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The Marietta Earthworks is an archaeological site located at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers in Washington County, Ohio, United States. Most of this Hopewellian complex of earthworks is now covered by the modern city of Marietta. Archaeologists have dated the ceremonial site's construction to approximately 100 BCE to 500 CE.
All other mounds at the site were substructure platform mounds. The mound contained a number of stone box graves and log-lined tombs similar to those frequently found to the south in the Middle Cumberland Valley of Tennessee. [21] Shiloh Mound C: Shiloh Indian Mounds, Hardin County, Tennessee: 1000–1450 CE Middle Mississippian culture
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A 1914 study found fifteen mounds on the southeastern side of Indian Lake and characterized this "remarkable" group of mounds as the premier location of archeology in Logan County. [3] Another four mounds in Washington Township, which were not included in the 1914 survey, are located on Lake Ridge Island, [4] a short distance to the north of ...
Earthworks site in Ross County, Ohio. Located near: 39.317045 -83.013619 Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park: The Kolomoki Mounds are Woodland Period mounds built in Early County, Georgia. The seven earthwork mounds at the site were built between 250-950 CE by peoples of the Swift Creek and Weeden Island cultures. Lake Ridge Island Mounds
Mound Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio, is a historic cemetery developed around the base of a prehistoric Adena burial mound known as the Great Mound or Conus.The city founders preserved the Great Mound from destruction by establishing the city cemetery around it in 1801.
The Raleigh Mound (33KN32 [1]) is a Native American mound in the village of Fredericktown, Ohio, United States. Built thousands of years ago, the mound is an important archaeological site. The site's original name was "Rowley Mound", given in honor of a Mr. Rowley, the property owner.
The Keiter Mound (designated 33-Cn-15 [1]) is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located north of the city of Wilmington, [3] it sits on a wooded hill above the stream bottom of a small secondary creek, the Anderson Fork. About 5.5 feet (1.7 m) tall at its highest point, the mound measures 58 feet (18 m ...