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The Pinson Mounds complex is managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. The Western section is managed by the Tennessee Division of Forestry and includes a nursery and irrigation pond. Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park is located appx. 2.5 miles east of the town of Pinson and approximately 10 miles southeast of ...
A series of substantial waterfalls and whitewater rapids highlight both gorges. The natural water power in these two gorges attracted entrepreneurs and millwrights throughout the 19th century. The Old Stone Fort is located entirely within Coffee County, just west of Manchester, Tennessee. Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park encompasses 876 ...
The mounds were discovered by surveyor Joel Pinson in 1820 but remained of only local interest until Smithsonian archaeologist William Edward Myer mapped the site in the 1880s. [16] It was officially made a Tennessee state park in 1974 after local citizens petitioned the state to purchase and preserve the land. [19]
Pinson Mounds: 40MD1 Woodland 1960s, 1970s, 1980s State archaeological park Johnston Mound Complex: 40MD3 Woodland Cochran Site: 40MD23 Archaic, Woodland 1970s Grouped with Pinson Mounds Denmark Mound Group: 40MD85 Mississippian
Mound Bottom is a prehistoric Native American complex in Cheatham County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States. The complex, which consists of earthen platform and burial mounds, a 7-acre central plaza, and habitation areas, was occupied between approximately 1000 and 1300 AD, [1] during the Mississippian period.
Chucalissa is a Walls phase mound and plaza complex that was occupied, abandoned and reoccupied several times throughout its history, spanning from 1000 to 1550 CE. It is located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. Other contemporaneous groups in the area include the Parkin phase, Menard phase, and the Nodena phase.
The Cloverdale archaeological site (23BN2) is an important site near St. Joseph, Missouri. It is located at the mouth of a small valley that opens into the Missouri River. It was occupied by Kansas City Hopewell peoples (ca. 100 to 500 CE). Secondly, it was occupied about 1000-1250 CE, by Steed-Kisker peoples.
The Meeman Museum and Nature Center— named for conservationist and journalist Edward J. Meeman, the former editor of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, — is located on the park's grounds. The park covers 12,539 acres (50.74 km 2) and is the most visited state park in Tennessee. [1] The unincorporated community Shelby Forest is adjacent to the park.