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Statues from the Etowah Native American prehistoric site in Georgia, USA. The statues are thought to represent the spirits of one's ancestors as ancestor worship seems to have been a part of religious ritual at the site which flourished c. 1000-c. 1550 CE.
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Rowe, H. (2021, May 04). Etowah Statues. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13937/etowah-statues/
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Rowe, Heironymous. "Etowah Statues." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 04, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13937/etowah-statues/.
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Rowe, Heironymous. "Etowah Statues." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 04 May 2021. Web. 17 Sep 2021.