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The Adena culture existed from 500 BC into the First Century CE [1] and refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system. The Adena lived in a variety of locations, including: Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of Pennsylvania and New York. [citation needed]
The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 500 BCE [1] to 100 CE, [2] in a time known as the Early Woodland period. [3] The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system.
The Adena culture consisted of the pre-contact Native Americans who lived throughout the midwest in the areas that would become the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and most predominantly, Ohio.
Miamisburg Mound is a conical Native American Mound in Miamisburg, Ohio. At 65 feet (20 m) tall and 800 feet (240 m) in circumference, it is the largest burial mound in the Eastern United States. Built atop a hill overlooking the Miami River, it is believed to have been built by the Adena Culture between 800BC and 100AD. [2]
The Mound Cemetery Mound is a Native American mound in central Meigs County, Ohio, United States. Located in the eponymous Mound Cemetery, the mound lies north of the community of Chester in Chester Township. [1] Because the mound has never been excavated and the cemetery has cared for it, it remains in fine condition.
Miamisburg, Ohio: 800 BCE to 100 CE Adena culture: The largest conical mound in the state of Ohio, constructed by the Adena culture on a 100-foot-high bluff, the mound measures 877 feet (267 m) in circumference and its height is 65 feet (20 m). Mound City: Chillicothe, Ohio: 200 BCE to 500 CE Ohio Hopewell culture
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.
The Luthor List Mound (also known as the "Burning Mound" or the "Signal Mound" [1]) is an archaeological site of the Adena culture in the southern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in Pickaway County near the city of Circleville, [1] this Native American mound sits along the Kingston Pike, southeast of Circleville in Circleville Township. [2]