Located on the west bank of the upper Chattahoochee River, where the valley is constricted, Summerour Mound was likely sited on an east-west indigenous trail.

[1] The mound was discovered by Joe Caldwell in 1951, as part of a project to survey the area prior to the construction of a dam to create the Buford Reservoir (now known as Lake Lanier).

[1] Another type of capped mound has been found to be more typical of Middle Woodland period structures in the region, and also associated with burial or funerary practices.

[1] In 1954 Clemens de Baillou conducted some excavations here, but was chiefly concerned with the historic Cherokee Vann Tavern, which was relocated to New Echota to preserve it.

More detailed assessments of Summerour Mound has largely relied on Caldwell's notes, drawings and unpublished work held by the University of Georgia.

In addition, after further examination of records and data, later archaeologists have argued for classifying the mound as a Late Woodland period construction, which preceded the Mississippian.