According to Tim Poole, Manager of Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park, the monuments are evidence of “great skills in mathematics, geometry, and physics.” 400), the mounds became a major pilgrimage center for people across the region-from as far away as Georgia and Louisiana. Built during the Middle Woodland Period (ca. Of these, 17 are easily visible today and five are large rectangular platform mounds up to 70 feet tall. Today the complex covers more than 400 acres with at least 45 man-made mounds, and there were probably more in the past. The Pinson Mounds complex, however, located in western Tennessee, has survived largely intact and is the biggest archaeological mound site in the American Southeast. Unfortunately, most of these sites have been destroyed over the years to make way for farms, highways, and new buildings. Tennessee is rich in Native American heritage, including collections of mounds and other earthworks built by large ancient communities, some with ritual functions and others to contain burials.
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