Sellars Farm Site
Shown within Tennessee | |
Alternative name | Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area, Sellars Indian Mound |
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Location | Lebanon, Tennessee, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA |
Region | Middle Tennessee |
Coordinates | 36°10′12.1″N 86°14′26.37″W / 36.170028°N 86.2406583°W |
History | |
Founded | 1000 CE |
Abandoned | 1300 CE |
Cultures | Mississippian culture |
Site notes | |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | platform mound |
Architectural details | Number of temples: 1 |
Sellars Indian Mound | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
NRHP reference No. | 72001256[1] |
Responsible body: State of Tennessee |
Sellars Farm Site (40WI1), also known as the Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area and Sellars Indian Mound, is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Wilson County, Tennessee near Lebanon. The platform mound was the site of a settlement from about 1000 to 1300 CE. Today, the site is a satellite unit of Long Hunter State Park. The non-profit Friends of the Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area organization conducts tours and upkeep of the site. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1972.[1]
Numerous sandstone figurines have been unearthed on the site.[2] One of these statues, known as "Sandy," was featured on a United States postage stamp.[3] and is the official State Artifact of Tennessee[4]
See also[]
- Duck River Cache
- Chucalissa
- Link Farm Mound
- Mound Bottom
- Obion Mounds
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places". Retrieved 2012-11-21.
- ^ Kevin E. Smith; James V. Miller (2009). Speaking with the Ancestors-Mississippian Stone Statuary of the Tennessee-Cumberland region. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5465-7.
- ^ "Art of the American Indians Stamps". Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "Sandy, Tennessee's State Artifact". 26 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
External links[]
Media related to Sellars Indian Mound at Wikimedia Commons
- Sellars Indian Mound, Lebanon, TN Mississippian • Mound Complex & Earthworks
- Long Hunter State Park
- Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area-walking tour brochure
- Middle Mississippian culture
- Mounds in Tennessee
- Native American history of Tennessee
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Protected areas of Wilson County, Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubs
- Middle Tennessee geography stubs