John P. Rogan
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In the early 1880s John P. Rogan conducted archaeological excavations on the Etowah Indian Mounds near Cartersville, Georgia for the Smithsonian Institute working under Cyrus Thomas. He discovered the famous copper eagle dancer plates, which were later named the Rogan plates. Rogan tested seven other archaeological sites in Georgia in Bartow, White, Habersham, Forsyth, Rabun, Elbert, and MacIntosh counties. He had been hired by Cyrus Thomas, his cousin, and both were from Bristol Tennessee. He was apparently fired about 1885 for making fake artifacts to sell to the government. [Bat Creek Stone].
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- Cyrus Thomas: 1894 Report on Mound Explorations in Eastern United States.
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