I lived in White Bluff, Tn. and there are some mounds near the Narrows of the Harpeth river. A friend took me to see some artifacts that were across the river from a mound. First he showed me an empty grave that was limestone slabs in the ground. This was hidden back in the woods a bit. Then we climbed a hill that gave a view across the river and carved in a rock at the top was a doubled edged axe. I have seen representations of these axes from South America. Also he told me that down the river there had been petroglyphs on a bluff that had been dynamited by some of the religious community because they were ‘pagan’.
There are mounds and other ethan works all over the ill being f recorded by archeologists. Probably most form the same period as those farther north up to Ohio. Not thousands of years old though.
And just think what could have been found in all the other hundreds or thousands of Mississippi Mound Cultural sites that were destroyed in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Interesting... thanks for sharing dljordan.