Expanding the Spatial and Temporal Limits of the Pinson Mounds Landscape in Western TN

The monumental earthen architecture at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park (PMSAP) in West Tennessee features prominently in the archaeology of the American Midsouth. Additional mound sites, situated west and east of PMSAP, are considered the anchors in defining the broader Pinson Landscape. Recent research has dramatically reshaped how archaeologists might consider the temporal and spatial extent of this enigmatic Middle Woodland landscape and its ties to Hopewell societies in the eastern U.S.

About the speaker: Edward Henry is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University. His research is primarily focused on eastern North America, where I use methods that include geophysics, geoarchaeology, and chronological modeling to examine pre-Contact Native American landscape modification within the interconnected contexts of social, economic, and political institutions. At CSU, I serve as founder and director of CRAG (the Center for Research in Archaeogeophysics and Geoarchaeology).

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