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The McMahan Mound Site or McMahan Indian Mound is a notable archaeological site in Sevierville, Tennessee near the confluence of the Little Pigeon and the West Fork Rivers. The site consisted of a platform mound 16 feet high and 240 feet wide and traces of a large village with a palisade around it. The site was occupied between 1200 and 1500 CE by Dallas Phase peoples who belonged to the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. When scientists started investigating it in 1881, the mound was located on the McMahan family farm, hence the name. There is a sign placed by Tennessee Historical Commission that marks and describes the site of the McMahan Mound.
Forks of the River Parkway, Sevierville, TN
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