The Denmark Mound Group or Denmark Site (40MD85) is a Mississippian culture archaeological site on a low bluff overlooking Big Black Creek, a tributary of the Hatchie River near Denmark in Madison County, Tennessee. The site features include a village with over 70 structures, 2 rectangular platform mounds and a small conical burial mound as well as possible evidence of a surrounding palisade.[2] The site was added to the NRHP in 1992.[1]

Denmark Mound Group
(40 MD 85)
Denmark Mound Group is located in Tennessee
Denmark Mound Group
Location in Tennessee today
Alternative nameDenmark Site
LocationDenmarkMadison County, Tennessee, USA
RegionWest Tennessee
Coordinates35°30′30″N 89°01′49″W / 35.50832°N 89.03041°W / 35.50832; -89.03041
History
CulturesMississippian culture
Architecture
Architectural detailsNumber of monuments: 3
Denmark Mound Group (40MD85)
NRHP reference No.92001656[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 1992

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Scott Hadley Jr. (2013). Multi-Staged Research at the Denmark Site, A Small Early-Middle Mississippian Town (Masters thesis). University of Memphis.
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