Pinson Mounds

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Middle Woodland period site Native American mound complex archaeological site ceremonial center earthwork complex platform mound state archaeological park

Pinson Mounds is a large Middle Woodland period Native American ceremonial mound complex in western Tennessee, notable for its impressive earthworks associated with the Hopewell cultural tradition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pinson Mounds canonical 2
Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Woodland period site ⓘ
Native American mound complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
earthwork complex ⓘ
platform mound ⓘ
state archaeological park ⓘ
area over 400 acres ⓘ
associatedWith Hopewell tradition ⓘ
contains burial mounds ⓘ
linear embankments ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Middle Woodland period ⓘ
discoveredByNonIndigenous 19th-century antiquarians ⓘ
elevationFeature Sauls Mound ⓘ
function astronomical observations ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
ritual activities ⓘ
hasFacility museum ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ
hasPart Mound 10 ⓘ
Mound 12 ⓘ
Mound 29 ⓘ
Ozier Mound ⓘ
Sauls Mound ⓘ
conical mounds ⓘ
enclosures ⓘ
geometric earthworks ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
hasUse archaeological research ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
height approximately 22 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Madison County, Tennessee ⓘ
West Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: western Tennessee
managedBy Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ
namedAfter Pinson, Tennessee ⓘ
nearestCity Jackson, Tennessee ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1969 ⓘ
NRHPStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
numberOfMounds at least 15 ⓘ
officialName Pinson Mounds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park
ownership Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: State of Tennessee
partOf Pinson Mounds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
significance one of the largest Middle Woodland mound complexes in the United States ⓘ
siteType non-residential ceremonial complex ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1–500 CE ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hopewell tradition → hasSite → Pinson Mounds ⓘ
Pinson Mounds → partOf → Pinson Mounds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sauls Mound
Pinson Mounds → officialName → Pinson Mounds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park