Georgia site is an Eastern Woodlands Tradition site that reached its peak during the Mississippian Period, in particular the Temple Mound II period or Late Mississippian from about 1200 A.D. to the early historic period. Etowah is well known for its platform ceremonial mounds and its association with the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex artifacts, sometimes known simply as the Southern Cult. These exquisite and unique artifacts are found at a variety of the larger southern tier Mississippian sites such as Moundville in Alabama, Spiro in Oklahoma and Cahokia in Illinois. The artifacts of the Southern Cult are unlike any other found in Mississippian contexts and are believed by some to resemble Mesoamerican styles and themes, although no definite connection has ever been established. The artifacts are found in association with mortuary rituals and consist of symbolic representations of gods, warriors, animals and mythic combinations of all of these. The people of Etowah had a developed agriculture of corn, beans and squash as well as native fish, game and edible plant species at their disposal. The people in Etowah had considerable ranking of society which was probably similar in complexity to a chiefdom with division of labor and probably several administrative levels of government below the chief. There was extensive trade with other communities along the major river systems that connected all the Mississippian cultural centers together.