Aittafama Archaeological Park

Aittafama Archaeological Park is a Tennessee historical marker in Davidson County.

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Created in 2014, this park protects one of the few remaining undisturbed Mississippian period villages in Davidson County. The Native Americans who lived here were part of a landscape of farms, villages, and mound centers that flourished along the Harpeth River between 1250-1440 CE. By the late 1400s, Native Americans vacated Middle Tennessee after many years of drought, warfare, and political instability. The name Aaittafama' means "gathering place" in Chickasaw, a Muskogean language likely related to that spoken by Native Americans who once lived here.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Historical maps covering this location

1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1932 · Nashville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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