Soapstone Ridge | |
| Nearest city | Atlanta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| NRHP reference No. | 73002138 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1973 |
Soapstone Ridge is a mafic-ultramafic geological complex located in the Piedmont region, south-east of Atlanta, Georgia on a 25-square-mile (65 km2) area in DeKalb County and neighboring Fulton and Clayton Counties.
The ridge was named from its deposits of metapyroxenite, which early settlers wrongly believed was soapstone.[2] Many archaeological sites, including Late Archaic quarry sites dated between 600 BCE and 1500 BCE, occur on Soapstone Ridge.[3][4] At least 17 quarry sites and 23 workshops sites have been located on Soapstone Ridge.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 208. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
- ^ Freeman, David B.(1997). Carved in Stone: the History of Stone Mountain. Mercer University Press, ISBN 0-86554-547-2
- ^ Elliott, Daniel T. 1986. The Live Oak Soapstone Quarry, Dekalb County, Georgia. Garrow & Associates, Inc., Atlanta. Submitted to Waste Management of Georgia, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, 124 pages.
- ^ Elliott, Daniel Thornton. 1980. Soapstone Use in the Wallace Reservoir: A Tool for Interpreting Prehistory., Unpublished Master's thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.