book chapter
Pinson Mounds: a middle woodland ceremonial center
Tennessee Dept. of Conservation • (7) • Published In 1986 • Pages: vii-xiv, 1-90
By: Mainfort, Robert C., Beck, Lane A., Kwas, Mary L., Morse, Dan F., Shannon, George W..
Abstract
Mainfort describes previous research at Pinson Mounds and his own excavations for the Tennessee Department of Conservation, Division of Archaeology. 'The Pinson Mounds site includes at least 12 mounds (some of them were large platform mounds and others were burial mounds), a large geometric embankment, and associated short-term habitations aresa…' (page 4). It is one of the largest if not the largest mound group from the Middle Woodland period whether measured by acreage (400 acres) or by volume of mound fill (approximately 100,000 cubic meters). It was a unique Middle Woodland ceremonial center. Mainfort conducted excavations at Mound 5, Mound 31, Mound 10, Duck's Nest, the Duck Nest sector, and Mound 6 also known as the Twin Mounds. A major portion of this report describes Mainfort's excavations at the northern burial mound of Twin Mounds.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1981-1984
- Coverage Date
- 2050 BP-1540 BP (50 B.C.- 460 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Pinson Mounds (40MD1) and Cochran site, Tennessee, United States
- Notes
- by Robert C. Mainfort, Jr. with contributions by Lane A. Beck …. [et al.]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87)
- LCCN
- 86623095
- LCSH
- Woodland culture