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.[1]
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 [2] — 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.
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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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
40BN47
Mississippian
1940
Frazier Site[3]
64BN59
1941
Young's Landing Site
40BN60
1941
Earp Site[3]
40BN68
1941
Cherry Site[3]
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[4]
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
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
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
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[5]
40SW73
Paleo Indian
1960s
Can drive through[6]
Eastman Rockshelter
Sullivan County, TN
Site
Designation
Cultural affiliation(s)
Year(s) excavated
Status
Linville Cave[7]
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
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
Notes
^ Site data on file, Tennessee Division of Archaeology Site Survey Record, Nashville
^ Although the Wikipedia entry for Paleoindian inserts a hyphen into the word, accepted scientific and archaeological nomenclature omits this punctuation; see links under Resources below for correct usage.
^ a b c d e f Chapman, J. (2006). The Archaeological Collections at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. Frank H. McClung Museum Occasional Papers , (7), 1–34. Retrieved from https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2019/05/ArchaeologyCollectionsGuide.pdf
^ Faulkner, Charles H. (1968). "Archaeological Investigations in the Tims Ford Reservoir, Tennessee, 1966" .
^ Don W. Dragoo Archaeology of Eastern North America Vol. 1, No. 1 (SPRING 1973), pp. 1-56 Published by: Eastern States Archeological Federation Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40914129
^ "Historical crater part of local landscape | the Leaf Chronicle -- Clarksville, Tenn., and Fort Campbell | theleafchronicle.com" . Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-08-05 .
^ Franklin, Jay. "The Archaeology of Linville Cave (40SL24), Sullivan County, Tennessee" .
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