The Tennessee Division of Archaeology maintains a database of all archaeological sites recorded within the state of Tennessee. As of January 1, 2009 this catalog contains more than 22,000 sites, including both prehistoric and historic resources. In Tennessee, Prehistoric is generally defined as the time between the appearance of the first people in the region (c. 12,000 BC) and the arrival of the first European explorers (c. 1540 AD). The Historic period begins after the arrival of those Europeans and continues to the present. Both these periods are further divided into subperiods and phases using established archaeological conventions for the region.
The following list of archaeological sites in Tennessee encompasses sites that have either contributed substantially or have the potential to contribute substantially to research regarding people who have lived in what is now Tennessee. Note that a historical site is not necessarily an archaeological site. According to the Tennessee Division of Archaeology Site Survey Record, official site numbers are generally assigned to historic sites only if artifacts and/or historic documentation for that site support a pre–1933 date. Historical sites are included in the following list only if archeological field work has been conducted at the site.
The term cultural affiliation refers to the archaeological period when a site was created and/or occupied. Many sites were occupied during more than one archaeological period, and are therefore known as multicomponent. An example of a multicomponent site would be American Civil War earthworks constructed at the same location as a prehistoric Mississippian village. The cultural affiliation category in the list below refers only to periods in which the most significant occupation or event (e.g., a battle) took place at the site.
Archaeological sites recorded in Tennessee are assigned State Trinomials consisting of letter and number combinations that indicate the state and county where the site is found, and includes a sequential number identifying the specific site. For example, the trinomial 40DV11 designates the eleventh archaeological site recorded in Davidson County (DV) , Tennessee (40) .
Legend for cultural affiliations:
- Paleoindian — roughly 12,000 BC (and possibly earlier) to 8000 BC
- Archaic — c. 8000 BC to 1000 BC
- Woodland — c. 1000 BC - 1000 AD
- Mississippian — c. 900 to 1600 AD
- Cherokee — affiliated with proto-historic and historic Cherokee occupation (c. 1600-1800)
- British colonial — affiliated with Euro-American expansion, pre-1776.
- American — affiliated with Euro-American occupation or events post-1776
The sites are listed alphabetically by county.
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Lost Ridge Site |
40AN1 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1960 |
|
| University of Tennessee Farm Site |
40AN2 |
Archaic, Mississippian |
1960 |
|
| Brushy Valley Site |
40AN3 |
|
1960 |
|
| Holt Site |
40AN4 |
|
1961 |
|
| County Farm/Braden Branch Site |
40AN5 |
|
1960 |
|
| Worthington Branch Site |
40AN6 |
|
|
|
| Freels Bend Site |
40AN8 |
|
1960 |
|
| Hawkins Cave Site |
40AN14 |
|
1934 |
|
| Johnson Farm Site |
40AN15 |
Mississippian |
1934 |
|
| Taylor Farm Site |
40AN16 |
|
1934 |
|
| Lea Farm Site |
40AN17 |
|
1934 |
|
| Cox Mound/Cox Village Site |
40AN19 |
Mississippian |
1934/1960 |
|
| Bull Bluff Site |
40AN20 |
Woodland, Mississippian, Historic |
1961 |
|
| Crawford Farm Mound |
40AN21 |
Woodland |
1938 |
|
| Freels Farm Mounds |
40AN22 |
Woodland |
1934 |
|
| Freels Cabin Site |
40AN28 |
American pioneer |
1977 |
DOE-owned |
| Carden Farm Site |
40AN44 |
|
1990 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN45 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN46 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN47 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN48 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN49 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN50 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN51 |
|
1986 |
|
| Eagle Bend Site |
40AN52 |
|
1986 |
|
| Clinton Site |
40AN74 |
Woodland |
1990s |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Owl Hollow/Raus Site |
40BD46 |
|
1975 |
Submerged |
| Hendrixson Site |
40BD47 |
|
1973 |
Submerged |
| Unnamed Site |
40BD50 |
|
1975-1976 |
|
|
| Shoffner Site |
40BD55 |
Woodland |
1975 |
Submerged |
|
| Unnamed Site |
40BD75 |
|
1973 |
|
|
| Unnamed Site |
40BD123 |
Historic |
1974-1975 |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| General Surface and Shovel Tests |
40BN1 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| General Surface Collection |
40BN2 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| Danville Ferry Site |
40BN3 |
Mississippian |
1940 |
Submerged |
| Sulphur Creek Site |
40BN7 |
|
1940 |
Submerged |
| Harmon's Creek Site |
40BN8 |
|
1940 |
|
| Shoreline Surface |
40BN10 |
|
1992 |
|
| Thomas Site |
40BN11 |
Mississippian |
1990 |
|
| Eva Site |
40BN12 |
Archaic |
1940 |
Submerged |
| Bridges Site |
40BN13 |
|
1941 |
Submerged |
| Unnamed Site |
40BN14 |
|
1980 |
|
| Unnamed Site |
40BN16 |
|
1980 |
|
| West Cuba Landing Site |
40BN17 |
|
1941 |
|
| Prevatt's/Pravatts Site |
40BN20 |
|
1915 |
|
| Odle Site |
40BN23 |
|
1941 |
|
| Ledbetter Site |
40BN25 |
Archaic |
1940 |
|
| Lick Creek Site |
40BN30 |
Mississippian |
1940 |
Submerged |
| Stockdale Site |
40BN32 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1940, 1990 |
|
| Gatewood Site |
40BN47 |
Mississippian |
1940 |
|
| Frazier Site |
64BN59 |
|
1941 |
|
| Young's Landing Site |
40BN60 |
|
1941 |
|
| Earp Site |
40BN68 |
|
1941 |
|
| Cherry Site |
40BN74 |
|
1941 |
|
| McDaniel Site |
40BN77 |
|
1941 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN123 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN124 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN125 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN129 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1992 |
|
| TVA Shoreline Survey |
40BN125 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN132 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN134 |
Indeterminate Historical |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN135 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA Shoreline Survey |
40BN141 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Historic |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN142 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1992 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN150 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN151 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| General Surface Collection |
40BN152 |
Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN153 |
Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN154 |
Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN155 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN156 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN157 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN158 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN159 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN160 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN161 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN162 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN164 |
Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN165 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN166 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN167 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN168 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN169 |
Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN171 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN172 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN173 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN174 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN175 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN177 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN177 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN178 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN179 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN177 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN178 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN177 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN178 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN179 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN180 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric, Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN181 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN182 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN183 |
Indeterminate Historic |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN184 |
Woodland |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN185 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN186 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN188 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1990 |
|
| Carson-Conn-Short Site |
40BN190 |
Paleoindian |
1990s |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN191 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN192 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN193 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN194 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN195 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN198 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN199 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN224 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey |
40BN225 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1991 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Hemphill Cemetery Site |
40BS31 |
Late 19th-Early 20th century |
1986 |
|
| H. H. Beach Cemetery Site |
40BS32 |
ca. 1865 |
1986 |
|
| Cemetery Site |
40BS33 |
Historic |
1986 |
|
| Gilbert Gaul House Site |
40BS34 |
Late 19th-Early 20th century |
1986 |
|
| Newton's Ford and Stave Mill Site |
40BS35 |
Late 19th-Early 20th century |
1986 |
|
| Lewis Keedy House Site |
40BS36 |
Mid-Late 19th century |
1986 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Prater Site |
40BT2 |
|
1942 |
|
| Chilhowee |
40BT7 |
Cherokee |
1950s |
Submerged |
| Tallassee |
40BT8 |
Cherokee |
1955-1957 |
Submerged |
| Peter Cable Complex |
40BT34 |
American pioneer |
|
National park |
|
40BT47 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
c. 1990 |
|
| John Oliver Complex |
40BT55 |
American pioneer |
1980s |
National park |
| Kinzel Springs Site |
40BT89 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee |
1999–2001 |
|
| Apple Barn Site |
40BT90 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee |
1999–2001 |
|
| Pony Ride Site |
40BT91 |
Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee, American |
1999–2001 |
|
| Gas Company Site |
40BT94 |
Woodland |
1999–2001 |
|
| Sparks Bottom Site |
40BT129 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
National park |
| Chestnut Flats |
40BT133 |
Archaic, American pioneer |
|
National park |
| Spence Field |
40BT138 |
|
|
National park |
| Indian Grave Gap |
40BT140 |
|
|
National park |
| Gregory Cave |
40BT141 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
|
National park |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Rymer Site |
40BY11 |
Mississippian |
1937 |
|
| Ledford Island |
40BY13 |
Mississippian |
1938-1939 |
|
| Candy Creek |
40BY14 |
Woodland |
1939 |
|
| Rymer Site |
40BY15 |
Mississippian |
1937 |
|
| Varnell |
40BY18 |
Woodland |
1939 |
|
| Chatata |
|
|
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Heatherly Stone Mounds |
40CP1 |
Woodland |
1934 |
|
| Bowman Farm Site |
40CP2 |
Mississippian |
1934 |
|
| Saltpeter Cave |
40CP3 |
Woodland |
1934 |
|
| McCarty Farm |
40CP4 |
|
1934 |
|
| Irvin Village |
40CP5 |
Mississippian |
1934 |
|
| Richardson Farm |
40CP8 |
|
1934 |
|
| Harris Farm Site |
40CP9 |
Mississippian |
1934 |
|
| Wallace Cave |
40CP12 |
|
1934 |
|
| Bullock Cave |
40CP13 |
|
1934 |
|
| Fincastle Site |
40CP19 |
|
|
|
| Chambers Creek Shelter Site |
40CP20 |
|
1951 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Mountain Creek Survey |
40CN1 |
Archaic |
1963 |
|
| Mountain Creek Survey |
40CN2 |
Archaic |
1963 |
|
| Mountain Creek Survey |
40CN3 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1963 |
|
| Hoover-Beeson Rockshelter |
40CN4 |
|
1963 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Chandler Site |
40CL64 |
Woodland |
1991 |
|
| Glisson Site |
40CL65 |
Archaic |
1991 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Fudd-Campbell Site |
40CR3 |
Woodland |
1962, 1980-1981 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Pack Site |
40CH1 |
Mississippian |
1936 |
|
| Woodard Mound |
40CH3 |
Woodland |
1936 |
|
| Mound Bottom |
40CH8 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1936, 1940 |
State archaeological site |
| Mound Bottom |
40CH10 |
|
1936, 1940 |
|
| Mound Bottom |
40CH11 |
|
|
State archaeological site |
| Ashland Bridge Site |
40CH73 |
|
1983-1984 |
|
| Patterson Forge |
40CH87 |
American industry |
|
State park |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Pierce Site |
40CS24a |
Paleo-Indian |
1970s |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Ausmus Farm |
40CE10 |
|
1934 |
|
| Ausmus Cave |
40CE20 |
Mississippian |
1934 |
|
| Cheek Site |
40CE28 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Doug Young Site |
40CE56 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Essary Site |
40CE40 |
Archaic |
|
|
| Tazewell Fortification |
40CE109 |
|
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Stardust Sites I-III |
40CY63-65 |
Archaic, Woodland |
2001 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Dutch Bottom Site |
40CK4 |
|
|
|
| Ranklin Site |
40CK6 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1960 |
|
| Del Rio Site |
40CK7 |
Woodland |
1968 |
|
| Bible Site |
40CK11 |
Woodland |
1966 |
|
| Swaggerty Blockhouse |
40CK201 |
American pioneer/American agricultural |
2001 |
Private property |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Old Stone Fort |
40CF1 |
Woodland |
1966 |
State Park |
| Hickerson Site |
40CF2 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1971-1975 |
|
| Powers IV |
40CF3 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1971-1975 |
|
| Powers V |
40CF4 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1971-1975 |
|
| Parks Site |
40CF5 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1966-1967, 1971-1975 |
|
| York Site |
40CF10 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972-1975 |
|
| Eoff I/Neal I |
40CF32 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973, 1975 |
|
| Banks I |
40CF34 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972, 1974-1975 |
|
| Nowlin II |
40CF35 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972, 1974-1975 |
|
| Jernigan I |
40CF36 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1974 |
|
| Jernigan II |
40CF37 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973-1974 |
|
| Neel II |
40CF40 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972 |
|
| Rhoton Cave |
40CF46 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972 |
|
| Riddle Site |
40CF59 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973, 1975 |
|
| Hicks I |
40CF62 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972-1973 |
|
| Boyd I |
40CF68 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973 |
|
| Aaron Shelter |
40CF69 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1975 |
|
| Sterling Shelter |
40CF73 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973 |
|
| Davidson Branch |
40CF74 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973-1974 |
|
| Wiser I |
40CF80 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1977 |
|
| Wiser-Stephens I |
40CF81 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973, 1975, 1976 |
|
| Blanton III |
40CF82 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1975 |
|
| Richardson-Soesbe |
40CF88 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973-1974 |
|
| Duke I |
40CF97 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973, 1975 |
|
| Barton Site |
40CF102 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972 |
|
| Anthony Site II |
40CF104 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973-1974 |
|
| Eoff III |
40CF107 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973 |
|
| Bank III |
40CF108 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1972-1973 |
|
| Banks V |
40CF111 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973-1974 |
|
| Banks II |
40CF113 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1973-1974 |
|
| Ewell III |
40CF118 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1974 |
|
| Cascade Distillery Site |
40CF237 |
American industry |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Unnamed Camp Site |
40CT9 |
Archaic |
1985 |
|
| Unnamed Camp Site |
40CT10 |
Archaic |
1985 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Buchi Site |
40DV1 |
|
1936 |
|
| Hermann SIAS#96 |
40DV2 |
|
1972 |
|
| Noel Stone-Grave Cemetery/Cain's Chapel |
40DV3 |
|
1981 |
|
| East Nashville Mounds |
40DV4 |
Mississippian |
1868, 1992 |
|
| French Lick |
40DV5 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1821, 1860s, 1880s, 1992, 2014 |
Mississippian features partially excavated during construction of First Tennessee Ball Park in 2014. Parts of the site are intact. |
| Widemeier Site |
40DV9 |
Paleo-Indian, Archaic |
|
|
| Traveller's Rest |
40DV11 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| West Site |
40DV12 |
Mississippian |
1964-1970 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV18 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV19 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV20 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV21 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV22 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV23 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV24 |
|
1963 |
|
| J. Percy Priest Survey Site |
40DV25 |
|
1963 |
|
| Prison Farm "B" |
40DV35 |
Archaic, Mississippian |
1969 |
|
| Brick Church Pike Site |
40DV39 |
Mississippian |
1878, 1969, 1973 |
|
| Brick Church Mound and Village Site |
40DV39 |
Mississippian |
1877, 1969, 1971-2001 |
Destroyed for residential development |
| First American Cave, Regions Center (Nashville) |
40DV40 |
Ice Age fauna, Woodland |
1971 |
|
| The Hermitage |
40DV100 |
American plantation |
|
Museum |
| The Ensworth School |
40DV184 |
Paleoindian, Archaic, Mississippian |
2003 |
Destroyed |
| Kelley's Battery |
40DV392 |
Mississippian, American military |
|
|
| Drennon Site |
40DV447 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Hermitage Springs |
40DV551 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Oak View Landing Site |
40DR1 |
|
1941 |
|
| Hog Creek Site |
40DR2 |
Woodland |
1941 |
|
| TVA General Survey Site |
40DR3 |
|
1991 |
|
| Burton's Landing Site |
40DR1 |
Woodland |
1941 |
|
| TVA General Survey Site |
40DR8 |
|
1991 |
|
| Carrington Site |
40DR11 |
Woodland |
1941 |
|
| TVA General Survey Site |
40DR14 |
|
1991 |
|
| TVA General Survey Site |
40DR15 |
|
1991 |
|
| Burnt Under Bridge Site |
40DR17 |
|
1941 |
|
| Lower Sellpaws Site |
40DR25 |
|
1941 |
|
| Sam Gotham Site |
40DR26 |
|
1941 |
|
| West Britt's Landing Site |
40DR43 |
Woodland |
1941 |
|
| Burton's Spring Site |
40DR62 |
|
1941 |
|
| Beech River Site |
40DR69 |
|
1966 |
|
| Beech River Site |
40DR70 |
|
1966 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Ames Plantation Site |
40FY2 |
Historic |
1963, 1969 |
|
| Lucky 7 Site |
40FY436 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Owl Hollow |
40FR7 |
Woodland |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Mason Site |
40FR8 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Rollins I Site |
40FR9 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Rollins II Site |
40FR10 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Hopkins Site |
40FR11 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Willis Lake Bridge I Site |
40FR12 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Brickyard Site |
40FR13 |
Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1966-1967 |
Submerged |
| Willis Lake Bridge II Site |
40FR14 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Willis Lake Bridge III Site |
40FR15 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Tucker Rock Shelter |
40FR16 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Wiseman Cave Site |
40FR17 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Spencer I Site |
40FR18 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Spencer II Site |
40FR19 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Grammer Site |
40FR20 |
Woodland |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Anderson Site |
40FR27 |
Paleoindian, Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Wiseman Shelter Site |
40FR37 |
|
1966 |
Submerged |
| Petersburg Site |
40FR42 |
Archaic |
1966 |
Submerged |
| Salvage Site |
40FR47 |
Woodland |
1970 |
Submerged |
| Griffin Rockshelter Site |
40FR151 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1974 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Unnamed Site |
40GB41 |
Paleoindian |
1991 |
|
| Blackmore Mound |
40GB42 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1991 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Parker's Pasture |
40GL25 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Elk River Fortification |
40GL54 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, American military (Civil War) |
None |
Private |
| Johnson May Site |
40GL85 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Camp Creek Site |
40GN1 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1956-1957 |
|
| Lick Creek Site |
40GN2 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Surface Survey Site |
40GN3 |
|
|
|
| Surface Survey Site |
40GN4 |
|
|
|
| Surface Survey Site |
40GN5 |
|
|
|
| Ebenezer Site |
40GN6 |
Woodland |
1956, 1967 |
|
| Chiaha Site |
40GN9 |
|
|
|
| Wilhoite Site |
40GN10 |
|
|
|
| Yellow House Site |
40GN11 |
|
|
|
| Davy Crockett Birthplace |
40GN12 |
Woodland, American pioneer |
1977 |
State park |
| Birdwell Site |
40GN228 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Neas Site |
40GN229 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Samuel Doak Plantation |
40GN257 |
American pioneer |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Ravens Cliff Site |
40GY3 |
|
|
|
| Testing Provenience Site |
40GY11 |
|
1973 |
|
| Testing Provenience Site |
40GY14 |
|
1973 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Dallas Island |
40HA1 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1930s |
Submerged |
| Davis Site |
40HA2 |
|
1936 |
|
| Hixon Site |
40HA3 |
Mississippian |
1930s |
|
| Sale Creek Site |
40HA10 |
|
1937 |
|
| LeCroy Site |
40HA43 |
Mississippian |
1940s, 1950s |
|
| Moccasin Bend |
40HA63 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1964 |
National Archaeological District, part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park |
| MacLellan Island |
40HA64 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
Owned by Audubon Society |
| Citico |
40HA65 |
Mississippian |
1915; 1979 |
Threatened with housing development |
| Audubon Acres |
40HA84 |
Mississippian |
|
Owned by Audubon Society |
| Vulcan Archaeological Site |
40HA140 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Hampton Place Archaeological Site |
40HA146 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
Part of Moccasin Bend National Archaeological District, part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park |
| Mallards Dozen Archaeological Site |
40HA147 |
Archaic, Woodland |
|
part of Moccasin Bend National Archaeological District, part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park |
| David Davis Site |
40HA301 |
Mississippian |
2008 |
Destroyed for industrial development; location of material collected unknown |
| Woodland Mound Archaeological District |
|
Woodland |
|
on state property |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Davis Bridge Battlefield |
40HM106 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Swallow Bluff Island Mounds |
40HR16 |
Mississippian |
2003 |
Private |
| Shiloh Battlefield Site |
40HR179 |
American military |
|
national military park |
| Shiloh Indian Mounds |
|
Woodland, Mississippian |
|
National historic landmark |
The Holliston Mills site, a Mississippian town in Upper East Tennessee, is located on the north bank of the Holston River south of Kingsport in Hawkins County, Tennessee. The site was excavated by members of the Tennessee Archaeological Society between 1968 and 1972. It was excavated in ten-foot blocks using six-inch levels, revealing a large late prehistoric (and perhaps protohistoric) town represented by at least two palisades, more than 660 burials, a large public structure, and several smaller domestic structures. The excavators initially reported the recovery of what they believed to be Cobb Island pottery in the plow zone and much Dallas material from the level excavations, but they also noted that the site had been looted prior to their excavations. There is little, if any, Cobb Island pottery, but there are some Pisgah ceramics.
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Holliston Mills Site |
40HW11 |
Mississippian |
1968-1972 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Parker's Crossroads Battlefield |
40HE118 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Williams Site |
40HY1 |
|
1939 |
|
| Centerville Landing Site |
40HY4 |
|
1939 |
|
| Thompson Village |
40HY5 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1939 |
|
| McAdoo Site |
40HY10 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1939 |
|
| Kays Landing Site |
40HY13 |
|
1940 |
|
| Obion Mounds |
40HY14 |
Mississippian |
1940 |
|
| Big Sandy Site |
40HY18 |
|
1940 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Gordon Site |
|
Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Oldroy Site |
40HI131 |
Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Mayberry Site |
40HI133 |
Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Slayden Site |
40HS1 |
Mississippian |
1935 |
|
| Bone Site |
40HS2 |
|
1935 |
|
| Rice Site |
40HS3 |
Mississippian |
1935 |
|
| Link Farm Site |
40HS6 |
Mississippian |
1936, 1963 |
|
| Patterson Site |
40HS12 |
Mississippian |
1942 |
|
| Hobbs Site |
40HS60 |
Mississippian |
1942 |
|
| Nuckolls Site |
40HS60 |
Paleo-Indian |
|
|
| Johnsonville Site |
40HS159 |
Historic |
1982-1984 |
|
| Fairchance Furnace Site |
40HS168 |
American industry |
|
|
| Johnsonville Battlefield |
|
American military |
|
State park |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Fort Blount |
40JK125 |
American frontier, Middle Woodland |
1989–1994 |
|
| Austin Peay Bridge Site |
40JK129 |
Archaic |
|
|
| Moore Bottom |
40JK145 |
Archaic |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Fains Island Site |
40JE1 |
Mississippian |
1935 |
|
| Zimmerman's Island Site |
40JE2 |
Mississippian |
1942 |
Submerged |
| Indian Walk Shoals Site |
40JE9 |
|
|
|
| McBee Mound/Loy Site |
40JE10 |
|
1980-1990 |
|
| Taylor Bend Site |
40JE25 |
Archaic |
1973 |
|
| Taylor Bend Site |
40JE26 |
Archaic |
1973 |
|
| Strawberry Plains Fortification Site |
40JE41-44 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Wagner Island Site |
40JN89 |
|
1984 |
|
| Wagner Island Site |
40JN90 |
|
1984 |
|
| Lake Hole Cave |
40JN159 |
Mississippian |
1990s |
National forest |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Copper Ridge |
40KN2 |
|
1961 |
|
| Looney Island Village Midden |
40KN4 |
|
1961 |
|
| Henson Spring Branch |
40KN5 |
Woodland |
1951 |
|
| Blow's Bend |
40KN9 |
Woodland |
1958, 1966 |
|
| Surface Collection |
40KN10 |
Woodland |
1966 |
|
| Grant Island |
40KN11 |
|
1914, 1942 |
|
| Cox Island |
40KN12 |
|
1914, 1964 |
|
| Topside Tip |
40KN13 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1952 |
|
| Little River Shoals |
40KN14 |
|
1955-1967 |
|
| Sequoyah Hills Mound/Fischer |
40KN15 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1914, 1953 |
|
| U.T. Agriculture Farm Mound |
40KN16 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Post Oak Island |
40KN23 |
Mississippian |
|
Submerged |
| Copper Ridge |
40KN25 |
Woodland |
1961 |
Submerged |
| Cruikshank Bend |
40KN27 |
|
1961 |
|
| Peak Site |
40KN28 |
|
1961 |
|
| Bowling Site |
40KN29 |
|
1961 |
|
| Surface Collection |
40KN31 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1961 |
|
| Lyons Island |
40KN36 |
Woodland |
1958, 1966, 1975 |
|
| Montgomery Site |
40KN39 |
Woodland |
1961 |
|
| Cherokee Farm Site |
40KN45 |
Archaic, Woodland, Historic |
1960s |
|
| Boyd Island Site |
40KN47 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1961, 1965 |
|
| Webster Site |
40KN49 |
Archaic |
1961 |
|
| Hansard Farm Site |
40KN51 |
Mississippian |
1973 |
|
| Surface Collection |
40KN54 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1975, 1981 |
|
| Surface Collection |
40KN65 |
Woodland, Historic |
1981 |
|
| Surface Collection |
40KN73 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1983 |
|
| Mabry House/Pace House |
40KN86 |
|
1995 |
|
| Tyson Park |
40KN119 |
Historic |
1984 |
|
| Ramsey House |
40KN120 |
American plantation |
1995 |
Museum |
| Marble Springs |
40KN125 |
American pioneer |
|
State historic site |
| Matt Russell House |
40KN127 |
Historic |
1988 |
|
| Surface Collection |
40KN132 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1961 |
|
| Sevierville Hill Site |
40KN142 |
American military |
|
|
| Courthouse Block Site |
40KN145 |
Historic |
1996 |
|
| Bull Run No. 1 Site |
40KN181 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1988 |
|
| Bull Run No. 2 Site |
40KN192 |
Archaic |
1988 |
|
| Bull Run No. 19 Site |
40KN193 |
Indeterminate Prehistoric |
1988 |
|
| Caylor Site |
40KN266 |
|
1961 |
|
| William Blount Mansion |
|
American pioneer |
|
National Historic Landmark |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Foxhole Site |
40LK10 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Cremaillere Line Fortification |
40LK54 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Fort Pillow |
40LA50 |
American military |
|
state park |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Huntland Site |
40LN1 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1966 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Bussell Island |
40LD17 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee |
1970s |
Location of Tellico Dam |
| Mainland Village |
40LD18 |
Mississippian |
1980-1981 |
|
| Bat Creek Site |
40LD24 |
Mississippian |
1971 |
Partially submerged |
| Jackson Bend Mound Site |
40LD35 |
Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee, Historic |
1977 |
|
| Bacon Farm Site |
40LD35 |
Archaic |
1976 |
|
| Iddins Site |
40LD38 |
Archaic |
1970s |
|
| Henry Site |
40LD53 |
Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee, Historic |
1981 |
|
| Morganton |
40LD105 |
American river town |
1978 |
Submerged |
| Wear Bend Site |
40LD107 |
Cherokee |
1979 |
Submerged |
| Lay Site |
40LD127 |
Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee, Historic |
1977 |
Submerged |
| Tipton-Dixon House |
40LD179 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Kittrell Mound |
40LD183 |
|
1985 |
|
| Kimberly-Clark Site |
40LD208 |
Mississippian |
1989 |
|
| Loudon Fortification |
40LD211-212, etc. |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Bugtussle |
40MC1 |
American military |
1983 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Pinson Mounds |
40MD1 |
Woodland |
1960s, 1970s, 1980s |
State archaeological park |
| Johnston Mound Complex |
40MD3 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Cochran Site |
40MD23 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1970s |
Grouped with Pinson Mounds |
| Denmark Mound Group |
40MD85 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Pittman-Alder |
40MI5 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1964 |
Submerged |
| Westmoreland-Barber |
40MI11 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1964 |
Submerged |
| Bible |
40MI15 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1965 |
Submerged |
| Lay |
40MI20 |
Woodland |
1965 |
Submerged |
| Nickajack Cave |
40MI108 |
|
1960s |
Submerged |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Mouse Creek Site |
40MN3 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1930s, 1980s |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Big Hill Pond Fortification |
40MY95 |
American military |
|
|
| Wray's Bluff Fortification |
40MY111 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Hiwassee Island |
40MG31 |
Mississippian |
1930s |
state wildlife refuge |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Fort Loudoun |
40MR1 |
English colonial military |
1936, 1975-1976 |
Original site raised with fill; fort reconstructed |
| Chota |
40MR2 |
Cherokee |
1939, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974 |
Submerged; monument in raised area |
| Mialoquo |
40MR3 |
Cherokee |
1977 |
Submerged |
| Tomotley |
40MR5 |
Mississippian, Cherokee |
1967, 1973, 1974, 1976 |
Submerged |
| Toqua |
40MR6 |
Mississippian, Cherokee |
1975-1978 |
Submerged |
| Citico |
40MR7 |
Archaic, Mississippian, Cherokee |
1967-1968, 1978 |
Submerged |
| Halfway Town |
40MR8 |
Cherokee |
1970s |
Submerged |
| Great Tellico/Chatuga |
40MR12 |
Cherokee |
|
|
| Pate Mound |
40MR16 |
|
1981 |
|
| Galyon Farm |
40MR19 |
|
1967 |
|
| Martin Farm Site |
40MR20 |
Mississippian |
1967-1968, 1975 |
Submerged |
| Harrison Branch |
40MR21 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1971, 1975 |
Submerged |
| Icehouse Bottom |
40MR23 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1969, 1970-1971, 1975, 1977 |
Submerged |
| John Carson Site |
40MR24 |
Historic Overhill Cherokee |
1967, 1977 |
|
| Bacon Bend Site |
40MR25 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1967, 1977 |
Submerged |
| Mayfield I |
40MR26 |
|
1967 |
|
| Mayfield II |
40MR27 |
|
1967 |
|
| McGhee Cabin |
40MR30 |
|
1967, 1973 |
|
| Starnes-Kahite |
40MR32 |
Cherokee |
1967-1968 |
|
| Patrick Site |
40MR40 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1972-1973, 1975 |
|
| Calloway Island |
40MR41 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1976 |
Submerged |
| Rose Island |
40MR44 |
Archaic, Woodland |
1973-1974 |
submerged |
| Patrick Quarry Site |
40MR45 |
|
1979 |
|
| Hodge Site |
40MR46 |
|
1973 |
|
| Tuskegee |
40MR24, 40MR64 |
Cherokee |
1975 |
Submerged |
| Tellico Blockhouse |
40MR50 |
American military |
1972-1974 |
State park |
| Tanasi |
40MR62 |
Cherokee |
1962 |
Submerged; marked by monument |
| Howard Site |
40MR66 |
Archiac |
1976 |
|
| Peery I Site |
40MR67 |
|
1976 |
|
| Virginia Fort |
40MR71 |
English colonial military |
1976 |
|
| Jones Ferry Site |
40MR76 |
|
1976, 1979 |
|
| Bell Rattle |
40MR211 |
|
1981 |
|
| Sloane Bridge Site |
40MR226 |
|
1981 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Dunbar Cave |
40MT43 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
State park |
| Riverview Mounds |
40MT44 |
Mississippian |
|
| Fort Defiance/Fort Bruce |
40MT287 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Faust Shelter |
40MO8 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1965 |
|
| Prison Hill Site |
40MO161 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
|
part of Brushy Mountain prison complex |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Kenton Mound Group |
40OB4 |
Mississippian |
1991 |
|
| Oliver Site |
40OB161 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1991 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Sanford Rock |
40PY1 |
|
1936 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Huddleston-Little Cabin |
40PT38 |
American pioneer |
|
|
| Smyrna Schoolhouse |
40PT39 |
American pioneer |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Ocoee |
40PK1 |
Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee |
1930s |
|
| Hiwassee Old Town |
40PK3 |
Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee |
1980s |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Atkins Site |
40PM85 |
|
1992 |
|
| Bilbrey Site |
40PM89 |
|
1992 |
|
| Wiley Site |
40PM90 |
|
1992 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Upper Hampton Farm Site |
40RH1 |
Mississippian |
1914 |
|
| Leuty Site |
40RH6 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1940 |
|
| McDonald Site |
40RH7 |
|
1940 |
|
| McDonald Place Mound Site |
40RH11 |
|
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Abel Farm Site |
40RH12 |
Mississippian |
1987-1988 |
|
| Butler Place Mounds Site |
40RH14 |
Mississippian |
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Biss Place Mounds Site |
40RH15 |
Mississippian |
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Long Island Mounds Site |
40RH17 |
|
1914 |
|
| Hood Place Mound Site |
40RH20 |
Mississippian |
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Ewings Place Mounds Site |
40RH21 |
|
1914 |
|
| Evans Place Mounds Site |
40RH23 |
|
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Huffine Ferry Mounds Site |
40RH24 |
|
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Cave Creek Mounds Site |
40RH26 |
|
1914 |
|
| Spence Place Mounds Site |
40RH28 |
|
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Hoyal Ferry Mounds Site |
40RH29 |
|
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Gillespie Landing Mounds Site |
40RH30 |
Mississippian |
1914, 1987-1988 |
|
| Mounds near mouth of Mud Creek Site |
40RH32 |
|
1914 |
|
| Hiwassee Garrison Site |
40RH35 |
American pioneer |
|
|
| Spivey Site |
40RH39 |
Woodland |
1940 |
|
| Hampton Site |
40RH41 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1914, 1940 |
|
| Smith Site |
40RH42 |
Woodland |
1940 |
|
| Wheelock Place Mounds Site |
40RH43 |
|
1914 |
|
| Kimborough Place Mounds Site |
40RH45 |
|
1914 |
|
| Red Cloud Ferry Mound Site |
40RH46 |
|
1914 |
|
| Hope Place Mounds Site |
40RH47 |
|
1914 |
|
| Cagle Place Mounds Site |
40RH48 |
|
1914 |
|
| Watts Bar Waste Site |
40RH64 |
|
1979 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Bell Site |
40RE1 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Historic |
1935 |
|
| Alford Site |
40RE4 |
Woodland |
1940 |
|
| Wilson Site |
40RE6 |
Woodland |
1972 |
|
| Montgomery Site |
40RE8 |
Mississippian |
1972 |
|
| Dearmond Site |
40RE12 |
Woodland |
1940 |
|
| Long Island Site |
40RE17 |
Mississippian |
1941 |
|
| Thief's Neck Site |
40RE19 |
Mississippian |
1942 |
|
| Jones Island Site |
40RE28 |
Woodland |
1982 |
|
| Tarwater Site |
40RE33 |
|
1941 |
|
| Dave DeArmond Site |
40RE53 |
|
1941 |
|
| Hensley Site |
40RE33 |
Woodland |
1941, 1974 |
|
| Powell Site |
40RE99 |
Woodland |
1972 |
|
| Elben Cave Site |
40RE118 |
|
1964 |
|
| Fort Southwest Point |
40RE119 |
American military |
1970s, 1980s |
Museum |
| Davis-Noe Site |
40RE137 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Black Creek Furnace Site |
40RE150 |
|
1965 |
|
| Red Velvet Spider Rockshelter |
40RE243 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Sam Davis Home |
40RD23 |
American plantation |
|
|
| Stones River Battlefield |
40RD177 |
American military |
|
National battlefield |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Hudlow Site |
40SQ5 |
|
1973 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| McMahan Mound Site |
40SV1 |
Mississippian |
1984-1987 |
|
| Henderson Site |
40SV4 |
Mississippian |
1969 |
|
McCroskey Island |
40SV43 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
1987, 1993, 1996 |
|
| Lawson Home Site |
40SV51 |
|
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Chucalissa |
40SY1 |
Mississippian |
|
state park |
| Hilderbrand House |
40SY615 |
American plantation |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Beasley Mounds Site |
40SM43 |
Mississippian |
1895 |
|
| Battery Knob Earthworks |
40SM134 |
American military |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Gray Farm Site |
40SW1 |
Woodland |
1939 |
|
| Standing Rock Site |
40SW2 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1939 |
|
| Leatherwood Creek Site |
40SW13 |
|
1990 |
|
| Indian Bluff Site |
40SW20 |
Mississippian |
1939 |
|
| Bellwood Furnace Site |
40SW21 |
|
|
|
| Stone Site |
40SW23 |
|
1959 |
|
| Hogan Site |
40SW23 |
|
1962 |
|
| Wallace Site |
40SW32 |
|
1962 |
|
| Buchanan Site |
40SW33 |
|
1962 |
|
| Rails Site |
40SW33 |
|
1959 |
|
| Shamble Mound Site |
40SW41 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1959 |
|
| Brake Site |
40SW43 |
|
1962 |
|
| Allen Site |
40SW47 |
|
1959, 1962 |
|
| Coleson Site |
40SW52 |
|
1962 |
|
| Gafford Site |
40SW59 |
|
1962 |
|
| Hamilton Site |
40SW60 |
|
1962 |
|
| Brigham's Site |
40SW69 |
Mississippian |
1962 |
|
| Wells Creek Crater |
40SW73 |
Paleo Indian |
1960s |
Can drive through |
Eastman Rockshelter Sullivan County, TN
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Linville Cave |
40SL24 |
Woodland |
|
|
| Cain/Wolford Site |
40SL31 |
|
1975 |
Submerged |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Bledsoe's Station |
40SU32 |
American pioneer |
1990s |
Public park |
| Camp Trousdale Site |
40SU107 |
American military |
|
|
| Castalian Springs |
40SU14 |
Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Rutherford-Kizer Mound Group |
40SU15 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Wynnewood |
40SU75 |
|
|
state historic site |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Island 35 Mastodon |
40TP84 |
Pleistocene Faunal |
1900 |
Destroyed |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Ken Farm/Lock#6 Quarry Site |
40TR90 |
Historic |
2015 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| McCarty Farm Site |
40UN4 |
|
1934 |
|
| Hill Farm Site |
40UN6 |
|
1934 |
|
| Wilson Farm Site |
40UN7 |
|
1934 |
|
| Walters Farm Site |
40UN11 |
|
1934 |
|
| Stiner Farm Site |
40UN18 |
|
1934 |
|
| George Snoderly Homestead Site |
40UN33 |
Historic |
1934, 1983 |
|
| Houck Snoderly Homestead Site |
40UN36 |
Historic |
1934, 1983 |
|
| J.M. Turner Homestead Site |
40UN37 |
Historic |
1934, 1983 |
|
| Esther B. Nelson Homestead Site |
40UN38 |
Historic |
1934, 1983 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Big Bone Cave |
40VB103 |
Woodland, American |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Cardwell Mountain |
40WR15 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Myers Mound |
40WR5 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Plum Grove Archaeological Site (Jackson Farm Site) |
40WG17 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
1976- Current |
Active |
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| General Surface and Shovel Test |
40WY73 |
|
1991 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Barner Site |
40WK83 |
Woodland |
1991 |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Cherry Creek Mound |
40WH65 |
Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Indian Cave |
40WH43 |
Woodland, Mississippian |
|
|
| Officer Cave |
40WH98 |
|
1980s |
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Fewkes Group Archaeological Site |
40WM1 |
Mississippian |
1920, 1998 |
NRHP |
| Old Town Archaeological Site |
40WM2 |
Mississippian |
1920, 1998 |
NRHP |
| Anderson Site |
40WM9 |
Archaic |
1980-1981 |
|
| Kellytown Site |
40WM10 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Coats-Hines Site |
40WM31 |
Paleo-Indian |
1995 |
|
| Carnton Site |
40WM32 |
American plantation |
|
National historic landmark |
| Harpeth Furnace Site |
40WM83 |
American industry |
|
|
| Roper's Knob Fortifications Site |
40WM101 |
American military |
|
|
| Triune Fortification Site |
40WM106 |
American military |
|
|
| Brentwood Library Site |
40WM210 |
Mississippian |
|
|
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Sellars Indian Mound |
40WI1 |
Mississippian |
|
Managed by Long Hunter State Park |
Location not publicized
| Site |
Designation |
Cultural affiliation(s) |
Year(s) excavated |
Status |
| Mud Glyph Cave |
|
Mississippian |
1980s |
|
See also
Tennessee Division of Archaeology
History of Tennessee
Resources
- Frank H. McClung Museum
- The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
- Tennessee Archaeology: A Synthesis
- Tennessee Archaeology Network
- Southeastern Archaeological Center Outline of Prehistory and History
- Archaeological Investigations in the Tims Ford Reservoir, Tennessee, 1966
