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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds - Artificial Mound in United States in The South

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 30 August 2017  Page Views: 1598

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds Alternative Name: Mound 6
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 37.76 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Jackson  Nearest Village: Pinson
Latitude: 35.497000N  Longitude: 88.6942W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds
Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds submitted by davidmorgan : The Pinson Twin Mounds. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in Tennessee.

This unusual earthwork consists of a pair of intersecting conical burial mounds. Approximately one third of the northern mound was excavated in 1983, revealing that the mound was constructed in five stages within a relatively short period of time. Several log and/or matting-covered tombs, containing the remains of 16 individuals, were exposed at the base of the mound. In one tomb, eight young women were buried, each wearing fibre headdresses decorated with copper ornaments. Other items placed with the dead include numerous shell and freshwater pearl beads, a large sheet of mica, and a pair of engraved bone rattles.

Diameter: 85ft (northern mound), 95ft (southern mound).
Height: 23ft (northern mound), 26ft (southern mound).
Age: A.D. 100 - 200.
Culture: Middle Woodland.

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Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds
Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds submitted by AKFisher : Twin Mounds detail. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds
Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds submitted by AKFisher : Twin Mounds at Pinson, Tennessee Mound Complex. It is a very large site containing over 14 mounds, and maybe once had 35. Twin Mounds is dated to AD 100-200. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds
Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds submitted by AKFisher : Historical marker at Twin Mounds, Pinson, Tennessee. In 1983 it was excavated and a tomb with 8 young females was uncovered along with various artifacts. It dates to AD 100. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds
Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds submitted by davidmorgan : The northern mound with Ozier Mound in the distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds
Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds submitted by davidmorgan : The Twin Mounds. 2nd century CE burial mounds.

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