edge of the site also lends itself to a Cherokee period of occupation, based on the occurrence of stomp-dances in Cherokee culture which could have produced the flat, compact deposit noted by Kelley. Another cultural activity present at Bell Field seems to have been ritual burning associated with cyclical cycles of rebuilding. This is most evident in the core mound stratigraphy as well as the proximate building complexes. See also Sixtoe Mound (9 MU 100) Little Egypt (9 MU 102) Dallas phase Mississippian culture References Arthur Kelly Earth Lodges at Bell Field Mound, Carter’s Dam, Georgia and Elsewhere in the Southeast University of Georgia Archaeology Laboratory Manuscript Arthur Kelly The 1970-71 Field Seasons at Bell Field Mound, Carter’s Dam University of Georgia Archaeology Laboratory Manuscript Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state) Mounds in Georgia (U.S. state) Late Mississippian culture South Appalachian Mississippian culture Pre-statehood history of Georgia (U.S. state)