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The Ellis Mounds are a complex of Native American mounds near Marysville in Union County, Ohio, United States. [1] These three mounds form an east-west line on a small ridgeline in a farm field. Believed to have been built by Hopewellian peoples , the mounds are important because they may reveal information about daily life in the Hopewell culture.
[2]: 225 The potential of these mounds for long-distance communication was demonstrated in 1990 by three groups of volunteers. After climbing the Great Mound, the first group established visual contact with the Hill-Kinder Mound in Franklin (more than 11 miles (18 km) to the northeast [ 4 ] ), from which point the observers of the second group ...
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
The Theodore B. Schaer Mound is a Native American mound in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio.Located southeast of the city of Canal Winchester in Fairfield County, [2] it is a large mound; its height is 13 feet (4.0 m), and it is 60 feet (18 m) in diameter.
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
Also known as the "Burning Mound" or the "Signal Mound" and located in Pickaway County, Ohio near the city of Circleville along the Kingston Pike, southeast of Circleville in Circleville Township. Miamisburg Mound: Once serving as an ancient burial site, the Mound is the most recognizable landmark in Miamisburg, Ohio.
In 1970, Ohio State University archaeologist Stephen C. Koleszar carried out a survey of archaeological sites in southwestern Ohio. Although six mounds had been recorded in Champaign County in 1914 — not including the Potter mound — only three mounds, including the Potter mound, were still in existence by 1970.
Norwood Mound, also known as “Indian Mound” by locals, is a prehistoric Native American earthwork mound located in Norwood, Ohio, United States, an enclave city of Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1974.