Sellars Farm site ( 40WI1), also known as the Sellars Farm state archaeological area and Sellars Indian mound, is a Mississippian culture

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located in

Wilson County, Tennessee Wilson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is in Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 147,737. Its county seat is Lebanon. The largest city is Mt. Juliet. Wilson County is part of the Nashville-Davidso ...

, near

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. The

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was the site of a settlement from about 1000 to 1300 CE. Today, the site is a satellite unit of

Long Hunter State Park Long Hunter State Park is a state park in Davidson County and Rutherford County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. The park is mostly situated along the eastern shores of Percy Priest Lake, an artificial lake created by an ...

. The non-profit Friends of the Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area organization conducts tours and upkeep of the site. It was listed on the

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on December 11, 1972. Numerous sandstone figurines have been unearthed on the site. One of these statues, known as "Sandy," was featured on a United States postage stamp. and is the official State Artifact of Tennessee

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Sellars Indian Mound, Lebanon, TN Mississippian • Mound Complex & Earthworks

Long Hunter State Park

Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area-walking tour brochure
Middle Mississippian culture Mounds in Tennessee Native American history of Tennessee Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Protected areas of Wilson County, Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, Tennessee {{WilsonCountyTN-geo-stub

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