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Prehistory of Ohio provides an overview of the activities that occurred prior to Ohio's recorded history. The ancient hunters, Paleo-Indians (13000 B.C. to 7000 B.C.), descended from humans that crossed the Bering Strait. There is evidence of Paleo-Indians in Ohio, who were hunter-gatherers that ranged
1815 map of Ohio. Starting around 1809, Shawnee leaders once again began to rally support to resist the United States. Under Shawnee chief Tecumseh, the Tecumseh's War officially began in Ohio in 1810. When the War of 1812 began, the British forces from Canada
The main Iron Age tribes in Southern Britain. The names of the Celtic Iron Age tribes in Britain were recorded by Roman and Greek historians and geographers, especially Ptolemy. Information from the distribution of Celtic coins has also shed light on the extents of the territories of the various groups that occupied the island.
The Paleo Crossing site, one of the oldest sites in Ohio, had two [5] or three [6] post holes and refuse pits that contained charcoal. From radiocarbon dating, the site was used 10,980 BP ± 75 yearsBefore Present [ 5 ] or about 9,000 B.C. [ 6 ] The post holes and an area about 150 square feet indicate that there was a structure at the site.
Ohio’s historical society is one step away from gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks maintained by a country club where members golf alongside the mounds. A trial was ...
Such large sites as Adams County, or "Sandy Springs" as it is also known, are rare among Paleo-Indian sites; most discoveries related to the people are isolated finds, [4]: 158 although a comparable archaeological district known as the Welling site has been discovered in Coshocton County, Ohio.
1840s map of Mound City. From about 200 BC to AD 500, the Ohio River Valley was a central area of the prehistoric Hopewell culture. The term Hopewell (taken from the land owner who owned the land where one of the mound complexes was located) culture is applied to a broad network of beliefs and practices among different Native American peoples who inhabited a large portion of eastern North America.
1764 map by Thomas Hutchins of Henry Bouquet's expedition showing "Old Wyandot Town" on the Ohio, just above the Forks of Muskingum, seen on the lower left side of the page. Hugh Gibson , 14, was captured in July, 1756 by Lenape Indians, outside Robinson's Fort , [ 22 ] near present-day Southwest Madison Township, Pennsylvania .