Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area

Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area, located three miles southeast of Lebanon, Tennessee, is a significant Mississippian Period site that features a large platform mound and a village area surrounded by a palisade embankment and ditch complex. This archaeological site, managed by Long Hunter State Park, encompasses 102 acres and provides insights into the lives of the Mississippian peoples who occupied the area from around AD 1100 to before AD 1400.

Notably, Sellars Farm is home to Tennessee's State Artifact, a pair of Cumberland-style stone statues discovered between 1922 and 1939. The site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has undergone extensive archaeological investigations, revealing domestic structures and burial sites that contribute to the understanding of the region's prehistoric cultures.

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