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Shiloh Indian Mounds
Indian Mounds

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Shiloh Indian Mounds

About 800 years ago, a town occupied the high Tennessee River bluff at the eastern edge of the Shiloh plateau. Between two steep ravines, a wooden palisade enclosed seven earthen mounds and dozens of houses. Six mounds, rectangular in shape with flat tops, probably served as platforms for the town’s important buildings. These structures may have included a council house, religious buildings, and residences of the town’s leaders. The southernmost mound is an oval, round-topped mounds in which the town’s leaders or other important people were buried.

For more information on the mounds, click on the links below:

Shiloh Indian Mounds History

Shiloh Indian Mounds Map

Shiloh Indian Mounds Archeology

Shiloh Site Bulletins

Henry Morton Stanley  

Did You Know?
Before Henry Morton Stanley discovered Dr. David Livingstone in Africa ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume"), he was a Confederate infantryman at the Battle of Shiloh. He was captured by the Federals at the battle.

Last Updated: July 14, 2006 at 10:14 EST