Places

There are 47 entries matching this subcategory. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

Adena Mound: The Adena Mound was located in Chillicothe at the base of the hill where Governor Thomas Worthington built his home. "Adena" is the name Worthington gave to his estate. The Adena culture (800 B.C. to 1 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people is named for the Adena Mound. . . .
Alligator Mound: Alligator Mound is an effigy mound located in Granville. The mound is 200 feet long and five to six feet high at its highest point. It is located on the top of a bluff overlooking the Raccoon Creek valley. . . .
Ater Mound: The Ater Mound was a large, conical burial mound located in Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio. It was built by the people known to archaeologists as the Hopewell Culture (circa 100 BC-AD 500). . . .
Baum Village: The Baum Village site is a large village of the Fort Ancient culture (AD 1000-1650) located along Paint Creek in Ross County, Ohio. The village covered more than ten acres and included more than 49 houses, 127 burials, and 234 storage pits. There was a flat-topped pyramid-shaped mound at the center of the village. The mound was 120 feet wide at the base and fifteen feet high. . . .
Buffington Island Mound: The Buffington Island Mound is a large, conical burial mound located along the Ohio River in Meigs County, Ohio. It is typical of mounds known to have been built by the Adena Culture (circa 800 BC-AD 100), but the cultural affiliation is not known for certain. . . .
Chillicothe Earthworks: The area near what is now Chillicothe, Ohio was in the heartland of the prehistoric Woodland cultures of Native Americans known to archaeologists as the Adena and Hopewell. The importance of this region for these ancient societies is evident in the number and variety of earthworks located in the Scioto River Valley north and south of modern Chillicothe. There are more earthworks per square mile here than in any other part of North America. . . .
Circleville Earthworks: The Circleville Earthworks were constructed by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people in what is now Circleville, Ohio. A circular earthwork consisted of an outer circular wall 1,140 feet in diameter and an inner circular wall with a ditch between them. . . .
Coon Mound: The Coon Mound was a large, conical burial mound located in The Plains in Athens County, Ohio. It was named for Gabriel Coon, the owner of the land that included the mound. . . .
Cowan Creek Mound: The Cowan Creek Mound was a conical burial mound located in Vernon Township, Clinton County, Ohio. . . .
Edwin Harness Mound: The Edwin Harness Mound site was part of the Liberty Works, a ceremonial center of the Hopewell culture (100 BC – AD 500) located in Ross County. . . .
Enon Mound: The Enon Mound is a large conical mound preserved by the Village of Enon in Clark County. . . .
Esch Mounds: The Esch Mounds were a pair of conical burial mounds located along the Huron River in Erie County, Ohio. Emerson Greenman conducted early excavations at the Esch mounds in 1930. . . .
Fairmount Mound: The Fairmount Mound is a large conical mound located on the grounds of Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Licking County. . . .
Flint Ridge: Flint Ridge is a nearly eight-mile long vein of high-quality flint located in Licking and Muskingum counties of eastern Ohio. Hundreds of quarry pits and workshop sites are scattered across more than 2,000 acres of ridgetop in these Appalachian foothills. . . .
Fort Ancient Earthworks: The Fort Ancient Earthworks are a series of earthen embankments that extend for more than three and one half miles around a high bluff along the Little Miami River in southwestern Ohio. Although it is called a "fort," it probably never served as a defensive work. . . .
Fort Hill: Fort Hill is one of the best-preserved examples in Ohio of a monumental hilltop enclosure. Prehistoric Native American people constructed it. A wall made of earth and stone winds around this prominent hilltop for more than one and a half miles. . . .
Great Circle Earthworks: The Great Circle is a large earthen enclosure that formed one part of the Newark Earthworks. The Newark site is the largest set of geometric earthworks built by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. . . .
Great Hopewell Road: The "Great Hopewell Road" is a set of parallel earthen embankments approximately three feet in height and 200-feet apart that extended from an opening in the octagonal earthwork at the Newark Earthworks at least 10 miles to the southwest. . . .
High Bank Earthworks: The High Bank Earthworks consist of a large circular embankment connected to an octagonal enclosure located along the Scioto River southeast of Chillicothe, Ohio. The circle is 1,050 feet in diameter and encloses 20 acres. . . .
Highbanks Park Earthworks: The Highbanks Park Earthworks consist of a C-shaped embankment that encloses a tall bluff overlooking the Olentangy River in Delaware County, Ohio. . . .
Hopeton Earthworks: The Hopeton Earthworks site is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC -- AD 500) ceremonial center located along the Scioto River in Ross County. It includes a large circular enclosure, 1,050 feet in diameter, attached to a square about 900 feet across. . . .
Hopewell Mound Group: The Hopewell Mound Group is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC-AD 500) ceremonial center located along the North Fork of Paint Creek in Ross County. . . .
Inscription Rock: Inscription Rock is located in Erie County on Kelleys Island. It is one of Ohio's most famous rock art sites. Ancient Indians engraved more than one hundred designs onto a huge limestone boulder on the south shore of the island. . . .
Island Creek Mound: Island Creek Mound is a publicly-accessible Indian mound near Manchester, Ohio. The mound is located along the Ohio River. . . .
Leo Petroglyph: Leo Petroglyph is located in Jackson County near Leo, Ohio. It is actually a series of petroglyphs, or rock carvings, ancient Indians chiseled into an outcropping of sandstone in southeastern Ohio. . . .
Marietta Earthworks: The Marietta Earthworks site is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC – AD 500) ceremonial center located at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers in Washington County. Originally, it included a large square enclosure surrounding four flat-topped pyramidal mounds, another smaller square, and a circular enclosure with a large burial mound at its center. . . .
Miamisburg Mound: Miamisburg Mound is one of the two largest conical mounds in eastern North America. The other is West Virginia's Grave Creek Mound. It is a burial mound built by the people that archaeologists have called the Adena culture (800 B.C. to 100 A.D.). Adena was the name Governor Thomas Worthington called his estate in Chillicothe, Ohio. . . .
Mound City Group: The Mound City Group is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC -- AD 500) ceremonial center located along the Scioto River in Ross County. It consists of 24 burial mounds framed by a large earthen enclosure shaped like a square with rounded corners. . . .
Newark Earthworks: The Newark Earthworks were the largest set of geometric earthworks ever built in Ohio. They were constructed by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. . . .
Niles-Wolford Mound: The Niles-Wolford Mound was a conical burial mound located in Pickaway County, Ohio. Raymond Baby excavated the mound in 1955. . . .
Octagon Earthworks: The Octagon Earthworks consist of a circular earthen enclosure connected to an octagonal enclosure by a short segment of parallel walls. The Octagon Earthworks formed one part of the Newark Earthworks, the largest set of geometric earthworks built by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. . . .
Piketon Mounds: The Piketon Mounds are a grouping of four conical burial mounds preserved in Mound Cemetery in Piketon, Ohio. . . .
Pollock Works: The Pollock Works site is a Hopewell culture (100 BC - AD 500) ceremonial center located in Greene County. It consists of a series of earthen embankments ranging from three to ten feet in height that partially enclose a large, 12-acre, plateau located along Massie Creek. . . .
Portsmouth Earthworks: The Portsmouth Earthworks were constructed by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C to 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. It is a large ceremonial center located at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio rivers. Much of the site is now encompassed by the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio. . . .
Saxon Petroglyphs: The Saxon Petroglyphs are a series of figures of animals, people and other more abstract or symbolic images, carved into the rock that formed the bank of the Ohio River near the small town of Saxon, Ohio. . . .
Seip Mound and Earthworks: Seip Mound is one of the largest earthen mounds built by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. - 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. . . .
Serpent Mound: Serpent Mound is a spectacular effigy earthwork of a serpent uncoiling along a prominent ridgetop in northern Adams County, Ohio. From the tip of its nose to the end of its tail, the effigy is 1,348 feet long. When it was originally described, in 1848, the body of the serpent was five feet high and 30 feet wide. . . .
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. . . .
Spruce Hill Works: Spruce Hill Works is a monumental hilltop enclosure, similar to Fort Ancient and Fort Hill. It is unique, however, in that the enclosure wall is built entirely of stones. The people known to archaeologists as the Hopewell culture built the stone wall nearly 2,000 years ago. . . .
Story Mound: Story Mound is a large, conical burial mound built by the Adena Culture (800 B.C. to 100 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people. Originally, it was 25 feet tall and 125 feet in diameter. It is similar in size to the Adena Mound and it is located in Ross County, Ohio about one mile southeast of the Adena State Memorial. . . .
Stubbs Earthworks: The Stubbs Earthworks site is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC - AD 500) ceremonial center located in Warren County. It included a large earthwork enclosure incorporating circular and rectangular elements and a smaller circular enclosure. . . .
Tarlton Cross Mound: The Tarlton Cross Mound is a symbolic earthwork located near Tarlton in Fairfield County, Ohio. It is owned by the Fairfield County Historical Parks Commission. . . .
Tremper Mound and Earthworks: The Tremper Mound and Earthworks are located in Scioto County, Ohio about five miles north of Portsmouth on a plateau overlooking the Scioto River. The Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to 500 A.D.) of prehistoric Native American people built the Tremper Mound and many of the earthworks in the Portsmouth area. . . .
Turner Earthworks: The Turner Earthworks site is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC-AD 500) ceremonial center formerly located along the Little Miami River in Hamilton County. . . .
Winchester Works Mound: Winchester Works Mound is located in Adams County, Ohio near the community of Winchester. . . .
Worthington Earthworks: The Worthington Earthworks site is a Hopewell culture (100 BC-AD 500) ceremonial center located along a high bluff overlooking the Olentangy River in Franklin County. . . .
Wright Earthworks: The Wright Earthworks are remnants of the Newark Earthworks, the largest set of geometric earthworks built by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to A.D. 500). . . .