Pinson Mounds State Park

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Pinson Mounds State Park is a state park in western Tennessee, USA.

Pinson Mounds, one of two state archaeological parks, is a special park, set aside to protect the prehistoric remains found there. Managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of State Parks, the Pinson Mounds grouping consists of at least 15 earthen mounds, a geometic enclosure, habitation areas and related earthworks in an area that incorporates almost 1,200 acres (4.9 km²). Pinson Mounds is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Novel by R. S. Pierpoint called After the Mardi Gras tells the tale of a Portuguese Sailor who wanders to the Indian Mounds at Pinson hundreds of years ago, marries the Chiefs grand-daughter and creates a line of Melungeons.