Soapstone Ridge is a
mafic-
ultramafic geological complex located in the
Piedmont region, south-east of
Atlanta, Georgia on a area in
DeKalb County DeKalb County may refer to one of several counties in the United States, all of which were named for Baron Johan DeKalb:
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* DeKalb County, Georgia
* DeKalb County, Illinois
* DeKalb County, Indiana
* DeKalb County, Missouri
...
and neighboring
Fulton and
Clayton Counties.
The ridge was named from its deposits of metapyroxenite, which early settlers wrongly believed was
soapstone. Many
archaeological
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sites, including
Late Archaic
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* LATE, an acronym which could stand for:
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quarry sites dated between 600 BCE and 1500 BCE, occur on Soapstone Ridge. At least 17 quarry sites and 23 workshops sites have been located on Soapstone Ridge.
[Elliott, Daniel Thornton. 1980. ''Soapstone Use in the Wallace Reservoir: A Tool for Interpreting Prehistory''., Unpublished Master's thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.]
References
Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state)
Geology of Georgia (U.S. state)
Geography of DeKalb County, Georgia
Geography of Fulton County, Georgia
Geography of Clayton County, Georgia
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
National Register of Historic Places in DeKalb County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Clayton County, Georgia
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