Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Glass Mounds Archaeological Site

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2020

1. Glass Mounds Archaeological Site Marker

Inscription. Around A.D. 200, Native Americans built four earthen mounds along the West Harpeth River. These stood between 8 and 20 feet tall and contained copper artifacts, demonstrating trade between Tennessee and the Ohio valley. On behalf of the Smithsonian and the Peabody Museum at Harvard, Tennessee residents W.M. Clark and Edwin Curtis excavated two of the mounds in 1875 and 1879. Two mounds remain today. The site is named for Samuel F. Glass, who owned the property in the nineteenth century.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3D 81.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 200 CE.

Location. 35° 56.12′ N, 86° 56.085′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. It is on New Highway 96 West (State Highway 96) 0.2 miles west of Stonewater Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2121 New Highway

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96 West, Franklin TN 37064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Boyd Mill Pike / Franklin-South Harpeth Turnpike (approx. 0.6 miles away); Westhaven Community / William White Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hamilton Place (approx. 0.9 miles away); Matthew Fontaine Maury (approx. 1.7 miles away); William Irby Boyd Homestead ca. 1807 (approx. 1.9 miles away); Boyd's Mill (approx. 2 miles away); Bingham (approx. 2.2 miles away); Abram Maury (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Also see . . . Native History Association. Site dedicated to Native American

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 14, 2020

2. Glass Mounds Archaeological Site Marker

history and related historical sites in Tennessee. (Submitted on June 15, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Glass Mounds Archaeological Site image. Click for full size.

Courtesy Native History Association, April 1, 2012

3. Glass Mounds Archaeological Site

Woodland Period burial mound at the site.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 3, 2020

4. Glass Mounds Archaeological Site

Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,977 times since then and 142 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 15, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4. submitted on November 3, 2020, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.