The Pinson Mounds are a State Archeological Park in Madison County, Tennessee, USA enclosing a prehistoric Native American religious site comprising earthen mounds built during the Middle Woodland Period (c. 200 BCE - 500 CE). Although there may originally have been more, the site presently includes 15 large earthen mounds ranging up to 72 feet (22 m) in height.
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c. 200 BCE - c. 500 CEThe Middle Woodland Period during which Pinson Mounds site was created.
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1 CE - 200 CEMost likely dates for the continual construction of Pinson Mounds.
