Obion Mounds
title: "Obion Mounds" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["middle-mississippian-culture", "archaeological-sites-in-tennessee", "geography-of-henry-county,-tennessee", "mounds-in-tennessee"] topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obion_Mounds" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Obion Mounds (40 HY 14) |
| location | Henry County, Tennessee |
| nearest_city | Paris, Tennessee |
| coordinates | |
| locmapin | Tennessee |
| refnum | 73001790 |
| added | May 7, 1973 |
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| name = Obion Mounds (40 HY 14) | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | location = Henry County, Tennessee | nearest_city = Paris, Tennessee | coordinates = | locmapin = Tennessee | area = | refnum = 73001790 | added = May 7, 1973 Obion Mounds (40 HY 14), also known as the Work Farm Site, is an archaeological site of the Mississippian culture located north of Paris, Henry County, Tennessee, on the north fork of the Obion River. The site is the largest Mississippian site in western Tennessee and was probably inhabited by 1000 to 1100 CE. It consists of seven platform mounds surrounding a plaza measuring 200 ft by 900 ft. The largest mound at the site was 500 ft wide by 30 ft tall with a ramp leading to its summit.
References
References
- {{NRISref. 2010a
- "Tennessee Forts".
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