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Freels Farm Mounds

Archaeological sites in TennesseeCivil Works AdministrationGeography of Anderson County, TennesseeLate Woodland periodMounds in Tennessee
Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge ReservationTennessee Valley Authority

The Freel Farm Mound Site (40AN22) (formerly 7AN22) is an archaeological site and burial mound of the Woodland cultural period located on the Oak Ridge Reservation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The site was excavated in 1934 as part of the Norris Basin Survey by the Tennessee Valley Authority using labor from the Civil Works Administration under the supervision of T.M.N. Lewis. Important finds of the excavation include 17 burials and a few artifacts. The artifacts and records from the fieldwork are held by the McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Freels Farm Mounds
Bull Bluff Road, Oak Ridge

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