PAINTED MARBLE
STATUE, MALE
ETOWAH MOUNDS SITE
MOUND C, BURIAL 15
A.D. 1250--1375
EARLY TO LATE WILBANKS PHASE
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COPYRIGHT MAY 31, 2005 PETER A. BOSTROM

     This free standing sculpture of a male human may

represent an important ancestor figure or even a

mythological being. It's one of the largest anciently

carved stone sculptures ever discovered to date in

North America. It was discovered during the excavation

of mortuary Mound C, in burial number 15. This

sculpture was hurriedly buried sometime during the

end of the Late Wilbanks phase. It's surface was

decorated with three or more pigments. The ears were

colored red with ochre and other parts of the head and
face were colored with both red ochre and carbon black.

A portion of the chest area is covered with a heavy

incrusted residue of a dark green material that appears

to be copper. This figure was made of marble from the

north Georgia area and it measures 24 inches (61cm)
high.

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