Phipps Site

The Phipps site is a Mill Creek culture (AD 1100 – 1200) archaeological site in Cherokee County. The main feature at the site is a large midden (dump for domestic waste) containing artifacts to a depth of more than 8 feet. Middens are a valuable window into the day to day life and may contain discarded tools, food remains, and pottery. Evidence of habitation was confirmed during site excavations from the 1930s and 1950s. Artifacts attributed to the Mississippian people were recovered at the site. Finding specific artifacts represents long trade networks with the civilization that flourished in what now is the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern US.