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MuseumsSite Name: Funk Heritage CenterCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Marietta, GA Nearest Village: Waleska, GA
Latitude: 34.321000N Longitude: 84.553W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Artifact collections include a large display of pre-contact stone and bone tools from the south-eastern United States. A large stone covered in petroglyphs, the Reinhardt Boulder, is also on display. In the "Hall of the Ancients" poster displays, dioramas, and films describe Pre-Contact lifeways based on archaeology and oral history and interaction between Old World colonists and Native Americans.
Other exhibits include a collection of colonial era tools and a contemporary art gallery.
The F. James & Florrie G. Funk Heritage Center Georgia's Official Frontier and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center
Address: 7300 Reinhardt Circle, Waleska, GA 30183-2981 Tel: 770-720-5970
Hours and Visitor information may be found at the center's
website.
Note: Large cup and ring marked boulder in Southeastern United States is remarkably similar to rock art found in Ireland and northern Britain, claims made of a prehistoric link
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