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Hopewell
By
Maximilian O.
The Comparative Archaeology WEB
(Copy Right © 2000 – February 8, 2005. All rights reserved)
Maps
- Online
county maps with location of archaeological and historical sites in Ohio
- Detailed
map of Ohio and its Rivers
- Geologic
maps of Ohio free form the Ohio
Geological Survey
- U.S.
Geological Survey topographic maps of Ohio (description and price
list)
The Hopewell Group, NW of Chillicothe , Ohio
Location
in NW Ross County (Site location not marked on this map.)
Mound
2 Textile Fragment (Enlarged and enhanced portion of textile fragment
preserved on copper. Source: Ohio Historical Society CD, Negative #1987-108A)
Mound City Group, NNE of Chillicothe, Ohio
Aerial
photo (Computer enhanced. Courtesy USGS and Microsoft Terra Server)
Mound
City Plaque with Map and Photos of Important Artifacts from Mound 2, 7, and
13 (computer enhanced and modified)
Mound
City Enclosure viewed from WNW
Mound
of Pipes Plaque: Mound 8, which contained a large cache of exquisitely
carved pipes
Copper
Bird of Pray Ornament (Hawk) from Mound 7
Copper
Wolf Ornament from Mound 13
Mound
City view from SW of deep ditch, SW corner of enclosure and mounds 9, 21, 3, 15
The
Scioto River below Mound City. Upstream view from Mound City (View from S
to N – the Hopeton Earthworks are
beyond the right or west bank of the Scioto River)
The Hopeton Earth Works, N of Chillicothe, Ohio.
Hopeton
Earthworks Plaque at Mound City, Chillicothe, Ohio, showing the layout of
the earthworks, located opposite
Seip Mound Earthwork, Painted Creek
Valley Ross
County Ohio
Plaque of Seip
Mound Earthwork and house
Sole
remnant of the main circular enclosure with central long-mound in the
background. View from the North
The Fort Hill Hilltop Earthworks, Fort Hill State Memorial, Ohio.
Location
in SE Highland County
The Forth Ancient Hilltop Earthworks, Forth Ancient State Memorial, Ohio.
Location
in Western Warren County
Squire
and Davis Plan of Fort Ancient (Link to Ohio Historical Society map with
additional link to enlarged map)
Pollock Hilltop Earthworks, Indian
Mound Park Cedarville , Ohio
Location
in N Green County (Marked as Williamson Mound)
The Newark Newark ,
Ohio
Newark
Earthworks: Salisbury Map from 1862
(
Aerial
Photo of Newark Earth Works (Octagon marked as Golf Course, plus Great
Circle)
Newark
Circle, Observatory Mound, and Octagon
Aerial
View of Great or Fairground Circle
Holmes
1892 Plan of the Great (or Fairground) Circle and central mound
Great Circle:
Panoramic View from Inside of Causeway to Museum
Great
Circle: View from Causeway (Entrance) to Central Mound
Great
Circle: View from Central Mound to Causeway (Entrance)
On top
of the Great Circle: Wall and Ditch Perspective
The Marietta Mound
Cemetery Marietta Washington County , Ohio
Location
Marietta Mound Cemetery
Plan
of Marietta Earthworks by Squire and Davis 1848
Graph
of radiocarbon date of rectilinear, flat-top Capitolum Mound
Pinson Mounds, Pinson , Tennessee
Pinson
Mound Site Plan (Official plan of Pinson Mound Tennessee State Park)
Swamp surrounding southern edge of Pinson
For details on the US Chronology,
the Woodland Period and the Hopewell click on the following links by the Comparative
Archaeology WEB:
References
Carskadden, Jeff and James
Morton
1996 The Middle Woodland – Late Woodland transition in the
Central Muskingum Valley of eastern Ohio: A view from the Philo Archaeological
District. In Pacheco
(Ed.) 1996:316-338.
Cochran,
Donald R.
1996 The Adena/Hopewell convergence in East Indiana. In Pacheco (Ed.) 1996:340-352.
Connolly, Robert P.
1996 Prehistoric land modification at the Fort Ancient Hilltop
Enclosure: A model of Formal and accretive development. In Pacheco (Ed.) 1996:257-273.
Greber, N'omi
1999 Correlating Maps of the Hopewell Site. Hopewell
Archaeology News Letter 3/2, October 1999. (http://www.mwac.nps.gov/hopewell/v3n2/#maps
accessed June 3, 2001. Web site now abandoned.)
McDonald, Jerry N. and Susan
L. Woodward
1986 Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley: A Guide to Adena
and Ohio Hopewell Sites. McDonald
& Woodward Publishing Co. Blacksburg, Virginia.
Maslowski, Robert F., Charles
M. Niquette and
1995 The Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia Radiocarbon Database
(Published in 1995, the article appeared
originally in the West Virginia Archeologist (Volume 47:1-2). (Database in HTML format
http://www.crai-ky.com/reports/c14database-1.htm. Web site accessed Feb. 18, 2002, Web is site now defunct.)
McLauchlan,
Kendraa
2003 Plant cultivation and forest clearance by
prehistoric North Americans: pollen evidence from Fort Ancient, Ohio, USA. The
Holocene 13/4, 2003:557-566
Pacheco,
Paul J. (Ed.)
1996 A View from the Core: A Synthesis of Ohio Hopewell
Archaeology. The Ohio Archaeological Council, Columbus, Ohio.
Packard, William H.
1996 1990 excavation at Capitolum Mound (33WN 13), Marietta,
Washington County, Ohio: A working evaluation. In Pacheco (Ed.) 1996:274-285.
Riordan,
Robert V.
1996 The enclosed hilltops of Southern Ohio. In Pacheco (Ed.) 1996:242-253.
Ruby, Bret J.
1998 Current Research at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park.
Hopewell Archaeology News Letter 2/2, April 1997.
(http://www.mwac.nps.gov/hopewell/v2n2/#current accessed June 3, 2001, Web now
site abandoned)
Squire, E. G. and E. H. Davis
1848 Ancient Monuments of the Mississipy Valley. Smithsonian
Institution. New York and Cincinnati.
Links
Hancock, John E. (Project
Director)
2000 Earthworks: Digital Exploration of the Ohio Ancient Valley.
Center for Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and
Archaeological Sites (CERHAS), University of
Lepper, Bradley
1996 Searching for the Great Hopewell Road: The Search
Continues (Added May 26, 2000)
Please send comments or questions to Max Baldia.