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<< Our Photo Pages >> Marietta Earthworks - Conus - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Marietta Earthworks - Conus Alternative Name: Conus Mound, Mound Cemetery Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 43.581 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Marietta, OH
Latitude: 39.420375N  Longitude: 81.451564W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by bat400 : The Conus Mound of the Marietta Earthwork Complex with its enclosing ditch and embankment. This view is from the SW side. Photo by bat400, Oct 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Adena Culture (circa 800 BCE - CE 100) mound site with conical mound, moat and embankment. in Washington County, Ohio. A conical mound with an encircling ditch and outer embankment. The base of the outer embankment diameter is 585 feet. Steps lead to the top of the mound, which overlooks the historic cemetery which was placed around it.

Originally a linear embankment lay to the south and east of this mound. A graded pathway with embankments on both sides lay to the northwest, to a square enclosure of just under 30 acres with entrances and opposing mounds. This enclosure, with its openings and opposing mounds was similar to the architecture still seen at the Newark Octagon. Unfortunately, nothing remains of these associated earthworks today.

Part of the Marietta Earthworks Complex, Marietta city boundary off 5th street..

Sources include: Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, Woodward and McDonald, 2002.
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Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by Andy B : Conus Mound was once part of an extensive set of flat topped mounds and earthen walls that covered much of present day Marietta. Photo copyright Ohio Historical Society (Vote or comment on this photo)

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by bat400 : The Conus Mound of the Marietta Earthwork Complex with its enclosing ditch and embankment. This view is from the west side. Note the entry directly to the NW of the mound's embankment. Photo by bat400, Oct 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by AKFisher : The Conus Mound in Marietta, Ohio. This was a portion of massive set of earthworks, linear earthworks, and mounds, only small portions of which were not destroyed. This mound was preserved because it became used as a cemetery by settlers. There is a moat around it. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by AKFisher : The "Conus Mound" in Mound Cemetery at Marietta, Ohio. The mound is encircled by a moat with one small gateway to the the mound. This was an Adena/Hopewell site. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by AKFisher : Photo credit Gregory L. Little, Ed.D. The mound today. (It does have a moat around it.)

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by AKFisher : 1. Early 1800's (exaggerated) illustration of the Conus Mound at Marietta, Ohio from Nadaillac. 2. More accurate depiction of the mound from mid-1800s by Squier & Davis. 3. The mound today. (It does have a moat around it.) Photo courtesy Greg Little author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by Flickr : Image from page 98 of "Ohio archæological and historical quarterly" (1888) Identifier: ohioarchological02ohio_0 Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly Year: 1888 (1880s) Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Subjects: History Archaeology Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library...

Marietta Earthworks - Conus
Marietta Earthworks - Conus submitted by bat400 : The Conus Mound and its enclosing ditch and embankment. This view is from the south side. Photo by bat400, October 2012.

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Conus Mound Street View by Andy B on Friday, 04 August 2023
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Digging the Past Archaeology Day January 19 in Marietta, Ohio by Andy B on Saturday, 12 January 2013
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You are invited to put a little sunshine back in your life by attending the Third Annual “Digging the Past” Archaeology Day at the Campus Martius Museum in beautiful and historic Marietta, Ohio.

The event will be on Saturday January 19, 2013, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. The museum is actually built over the site of Campus Martius, the original fortified settlement at Marietta , constructed in1787 by Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler and the other pioneers from New England . Marietta would prosper and go on to become the first permanent settlement in the Old Northwest Territory .

Marietta is also home to some of the best preserved prehistoric earthworks in Ohio .

Conus Mound was once part of an extensive set of flat topped mounds and earthen walls that covered much of present day Marietta . Conus is now the focal point of Mound Cemetery on Fifth Street in Marietta .“Digging the Past” will include displays, presentations on current archaeology research, flint knapping and artifact identification. If you have a box of grand dad’s prized flint points and odd stones taking up space in your closet here is a great opportunity to find out what they are all about.

Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for students. It’s free for OHS members (a good reason to join) and children under 5. For further information call the Campus Martius Museum at 1-800-860-0145 or see the link.

Source: Ohio Archaeology Blog, Bill Packard.
http://ohio-archaeology.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/digging-past-archaeology-day-january-19.html
With thanks to Bat400 for the information
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