Soapstone Ridge
Soapstone Ridge | |
| Nearest city | Atlanta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| NRHP reference No. | 73002138 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1973 |
Soapstone Ridge is a mafic-ultramafic geological complex located in the Piedmont region, south-east of Atlanta, Georgia on a 25-square-mile (65 km2) area in DeKalb County and neighboring Fulton, and Clayton Counties. Many archaeological sites, including Late Archaic quarry sites dated between 600 BCE and 1500 BCE, occur on Soapstone Ridge.[2][3] At least 17 quarry sites and 23 workshops sites have been located on Soapstone Ridge.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Freeman, David B.(1997). Carved in Stone: the History of Stone Mountain. Mercer University Press, ISBN 0-86554-547-2
- ^ Elliott, Daniel T. 1986. The Live Oak Soapstone Quarry, Dekalb County, Georgia. Garrow & Associates, Inc., Atlanta. Submitted to Waste Management of Georgia, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, 124 pages.
- ^ Elliott, Daniel Thornton. 1980. Soapstone Use in the Wallace Reservoir: A Tool for Interpreting Prehistory., Unpublished Master's thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
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- National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
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- Geography of DeKalb County, Georgia
- Geography of Fulton County, Georgia
- Geography of Clayton County, Georgia
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