Tescuntee

Tescuntee lies near the Etowah River and its great earthen mounds. A Mississippian town occupied the north bank near Cartersville, with a plaza, village and several mounds. The largest mound was enlarged into a high platform during the settlement's flourishing after 1250. A fortified wall was built in the fourteenth century, but the town declined after 1375 and was abandoned by about 1550.