Mound Bottom

Archaeological reconstruction of the Mound Bottom, Tennessee mound complex from the mound encyclopedia. The site is enclosed by a horseshoe bend in the Harpeth River with a small, narrow band of land yielding access. It is a 500 acre site that is today a state park with restricted access. It was "found" in 1804 and had 14 large platform mounds. It was constructed in AD 700 and inhabited until 1300. Some information on the site is at the Visitors Center at the nearby Montgomery Bell State Park.

Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).