Sellars Farm site

Sellars Farm site
40 WI 1
	The main mound at the site
	Shown within Tennessee
Alternative name	Sellars Farm state archaeological area, Sellars Indian mound
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
	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]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places". Retrieved November 21, 2012.
^ 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 July 5, 2010.
^ "Sandy, Tennessee's State Artifact". February 26, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

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