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In 1932, Fain W. King, a lumberman, amateur archaeologist, and Indian artifact collector from Paducah, Kentucky, who was a member of the Board of Regents of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Tuscaloosa requested and privately paid for the Alabama Museum archaeology staff to conduct the excavations of the center portions of three mounds (A ...
Indian Knoll is an archaeological site near the Green River in Ohio County, Kentucky that was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark. [1]Excavations of Indian Knoll during the Great Depression [2]: 115 were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Kentucky as part of WPA economic recovery efforts. [3]
While Clovis points and other Paleo-Indian artifacts have been found along the Tennessee River in Benton County, [10] [11] major occupation of the site didn't begin until around 6000 BC during the Middle Archaic period. Substantial occupation continued at Eva until at least 1000 BC and possibly as late as 500 BC.
Mound Hill (also known as the "Nelson Gay Mound" [1]) is an archaeological site in the Bluegrass region of the U.S. state of Kentucky.Located north of Winchester in far northern Clark County, the site is part of a group of Indian mounds lining Stoner Creek, although by far the largest of the group.
Kentucky's Green River runs through a broad alluvial plain, from which outcroppings of bedrock project. The plain is an area that was inundated during the Pleistocene by a water body dubbed Lake Green, which resulted in the deposition of large amounts of silt. The middens of this district are typically located along the prehistoric routes of ...
The Tolu Site is a prehistoric archeological site of the Mississippian culture near the unincorporated community of Tolu, Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States. It was built and occupied between 1200 and 1450 CE .
The site, located in Greenup County, Kentucky, is an earthen mound surrounded by a concentric causewayed circular embankment and ditch. It is connected to the Portsmouth Earthworks directly across the Ohio River in Portsmouth, Ohio. [2] [3] Conrad Mound Archeological Site: Located east of Cleves in Hamilton County, Ohio. Criel Mound
Some of the artifacts may be on display at the New Indian Ridge Museum. [5] Previously known as "Bell's Cave", it was used during the American Civil War as a camp. [6] Also, legend has it that Jesse James used the cave as a hide-out on his way to rob the Russellville, Kentucky bank. The property is privately owned and protected.