Nikwasi

Nikwasi - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Nikwasi () comes from the Cherokee word for "star", Noquisi (No-kwee-shee), and is the site of the Cherokee town which is first found in colonial records in the early 18th century, but is much older. The town covered about on the floodplain of the Little Tennessee River. Franklin, North Carolina, was later developed by European Americans around this site. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: South Appalachian Mississippian; Cherokee

Source: en.wikipedia.org