The Denmark Mound Group or Denmark Site (40MD85) is a Mississippian culture archaeological site on a low bluff overlooking Big Black Creek, a tributary of the Hatchie River near Denmark in Madison County, Tennessee. The site features include a village with over 70 structures, 2 rectangular platform mounds and a small conical burial mound as well as possible evidence of a surrounding palisade.[2] The site was added to the NRHP in 1992.[1]
  Location in Tennessee today | |
| Alternative name | Denmark Site |
|---|---|
| Location | Denmark, Madison County, Tennessee, USA |
| Region | West Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35°30′30″N 89°01′49″W / 35.50832°N 89.03041°W |
| History | |
| Cultures | Mississippian culture |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural details | Number of monuments: 3 |
Denmark Mound Group (40MD85) | |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001656[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 7, 1992 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Scott Hadley Jr. (2013). Multi-Staged Research at the Denmark Site, A Small Early-Middle Mississippian Town (Masters thesis). University of Memphis.
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