Native American pottery found near Ocmulgee Mounds, 2nd century. From the collection of Bettijo Trawick.

Native American pottery found near Shoulder Bone Creek near Rock Eagle, 3rd century. From the collection of Dudley Ottley.

Native American pottery found near Ocmulgee, 2nd century. From the collection of Bettijo Trawick.

Reproduction of the clock given to Toonahowie, heir to Chief Tomochichi of the Yamacraw tribe, by the Duke of Cumberland, brother to King George II.

Spanish religious artifacts discovered on the Georgia coast. The Spanish interest in the “New World” was primarily the mining of gold and spreading the Christian Gospel.

Imperial Spanish pieces-of-eight (top) and gold doubloons (bottom). These coins show that Spanish interest in the "New World" was primarily the mining of gold and spreading the Christian Gospel.