Denmark Mound Group Explained

Denmark Mound Group
(40 MD 85)
Alternate Name:Denmark Site
Map Type:USA Tennessee
Coordinates:35.5083°N -89.0304°W
Location:DenmarkMadison County, Tennessee, USA
Region:West Tennessee
Cultures:Mississippian culture
Architectural Details:Number of monuments: 3
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Denmark Mound Group (40MD85)
Added:December 7, 1992
Refnum:92001656

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.[1] The site was added to the NRHP in 1992.

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Notes and References

  1. Masters. Multi-Staged Research at the Denmark Site, A Small Early-Middle Mississippian Town . Scott Hadley Jr. . 2013 . .