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class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,200 acres (4.9 km<sup>2</sup>) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="padding:0; border:none;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;color: #202122; background: #A8EDEF; line-height:1.5">Pinson Mounds</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.5;color: #202122; background: #A8EDEF;"><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">U.S. National Register of Historic Places</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.4; color: #202122; background: #87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">U.S. National Historic Landmark</a></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Tennessee" title="Madison County, Tennessee">Madison County, Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pinson_Mounds&params=35_29_52_N_88_40_57_W_type:landmark_region:US"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°29′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°40′57″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.49778°N 88.68250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.49778; -88.68250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">0-499 AD</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tnstateparks.com/parks/pinson-mounds">Pinson Mounds State Park</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/66000727">66000727</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background: #A8EDEF">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 15, 1966</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated NHL</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">January 29, 1964</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Pinson Mounds</b> comprise a prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> complex located in <a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Tennessee" title="Madison County, Tennessee">Madison County, Tennessee</a>, in the region that is known as the Eastern Woodlands. The complex, which includes 17 <a href="/wiki/Mound" title="Mound">mounds</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Earthen" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthen">earthen</a> geometric <a href="/wiki/Enclosure_(archaeology)" title="Enclosure (archaeology)">enclosure</a>, and numerous habitation areas, was most likely built during the <a href="/wiki/Woodland_period" title="Woodland period">Middle Woodland period</a> (c. 1-500 <a href="/wiki/AD" class="mw-redirect" title="AD">AD</a>). The complex is the largest group of Middle Woodland mounds in the United States. Sauls' Mound, at 72 feet (22 m), is the second-highest surviving mound in the United States. </p><p>The Pinson Mounds are now part of <b>Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park</b>, one of two <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeological</a> parks in Tennessee (the other being <a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Fort_(Tennessee)" title="Old Stone Fort (Tennessee)">Old Stone Fort</a> near <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Tennessee" title="Manchester, Tennessee">Manchester</a>). Pinson Mounds is a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> and is listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_setting">Geographic setting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geographic setting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg/325px-Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg" decoding="async" width="325" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg/488px-Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg/650px-Pinson-mounds-saul-view1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2037" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption>The view from atop Sauls' Mound, looking east</figcaption></figure> <p>The Pinson Mounds are located on a plateau-like upland above the <a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetlands</a> that line the banks of the South Fork of the <a href="/wiki/Forked_Deer_River" title="Forked Deer River">Forked Deer River</a>. The river and its wetlands form the complex's southern boundary. The Pinson Mounds are located amidst three distinctive biotic zones: the <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> forests atop the plateau, the <a href="/wiki/Cypress" title="Cypress">cypress</a> forests in the wet bottomlands, and the <a href="/wiki/Beech" title="Beech">beech</a> forests on the slopes between the uplands and the bottomlands. The ground is mostly composed of <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Tertiary period">Tertiary period</a> rocks known for producing high-quality clay.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mounds complex can be roughly divided into three sections— the Inner section, situated at the center of the complex around Saul's Mound, the Western (or Ozier) section, and the Eastern section, which includes the geometric enclosure. A stream known as Hudson Branch runs perpendicular to the Forked Deer River and divides the Inner section from the Western section. The Eastern and Western sections are both roughly 1,500 meters from the Inner section. </p><p>The Pinson Mounds complex is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Department_of_Environment_and_Conservation" title="Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation">Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Pinson,_Tennessee" title="Pinson, Tennessee">Pinson</a> and approximately 10 miles southeast of <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeological_features">Archaeological features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Archaeological features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pinson Mounds complex covers approximately 400 acres (1.6 km<sup>2</sup>) and contains at least 30 mounds, 17 of which have been identified as being completely or partially constructed by prehistoric peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-norton_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mounds range in height from the prominent 72-foot Saul's Mound to barely noticeable rises. Most mounds were probably constructed between 100 and 300 AD, based on <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">radiocarbon dating</a> and the predominance of Woodland-period artifacts found at the site. The following are major features at the Pinson Mounds site: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inner_Complex">Inner Complex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Inner Complex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg/210px-Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg/315px-Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg/420px-Pinson-mounds-mound10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2047" data-file-height="1329" /></a><figcaption>The view across the top of Mound 10 into a field below</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Sauls' Mound</b> (Mound 9), at the center of the complex. The mound was named after John Sauls, the owner of the property before its purchase by the state. Sauls' Mound is the second-highest prehistoric mound in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mound is rectangular in formation, with each corner aligned with one of the four <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_directions" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal directions">cardinal directions</a>. The mound's function was believed to be ceremonial. A viewing platform has been constructed atop the mound for park visitors. Dimensions: base— 112 x 91 meters, height— 22 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 10</b>, a few meters to the east of Sauls' Mound. Mound 10 is believed to have been a <a href="/wiki/Platform_mound" title="Platform mound">platform mound</a> with a ceremonial function. Dimensions: base— 61 x 40 meters, height— 1.3 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 11 Sector</b>, a few meters to the north of Sauls' Mound, behind the museum. Mound 11 is a natural rise that is believed to have been a habitation area during the Middle Woodland period.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 12</b>, several meters southwest of Sauls' Mound. Mound 12 was a <a href="/wiki/Burial" title="Burial">burial</a> mound built upon an Early Woodland habitation area. Dimensions: base— 23 x 17 meters, height— 1.3 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 14 Sector</b>, several meters southwest of Sauls' Mound. The Mound 14 Sector was a late-Woodland/early-<a href="/wiki/Mississippian_culture" title="Mississippian culture">Mississippian</a> habitation area.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 15</b>, several hundred meters southwest of Sauls' Mound. Part of Mound 15 has been destroyed by cultivation. Dimensions: base— 46 x 50 meters, height— appx. 1 meter.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 17</b>, several hundred meters southeast of Sauls' Mound. Dimensions: appx. 12 meters long with a height of 1 meter.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Section">Eastern Section</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eastern Section"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg/210px-Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg/315px-Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg/420px-Pinson-mounds-mound29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption>The view from atop Mound 29 into the area enclosed by the walls of the Eastern Citadel below</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <b>Eastern Citadel</b>, an earthen geometric enclosure located approximately 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) east of Sauls' Mound. William Myer gave the enclosure its present name in the early 20th century, although <a href="/wiki/Archeologists" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeologists">archeologists</a> believe its function to have been primarily ceremonial rather than defensive. The walls form a near-perfect semicircle with a diameter of 366 metres (1,201 ft), enclosing approximately 06 square kilometres (1,500 acres). The height of the walls is, on average, approximately 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). The enclosed area is not level, with the western edge being approximately 12 metres (39 ft) lower than the eastern edge.<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 29</b>, a rectangular platform mound located along the eastern edge of the geometric enclosure. Mound 29 is aligned with Sauls' Mound in the direction of the <a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">equinox</a> sunrise. Dimensions: base— 49 by 52 metres (161 ft × 171 ft), height— 3.5 metres (11 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 30</b>, a bird-shaped mound a few meters south of Mound 29. The bird shape is thought to have been due to recent cultivation and subsequent erosion. Dimensions: approximately 24 metres (79 ft) long with a height 1 metre (3.3 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 28</b>, a rectangular platform mound located approximately 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) northeast of Sauls' Mound and several hundred meters north of the Eastern Citadel. Mound 28 is almost aligned with Sauls' Mound in the direction of the summer solstice sunrise. Dimensions: base— 62 by 65 metres (203 ft × 213 ft), height— 4 metres (13 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-signs_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-signs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_(Ozier)_Section"><span id="Western_.28Ozier.29_Section"></span>Western (Ozier) Section</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Western (Ozier) Section"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <b>Ozier Mound</b> (Mound 5), a rectangular platform mound with an earthen ramp facing northeast. At 33 feet, the Ozier Mound is the second-largest mound in the complex. Dimensions: approximately 80 metres (260 ft) in diameter, height of 10 metres (33 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Twin Mounds</b> (Mound 6), a double-conical mound located a few meters south of the Ozier Mound. The Twin Mounds were burial mounds. Base approximately 30 by 50 metres (98 ft × 164 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Mound 31</b>, a burial mound located a few meters south of the Ozier Mound. Base appx. 40 x 60 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Cochran Area</b>, a site located approximately 200 metres (660 ft) west of the Ozier Mound section. The Cochran Area is believed to have been a temporary habitation area. The Cochran area covers appx. 5,000 square metres (1.2 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pinson_Mounds_in_recorded_history">Pinson Mounds in recorded history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pinson Mounds in recorded history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg/220px-City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg/330px-City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg/440px-City_of_Cisco_-_Pinson_Mounds_-_William_E._Meyers_-_September_1922.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2323" data-file-height="1828" /></a><figcaption>"City of Cisco" - Pinson Mounds - William E. Myer - September 1922</figcaption></figure> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw" title="Chickasaw">Chickasaw</a> were forced from much of West Tennessee in 1818, land speculator Joel Pinson arrived in what is now Madison County to survey the area. Pinson "discovered" the complex which was named after him in 1820. The complex did not receive much attention until a <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a>-area <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> named J.G. Cisco began writing about it in the late 19th century. Cisco's articles drew the interest of the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>. </p><p>In 1916 the Smithsonian dispatched the <a href="/wiki/Archaeologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeologist">archaeologist</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_E._Myer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William E. Myer (page does not exist)">William E. Myer</a> to investigate the site. Myer suggested that the entire complex was built according to a master plan, and created a map for the site. In 1947, the Tennessee Division of Forestry purchased the Western section of the Pinson site.<sup id="cite_ref-norton_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeological_surveys_and_excavations">Archaeological surveys and excavations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Archaeological surveys and excavations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg/210px-Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg/315px-Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg/420px-Pinson-mounds-mound14sector.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1197" data-file-height="899" /></a><figcaption>The Mound 14 Sector</figcaption></figure> <p>At the request of the Jackson Archaeological Society and the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>, in December 1961 the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a> archaeologists Fred Fisher and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Harrison_McNutt" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Harrison McNutt">Charles McNutt</a> carried out the first major excavation of the Pinson Mounds. In the Mound 14 Sector, Fisher and McNutt discovered the remains of a 21 by 18 feet (6.4 m × 5.5 m) house surrounded by a posthole-lined wall-trench and containing a central hearth and <a href="/wiki/Storage_pit_(archaeology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Storage pit (archaeology)">storage pits</a>. Based primarily on the vast amount of pre-<a href="/wiki/Mississippian_culture" title="Mississippian culture">Mississippian culture</a> debris found at the site and <a href="/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating" title="Radiocarbon dating">radiocarbon dating</a> of <a href="/wiki/Charcoal" title="Charcoal">charcoal</a>, Fisher and McNutt concluded that the Pinson Mounds were probably built during the Middle Woodland period, c. 1-500 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg/210px-Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg/315px-Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg/420px-Pinson-mounds-mound12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="857" /></a><figcaption>Mound 12</figcaption></figure> <p>Excavations by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Morse_(archaeologist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Morse (archaeologist)">Dan Morse</a> and Richard Polhemus in 1963 uncovered what they believed was an oval-shaped house, a large hearth, and various refuse pits.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morse and Polhemus agreed that the mounds were mostly built during the Middle Woodland period. The state purchased the prehistoric property in 1965 from the Williams and Saul families. It was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-norton_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1970s, John Broster of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Division_of_Archaeology" title="Tennessee Division of Archaeology">Tennessee Division of Archaeology</a> carried out extensive investigations of the site's Western section and the Mound 12 Sector. Broster uncovered a human <a href="/wiki/Cremation" title="Cremation">cremation</a> pit and evidence of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Early_Woodland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Early Woodland (page does not exist)">Early Woodland</a>-period habitation at Mound 12.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broster's team also found a number of "exotic" <a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">artifacts</a> at the Cochran area. This suggested Pinson Mounds may have been a "manufacture" area for grave goods, or a regional trade center.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, Robert Mainfort discovered six tombs in the Twin Mounds, one of which contained the remains of eight young women wearing headdresses with <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a> adornments. Another tomb had four older men, one of whom had been buried with two round rattles bearing abstract designs. Mainfort also uncovered a single burial in Mound 31 and evidence of food offerings at the base of the mounds.<sup id="cite_ref-norton_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Excavations carried out prior to construction of park facilities uncovered a possible habitation area at Mound 11 and a large number of 19th-century artifacts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1990s, four additional mounds were verified as prehistoric, bringing the total to 17.<sup id="cite_ref-norton_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_function_of_the_Pinson_Mounds">The function of the Pinson Mounds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The function of the Pinson Mounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg/210px-Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg/315px-Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg/420px-Pinson-mounds-mound28.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption>The southwest corner of Mound 28</figcaption></figure> <p>The Middle Woodland natives most likely built the Pinson Mounds primarily for religious ceremonial purposes, although their motives have yet to be established definitively. The Ozier Mound contains no burials and because of its shape, ramped and flat-topped, it was most likely used as a ceremonial platform.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the oldest such mounds in the Eastern Woodlands region. At least three of the mounds— 6, 12, and 31— contain burials or cremations.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excavations have turned up a relatively scant amount of cultural material (e.g., arrowheads and pottery fragments), which points to a lack of permanent habitation at the Pinson Mounds site.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some evidence suggests that the layout of the Pinson Mounds might be due to <a href="/wiki/Astronomical" class="mw-redirect" title="Astronomical">astronomical</a> alignment, and expresses the people's <a href="/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology">cosmology</a>, as is the case at some later mound complexes, such as <a href="/wiki/Cahokia" title="Cahokia">Cahokia</a>. The corners of Sauls' Mound, for instance, face the four cardinal directions. The Eastern and Western sections of the complex are roughly equidistant (appx. 1,500 meters) from the Inner complex, although the alignment is not exact. Mound 29 in the Eastern section is aligned with Sauls' Mound in the direction of the <a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">equinox</a> sunrise, and Mound 28 is <i>almost</i> aligned with Sauls' in the direction of the Summer <a href="/wiki/Solstice" title="Solstice">solstice</a> sunrise. To date, no mound has been found in the direction of the Winter solstice sunrise.<sup id="cite_ref-norton_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pinson_Mounds_State_Archaeological_Park">Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg/210px-Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg/315px-Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg/420px-Pinson_mounds_museum_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1143" data-file-height="619" /></a><figcaption>The Pinson Mounds Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The park's museum is built within a "replica" of a platform mound. Its exhibits include artifacts obtained from the various excavations at the Pinson site, as well as various other artifacts from around the region. The museum is also home to the West Tennessee Regional Archaeology offices and an archaeological library. </p><p>The park contains approximately 6 miles of walking trails, most of which explore the mounds and associated features. South of Sauls' Mound, a boardwalk looks out over the South Fork of the Forked Deer River and its wetlands. The park is also the site of Archaeofest, an event held every September that celebrates the site's prehistoric builders. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Fort_(Tennessee)" title="Old Stone Fort (Tennessee)">Old Stone Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Hopewell culture">Hopewell culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_burial_mounds_in_the_United_States" title="List of burial mounds in the United States">List of burial mounds in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Tennessee" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee">List of National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Madison_County,_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Tennessee">National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Tennessee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Copy obtained at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tehc-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Robert Mainfort and Mary Kwas, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1062">Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park</a>", <i>The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture</i>, 2002. Retrieved: 9 December 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-signs-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-signs_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Information obtained from on-site interpretive signs, except where otherwise noted. Information accessed: 8 December 2007. Dimensions converted to metric for consistency.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds</i>, p. 37.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceB-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds</i>, p. 54.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds</i>, p. 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fred Fisher and C.H. McNutt, "Test Excavations at Pinson Mounds, 1961," <i>Tennessee Archaeologist</i> 18, no. 1 (1962), pp. 1-11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area</i>, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds</i>, pp. 16-22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds</i>, pp. 31-32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ann Toplovich, "Archaeological Mitigations at Pinson Mounds (40MD1) State Archaeological Area: 1978", <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area: 1974, 1975, and 1978 Field Seasons</i> (Nashville, Tenn.: Tennessee Department of Conservation - Division of Archaeology, 1980), pp. 92-99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dean R. Snow, <i>Archaeology of Native North America</i> (2010), p. 93.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainfort, et al., <i>Archaeological Investigations at Pinson Mounds</i>, p. 50.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pinson_Mounds&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tnstateparks.com/parks/pinson-mounds">Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park</a> — official site</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chickasaw.tv/places/pinson-mounds-profile">Pinson Mounds Information & Videos</a> - Chickasaw.TV</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" 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title="Mount Vernon Site">Mount Vernon Site</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=O%27byams_Fort_site&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O'byams Fort site (page does not exist)">O'byams Fort site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mounds_and_Village_Site" title="Wilson Mounds and Village Site">Wilson site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yankeetown_site" title="Yankeetown site">Yankeetown site</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Goodall_focus" title="Goodall focus">Goodall focus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goodall_site&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goodall site (page does not exist)">Goodall site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_Mound_group" title="Norton Mound group">Norton Mound group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Havana_Hopewell_culture" title="Havana Hopewell culture">Havana Hopewell culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albany_Mounds_State_Historic_Site" title="Albany Mounds State Historic Site">Albany Mounds State Historic Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_Mounds" title="Dickson Mounds">Dickson Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Farm_(Grafton,_Illinois)" title="Duncan Farm (Grafton, Illinois)">Duncan Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Eagle-Toppmeyer_Site" title="Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site">Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamp_Mound_Site" title="Kamp Mound Site">Kamp Mound Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mound_House_(Greene_County,_Illinois)" title="Mound House (Greene County, Illinois)">Mound House site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Archeological_District" title="Naples Archeological District">Naples Archeological District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Mound_8" title="Naples Mound 8">Naples Mound 8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogden-Fettie_Site" title="Ogden-Fettie Site">Ogden-Fettie Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Mound" title="Rockwell Mound">Rockwell Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinnissippi_Mounds" title="Sinnissippi Mounds">Sinnissippi Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toolesboro_Mound_Group" title="Toolesboro Mound Group">Toolesboro Mound Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Hopewell" title="Kansas City Hopewell">Kansas City Hopewell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cloverdale_archaeological_site" title="Cloverdale archaeological site">Cloverdale archaeological site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renner_Village_Archeological_Site" title="Renner Village Archeological Site">Renner Village Archeological Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trowbridge_Archeological_Site" title="Trowbridge Archeological Site">Trowbridge Archeological Site</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marksville_culture" title="Marksville culture">Marksville culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crooks_Mound" title="Crooks Mound">Crooks Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Gulf_Mound" title="Grand Gulf Mound">Grand Gulf Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marksville_Prehistoric_Indian_Site" title="Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site">Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mott_Archaeological_Preserve" title="Mott Archaeological Preserve">Mott Archaeological Preserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Miller_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Miller culture">Miller culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bynum_Mound_and_Village_Site" title="Bynum Mound and Village Site">Bynum Mound and Village Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingomar_Mound" title="Ingomar Mound">Ingomar Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Site&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miller Site (page does not exist)">Miller Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharr_Mounds" title="Pharr Mounds">Pharr Mounds</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pinson Mounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Point_Peninsula_complex" title="Point Peninsula complex">Point Peninsula complex</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lewiston_Mound" title="Lewiston Mound">Lewiston Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_Mounds_Park" title="Serpent Mounds Park">Serpent Mounds Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVescounte_Mounds&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LeVescounte Mounds (page does not exist)">LeVescounte Mounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Swift_Creek_culture" title="Swift Creek culture">Swift Creek culture</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa-Swift_Creek_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture">Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture</a><br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_River_Archaeological_State_Park" title="Crystal River Archaeological State Park">Crystal River Archaeological State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etowah_Indian_Mounds" title="Etowah Indian Mounds">Etowah Indian Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leake_Mounds" title="Leake Mounds">Leake Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolomoki_Mounds" title="Kolomoki Mounds">Kolomoki Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miner%27s_Creek_site&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miner's Creek site (page does not exist)">Miner's Creek site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierce_Site" title="Pierce Site">Pierce Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift_Creek_mound_site" class="mw-redirect" title="Swift Creek mound site">Swift Creek mound site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Gulf_Breeze" title="Third Gulf Breeze">Third Gulf Breeze</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yearwood_site&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yearwood site (page does not exist)">Yearwood site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yent_Mound" title="Yent Mound">Yent Mound</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Hopewellian peoples</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_culture" title="Armstrong culture">Armstrong culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copena_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Copena culture">Copena culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourche_Maline_culture" title="Fourche Maline culture">Fourche Maline culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_complex" title="Laurel complex">Laurel complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saugeen_complex" title="Saugeen complex">Saugeen complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Fort_(Tennessee)" title="Old Stone Fort (Tennessee)">Old Stone Fort (Tennessee)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Exotic trade items</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">Copper</a></li> 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style="background:#E8E6B4;width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Archaeological<br /> cultures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adena_culture" title="Adena culture">Adena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alachua_culture" title="Alachua culture">Alachua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Beringian" title="Ancient Beringian">Ancient Beringian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancestral_Puebloans" title="Ancestral Puebloans">Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anishinaabe" title="Anishinaabe">Anishinaabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avonlea_culture" title="Avonlea culture">Avonlea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baytown_culture" title="Baytown culture">Baytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Glade_culture" title="Belle Glade culture">Belle Glade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buttermilk_Creek_complex" title="Buttermilk Creek complex">Buttermilk Creek complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caborn-Welborn_culture" title="Caborn-Welborn culture">Caborn-Welborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cades_Pond_culture" title="Cades Pond culture">Cades Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calf_Creek_culture" title="Calf Creek culture">Calf Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caloosahatchee_culture" title="Caloosahatchee culture">Caloosahatchee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_culture" title="Clovis culture">Clovis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_Creek_culture" title="Coles Creek culture">Coles Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comond%C3%BA_complex" title="Comondú complex">Comondú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_culture" title="Deptford culture">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folsom_tradition" title="Folsom tradition">Folsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ancient" title="Fort Ancient">Fort Ancient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_culture" title="Fort Walton culture">Fort Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont_culture" title="Fremont culture">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Kame_culture" title="Glacial Kame culture">Glacial Kame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glades_culture" title="Glades culture">Glades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohokam" title="Hohokam">Hohokam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_tradition" title="Hopewell tradition">Hopewell</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hopewell_sites" title="List of Hopewell sites">List of Hopewell sites</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Jolla_complex" title="La Jolla complex">La Jolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Palmas_complex" title="Las Palmas complex">Las Palmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Archaic" title="Maritime Archaic">Maritime Archaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippian_culture" title="Mississippian culture">Mississippian</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mississippian_sites" title="List of Mississippian sites">List of Mississippian sites</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogollon_culture" title="Mogollon culture">Mogollon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_culture" title="Monongahela culture">Monongahela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Cordilleran_culture" title="Old Cordilleran culture">Old Cordilleran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oneota" title="Oneota">Oneota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleo-Arctic_tradition" title="Paleo-Arctic tradition">Paleo-Arctic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleo-Indians" title="Paleo-Indians">Paleo-Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patayan" title="Patayan">Patayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plano_cultures" title="Plano cultures">Plano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaquemine_culture" title="Plaquemine culture">Plaquemine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_Point_culture" title="Poverty Point culture">Poverty Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Ocher_people" title="Red Ocher people">Red Ocher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_Harbor_culture" title="Safety Harbor culture">Safety Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa-Swift_Creek_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture">Santa Rosa-Swift Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Johns_culture" title="St. Johns culture">St. Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steed-Kisker_culture" title="Steed-Kisker culture">Steed-Kisker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwannee_Valley_culture" title="Suwannee Valley culture">Suwannee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tchefuncte_site#Tchefuncte_culture" title="Tchefuncte site">Tchefuncte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troyville_culture" title="Troyville culture">Troyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeden_Island_culture" title="Weeden Island culture">Weeden Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E8E6B4;width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Archaeological<br />sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel_Mounds" title="Angel Mounds">Angel Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anzick_site" title="Anzick site">Anzick site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandelier_National_Monument" title="Bandelier National Monument">Bandelier National Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastian_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Bastian Site">Bastian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_Archeological_Site_(13WD50)" title="Benson Archeological Site (13WD50)">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Spring_Heritage_Center" title="Blue Spring Heritage Center">Blue Spring Shelter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluefish_Caves" title="Bluefish Caves">Bluefish Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bluff_Point_Stoneworks" title="The Bluff Point Stoneworks">The Bluff Point Stoneworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Brewster Site">Brewster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahokia" title="Cahokia">Cahokia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candelaria_Cave" title="Candelaria Cave">Candelaria Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Fort_(Ohio)" title="Carlisle Fort (Ohio)">Carlisle Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casa_Grande_Ruins_National_Monument" title="Casa Grande Ruins National Monument">Casa Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park" title="Chaco Culture National Historical Park">Chaco Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coso_Rock_Art_District" title="Coso Rock Art District">Coso Rock Art District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_River_Archaeological_State_Park" title="Crystal River Archaeological State Park">Crystal River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuarenta_Casas" title="Cuarenta Casas">Cuarenta Casas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cueva_de_la_Olla_(archaeological_site)" title="Cueva de la Olla (archaeological site)">Cueva de la Olla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutler_Fossil_Site" title="Cutler Fossil Site">Cutler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_site" title="Eaker site">Eaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Fin_del_Mundo" title="El Fin del Mundo">El Fin del Mundo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Vallecito" title="El Vallecito">El Vallecito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effigy_Mounds_National_Monument" title="Effigy Mounds National Monument">Effigy Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etowah_Indian_Mounds" title="Etowah Indian Mounds">Etowah Indian Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Eva Site">Eva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folsom_site" title="Folsom site">Folsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ancient_(Lebanon,_Ohio)" title="Fort Ancient (Lebanon, Ohio)">Fort Ancient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Center" title="Fort Center">Fort Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Juelson" title="Fort Juelson">Fort Juelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Mounds_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Mounds Site">Four Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gila_Cliff_Dwellings_National_Monument" title="Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument">Gila Cliff Dwellings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Archeological_District" title="Glenwood Archeological District">Glenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimes_Point" title="Grimes Point">Grimes Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Blazes_archaeological_site" title="Helen Blazes archaeological site">Helen Blazes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Bluff_site" title="Holly Bluff site">Holly Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Culture_National_Historical_Park" title="Hopewell Culture National Historical Park">Hopewell Culture National Historical Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horr%27s_Island" title="Horr's Island">Horr's Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu%C3%A1poca" title="Huápoca">Huápoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_Marco" title="Key Marco">Key Marco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimball_Village" title="Kimball Village">Kimball Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincaid_Mounds_State_Historic_Site" title="Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site">Kincaid Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolomoki_Mounds" title="Kolomoki Mounds">Kolomoki Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jackson_Mounds_Archaeological_State_Park" title="Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park">Lake Jackson Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehner_Mammoth-Kill_Site" title="Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site">Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows" title="L'Anse aux Meadows">L'Anse aux Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynch_Quarry_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynch Quarry Site">Lynch Quarry Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marksville_culture" title="Marksville culture">Marksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmes_Rockshelter" title="Marmes Rockshelter">Marmes Rockshelter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowcroft_Rockshelter" title="Meadowcroft Rockshelter">Meadowcroft Rockshelter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_Verde_National_Park" title="Mesa Verde National Park">Mesa Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moaning_Cavern" title="Moaning Cavern">Moaning Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorehead_Circle" title="Moorehead Circle">Moorehead Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrison_Mounds" title="Morrison Mounds">Morrison Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moundville_Archaeological_Site" title="Moundville Archaeological Site">Moundville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mummy_Cave" title="Mummy Cave">Mummy Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nodena_site" title="Nodena site">Nodena site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocmulgee_Mounds_National_Historical_Park" title="Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park">Ocmulgee Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Fort_(Tennessee)" title="Old Stone Fort (Tennessee)">Old Stone Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orwell_Site_(Fergus_Falls,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orwell Site (Fergus Falls, Minnesota)">Orwell site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casas_Grandes" title="Casas Grandes">Paquime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painted_Bluff" title="Painted Bluff">Painted Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkin_Archeological_State_Park" title="Parkin Archeological State Park">Parkin Park</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pinson Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plum_Bayou_Mounds_Archeological_State_Park" title="Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park">Plum Bayou Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Earthworks" title="Portsmouth Earthworks">Portsmouth Earthworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_Point" title="Poverty Point">Poverty Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo_Bonito" title="Pueblo Bonito">Pueblo Bonito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rassawek" title="Rassawek">Rassawek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recapture_Canyon" title="Recapture Canyon">Recapture Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Styx_archaeological_site" title="River Styx archaeological site">River Styx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberts_Island_complex" title="Roberts Island complex">Roberts Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Eagle" title="Rock Eagle">Rock Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Hawk" title="Rock Hawk">Rock Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenstock_Village_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosenstock Village Site">Rosenstock Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Cave_National_Monument" title="Russell Cave National Monument">Russell Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_Ruins" title="Salmon Ruins">Salmon Ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_Mound" title="Serpent Mound">Serpent Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Paintings_of_Sierra_de_San_Francisco" title="Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco">Sierra de San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shell_ring_sites" title="List of shell ring sites">Shell ring sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiro_Mounds" title="Spiro Mounds">Spiro Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stallings_Island" title="Stallings Island">Stallings Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SunWatch_Indian_Village" title="SunWatch Indian Village">SunWatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taos_Pueblo" title="Taos Pueblo">Taos Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_Creek_Indian_Mound" title="Town Creek Indian Mound">Town Creek Indian Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_River_Mounds_State_Preserve" title="Turkey River Mounds State Preserve">Turkey River Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upward_Sun_River_site" title="Upward Sun River site">Upward Sun River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velda_Mound" title="Velda Mound">Velda Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Oak_Forest_Earthlodge_Site" title="West Oak Forest Earthlodge Site">West Oak Forest Earthlodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickiup_Hill" title="Wickiup Hill">Wickiup Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windover_Archeological_Site" title="Windover Archeological Site">Windover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville_site" title="Winterville site">Winterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wupatki_National_Monument" title="Wupatki National Monument">Wupatki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E8E6B4;width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Human<br />remains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anzick-1" title="Anzick-1">Anzick-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Springs_Man" title="Arlington Springs Man">Arlington Springs Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buhl_Woman" title="Buhl Woman">Buhl Woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennewick_Man" title="Kennewick Man">Kennewick Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Brea_Woman" title="La Brea Woman">La Brea Woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanderthal_Lady" title="Leanderthal Lady">Leanderthal Lady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Bone_Bed#Melbourne_Man" title="Melbourne Bone Bed">Melbourne Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Woman" title="Minnesota Woman">Minnesota Woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1on_woman" title="Peñon woman">Peñon woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Cave_mummy" title="Spirit Cave mummy">Spirit Cave mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vero_man" title="Vero man">Vero man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#E8E6B4;width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aridoamerica" title="Aridoamerica">Aridoamerica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame" title="Mesoamerican ballgame">Ballgame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_drink" class="mw-redirect" title="Black drink">Black drink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_pipe" title="Ceremonial pipe">Ceremonial pipe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chanunpa" title="Chanunpa">Chanunpa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chunkey" title="Chunkey">Chunkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_point" title="Clovis point">Clovis point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Container_Revolution_(pottery)" class="mw-redirect" title="Container Revolution (pottery)">Container Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Agricultural_Complex" title="Eastern Agricultural Complex">Eastern Agricultural Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_point" title="Eden point">Eden point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effigy_mound" title="Effigy mound">Effigy mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Ceremonial_Complex#Birdman" title="Southeastern Ceremonial Complex">Falcon dancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folsom_point" title="Folsom point">Folsom point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Corn_Ceremony" title="Green Corn Ceremony">Green Corn Ceremony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horned_Serpent" title="Horned Serpent">Horned Serpent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiva" title="Kiva">Kiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medicine_wheel" title="Medicine wheel">Medicine wheel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metallurgy_in_pre-Columbian_America#North_America" title="Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a 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title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_California" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Colorado" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Connecticut" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Delaware" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Florida" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Georgia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Hawaii" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Idaho" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Illinois" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Indiana" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Iowa" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Kansas" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in 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Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Hampshire" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Jersey" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Mexico" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_York" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_North_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_North_Dakota" title="National Register of Historic 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listings in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_South_Dakota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Texas" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Utah" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Vermont" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in 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areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Land_Between_the_Lakes_National_Recreation_Area" title="Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area">Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/National_Trails_System" title="National Trails System">National Trails System</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Trail" title="Appalachian Trail">Appalachian National Scenic Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Trail" title="Natchez Trace Trail">Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmountain_Victory_National_Historic_Trail" title="Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail">Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trail_of_Tears" title="Trail of Tears">Trail of Tears National Historic Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/National_forest_(United_States)" title="National forest (United States)">National forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_National_Forest" title="Cherokee National Forest">Cherokee National Forest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wild_and_Scenic_Rivers_System" title="National Wild and Scenic Rivers System">National Wild and Scenic Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obed_River" title="Obed River">Obed River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="National Wildlife Refuge">National Wildlife Refuges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge">Chickasaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Creeks_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge">Cross Creeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatchie_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge">Hatchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Isom" title="Lake Isom">Lake Isom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Hatchie_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge">Lower Hatchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reelfoot_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge">Reelfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge">Tennessee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wilderness_Preservation_System#Wilderness_areas" title="National Wilderness Preservation System">Wilderness areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bald_River_Gorge_Wilderness" title="Bald River Gorge Wilderness">Bald River Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Frog_Wilderness" title="Big Frog Wilderness">Big Frog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Laurel_Branch_Wilderness" title="Big Laurel Branch Wilderness">Big Laurel Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citico_Creek_Wilderness" title="Citico Creek Wilderness">Citico Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cohutta_Wilderness" title="Cohutta Wilderness">Cohutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gee_Creek_Wilderness" title="Gee Creek Wilderness">Gee Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer-Slickrock_Wilderness" title="Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness">Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Little_Frog_Mountain_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Little Frog Mountain Wilderness (page does not exist)">Little Frog Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pond_Mountain_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pond Mountain Wilderness (page does not exist)">Pond Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sampson_Mountain_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sampson Mountain Wilderness (page does not exist)">Sampson Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Unaka_Mountain_Wilderness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unaka Mountain Wilderness (page does not exist)">Unaka Mountain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System" title="List of areas in the United States National Park System">Other protected areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Fork_National_River_and_Recreation_Area" title="Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area">Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foothills_Parkway" title="Foothills Parkway">Foothills Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatlinburg_Bypass" title="Gatlinburg Bypass">Gatlinburg Bypass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Parkway" title="Natchez Trace Parkway">Natchez Trace Parkway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_state_parks_and_natural_areas" title="List of Tennessee state parks and natural areas">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;">East Tennessee<br />state parks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ridge_State_Park" title="Big Ridge State Park">Big Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington_State_Park_(Tennessee)" title="Booker T. Washington State Park (Tennessee)">Booker T. Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cove_Lake_State_Park" title="Cove Lake State Park">Cove Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountain_State_Park" title="Cumberland Mountain State Park">Cumberland Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Crockett_Birthplace_State_Park" title="David Crockett Birthplace State Park">David Crockett Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_Creek_Falls_State_Park" title="Fall Creek Falls State Park">Fall Creek Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Loudoun_State_Historic_Park" title="Fort Loudoun State Historic Park">Fort Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frozen_Head_State_Park" title="Frozen Head State Park">Frozen Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Bay_State_Park" title="Harrison Bay State Park">Harrison Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiwassee/Ocoee_Scenic_River_State_Park" title="Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park">Hiwassee/Ocoee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Mountain_State_Park" title="Indian Mountain State Park">Indian Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_P._Wilson_Cumberland_Trail_State_Park" title="Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park">Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander_Rocky_Fork_State_Park" title="Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park">Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_Dam_State_Park" title="Norris Dam State Park">Norris Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_Creek_State_Park" title="Panther Creek State Park">Panther Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Clay_State_Historic_Park" title="Red Clay State Historic Park">Red Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roan_Mountain_State_Park" title="Roan Mountain State Park">Roan Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Islands_State_Birding_Park" title="Seven Islands State Birding Park">Seven Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sycamore_Shoals_State_Historic_Area" title="Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area">Sycamore Shoals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warriors%27_Path_State_Park" title="Warriors' Path State Park">Warriors' Path</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;">Middle Tennessee<br />state parks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Capitol_Mall_State_Park" title="Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park">Bicentennial Capitol Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bledsoe_Creek_State_Park" title="Bledsoe Creek State Park">Bledsoe Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Falls_State_Park" title="Burgess Falls State Park">Burgess Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedars_of_Lebanon_State_Park" title="Cedars of Lebanon State Park">Cedars Of Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordell_Hull_Birthplace_State_Park" title="Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park">Cordell Hull Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cummins_Falls_State_Park" title="Cummins Falls State Park">Cummins Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Crockett_State_Park" title="David Crockett State Park">David Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbar_Cave_State_Park" title="Dunbar Cave State Park">Dunbar Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Evins_State_Park" title="Edgar Evins State Park">Edgar Evins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_Creek_Falls_State_Park" title="Fall Creek Falls State Park">Fall Creek Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpeth_River_State_Park" title="Harpeth River State Park">Harpeth River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Horton_State_Park" title="Henry Horton State Park">Henry Horton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnsonville_State_Historic_Park" title="Johnsonville State Historic Park">Johnsonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Hunter_State_Park" title="Long Hunter State Park">Long Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Bell_State_Park" title="Montgomery Bell State Park">Montgomery Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousetail_Landing_State_Park" title="Mousetail Landing State Park">Mousetail Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Fort_(Tennessee)" title="Old Stone Fort (Tennessee)">Old Stone Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickett_CCC_Memorial_State_Park" title="Pickett CCC Memorial State Park">Pickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Royal_State_Park" title="Port Royal State Park">Port Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_Lake_State_Natural_Area" title="Radnor Lake State Natural Area">Radnor Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_State_Park_(Tennessee)" title="Rock Island State Park (Tennessee)">Rock Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sgt._Alvin_C._York_State_Historic_Park" title="Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park">Sgt. Alvin C. York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Cumberland_State_Park" title="South Cumberland State Park">South Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Stone_State_Park" title="Standing Stone State Park">Standing Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tims_Ford_State_Park" title="Tims Ford State Park">Tims Ford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;">West Tennessee<br />state parks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Cypress_Tree_State_Park" title="Big Cypress Tree State Park">Big Cypress Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Hill_Pond_State_Park" title="Big Hill Pond State Park">Big Hill Pond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_State_Park_(Tennessee)" title="Chickasaw State Park (Tennessee)">Chickasaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Pillow_State_Historic_Park" title="Fort Pillow State Historic Park">Fort Pillow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park" title="Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park">Meeman-Shelby Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natchez_Trace_State_Park" title="Natchez Trace State Park">Natchez Trace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest_State_Park" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Landing_State_Park" title="Paris Landing State Park">Paris Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickwick_Landing_State_Park" title="Pickwick Landing State Park">Pickwick Landing</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pinson Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reelfoot_Lake_State_Park" title="Reelfoot Lake State Park">Reelfoot Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._O._Fuller_State_Park" title="T. O. Fuller State Park">T. O. Fuller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_state_forests" title="List of Tennessee state forests">State forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bledsoe_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bledsoe State Forest (page does not exist)">Bledsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedars_of_Lebanon_State_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedars of Lebanon State Forest">Cedars of Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chickasaw_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chickasaw State Forest (page does not exist)">Chickasaw</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuck_Swan_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuck Swan State Forest (page does not exist)">Chuck Swan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Franklin State Forest (page does not exist)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Tully_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Tully State Forest (page does not exist)">John Tully</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis State Forest (page does not exist)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Mountain_State_Forest" title="Lone Mountain State Forest">Lone Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Sundquist_State_Forest" title="Martha Sundquist State Forest">Martha Sundquist</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Natchez_Trace_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Natchez Trace State Forest (page does not exist)">Natchez Trace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickett_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pickett State Forest (page does not exist)">Pickett</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prentice_Cooper_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prentice Cooper State Forest (page does not exist)">Prentice Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott State Forest (page does not exist)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Stone_State_Park" title="Standing Stone State Park">Standing Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_State_Forest" title="Stewart State Forest">Stewart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#cbfb95;"><a href="/wiki/Pocket_wilderness" title="Pocket wilderness">State natural areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Auntney_Hollow_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Auntney Hollow State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Auntney Hollow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barnett%27s_Woods_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barnett's Woods State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Barnett's Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bays_Mountain_Park" title="Bays Mountain Park">Bays Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beaman_Park_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beaman Park State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Beaman Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bone_Cave" title="Big Bone Cave">Big Bone Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Campbell_Bend_Barrens_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Campbell Bend Barrens State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Campbell Bend Barrens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carroll_Cabin_Barrens_Glade_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carroll Cabin Barrens Glade State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Carroll Cabin Barrens Glade</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mr._and_Mrs._Harry_Lee_Carter_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chimneys_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chimneys State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Chimneys</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Cove_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colditz Cove State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Colditz Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couchville_Cedar_Glade_State_Natural_Area" title="Couchville Cedar Glade State Natural Area">Couchville Cedar Glade</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crowder_Cemetery_Barrens_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crowder Cemetery Barrens State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Crowder Cemetery Barrens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devils_Backbone_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Devils Backbone State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Devils Backbone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_Branch_State_Natural_Area" title="Dry Branch State Natural Area">Dry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duck_River_Complex_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duck River Complex State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Duck River Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsie_Quarterman_Cedar_Glade_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Falling_Water_Falls_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falling Water Falls State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Falling Water Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fate_Sanders_Barrens_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fate Sanders Barrens State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Fate Sanders Barrens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flat_Rock_Cedar_Glade_%26_Barrens_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flat Rock Cedar Glade & Barrens State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Flat Rock Cedar Glade & Barrens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gattinger%E2%80%99s_Cedar_Glade_%26_Barrens_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gattinger’s Cedar Glade & Barrens State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Gattinger’s Cedar Glade & Barrens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghost_River_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghost River State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Ghost River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grundy_Forest_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grundy Forest State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Grundy Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hampton_Creek_Cove_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Hampton Creek Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hawkins_Cove_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawkins Cove State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Hawkins Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hicks_Gap_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hicks Gap State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Hicks Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hill_Forest_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hill Forest State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Hill Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Honey_Creek_State_Natural_Area_(Tennessee)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Honey Creek State Natural Area (Tennessee) (page does not exist)">Honey Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_Mountain_(Knox_County,_Tennessee)" title="House Mountain (Knox County, Tennessee)">House Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hubbard%E2%80%99s_Cave_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hubbard’s Cave State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Hubbard’s Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_%26_Hester_Lane_Cedar_Glades_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John & Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area (page does not exist)">John & Hester Lane Cedar Glades</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Noel_at_Bon_Aqua_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Noel at Bon Aqua State Natural Area (page does not exist)">John Noel at Bon Aqua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Langford_Branch_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Langford Branch State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Langford Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel-Snow_State_Natural_Area" title="Laurel-Snow State Natural Area">Laurel-Snow </a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lost_Creek_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lost Creek State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Lost Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lucius_Burch_Jr._Forest_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lucius Burch Jr. Forest State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Lucius Burch Jr. Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manus_Road_Cedar_Glade_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manus Road Cedar Glade State Natural Area (page does not exist)">Manus Road Cedar Glade</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_Prairie_State_Natural_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May Prairie State Natural Area (page does not exist)">May Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Chickamauga_Creek_Gorge_State_Park" title="North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State 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