A study of archeological evidence has shown that the site was abandoned for a period in pre-history and reoccupied in the sixteenth century.

As a result, only the first four stages are left with distinguishable form and purpose, and the height of the mound was reduced to 8 feet (2.4 m).

Stage 1 of the mound began as a low, truncated, rectangular pyramid about 2.2 feet (0.67 m) in height, which was probably used as a dance platform or dais.

The fill for this mound came from the midden area of a previous Woodland period settlement; it was followed by a thinner, semi-impermeable, blue-grey clay cap.

The nature of the impervious clay and the trough to carry away rainwater helped to protect the interior fill from erosion.

The mound contains artifacts ranging from stone tools, potsherds and ornaments made of shells, copper plates,[5] and rocks and minerals.

[3] Among the artifacts found at the site is a 30 millimetres (1.2 in) steatite plate with an anthropo-zoomorphic human-headed, winged figure, of a style often associated with the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.

Kelly and Nietzel performed salvage archaeology on the site in conjunction with the U.S. National Park Service while working at the University of Georgia.