Shrum Mound

Shrum Mound, sometimes referred to as Campbell Mound, is a conical burial mound built by the people known to archaeologists as the Adena Culture (800 B.C. to 100 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. The mound is 20 feet in height and 100 feet in diameter. It has never been scientifically investigated.

The mound is named for the Shrum family who donated it to the Ohio Historical Society. It is located in Columbus, Ohio and is part of a park named for former Governor James E. Campbell.

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Shrum Mound

References and Suggested Reading

Dragoo, Don W. Mounds for the Dead: An Analysis of the Adena Culture. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1989.
Hothem, Lar. Treasures of the Mound Builders: Adena & Hopewell Artifacts of Ohio. Lancaster, OH: Hothem House Books, 1989.
Korp, Maureen. The Sacred Geography of the American Mound Builders. Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press, 1990. - Available from Amazon.com
O'Donnell, James H., III. Ohio's First Peoples. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004. - Available from Amazon.com
Ricky, Donald B., ed. Encyclopedia of Ohio Indians. St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, Inc., 1998. - Available from Amazon.com
Webb, William S., and Charles E. Snow, eds. The Adena People. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1974. - Available from Amazon.com
Woodward, Susan L., and Jerry N. McDonald. Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley: A Guide to Mounds and Earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient People. Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press, 2002. - Available from Amazon.com

Time Periods

Prior to 1650

Regions

Central Ohio

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"Shrum Mound", Ohio History Central, May 1, 2006, http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2408

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