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<< Other Photo Pages >> Wolf Plains Group - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

Submitted by AKFisher on Thursday, 03 August 2023  Page Views: 467

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Wolf Plains Group Alternative Name: Wolfe Plains, The Plains
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Athens, OH
Latitude: 39.379170N  Longitude: 82.1419W
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
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
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3 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
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Wolf Plains Group
Wolf Plains Group submitted by AKFisher : One of the large, Adena era burial mounds of the Wolf Plains Group in Athens, Ohio. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Wolf Plains Group is a Late Adena culture group of 30 earthworks including 22 conical mounds and nine circular enclosures. In 2008 The Archaeological Conservancy purchased the site of one of the remaining earthworks, the Dorr 2 Mound, using emergency funds; and it plans to purchase more as funds become available. The majority of the remaining earthworks in the complex are privately owned and are threatened with destruction as The Plains community expands. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks

The Wolf Plains Group was featured in Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis's landmark publication Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848). Their finished drawing was based on a sketch from 1836 by S. P. Hildreth, and contains some inaccuracies. Some of the clusters of mounds are rotated relative to their actual position, some are missing, and some are misplaced. The Wolf Plains Group was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1974; at that time, 25 earthworks remained in good enough condition to qualify as contributing properties.

The Plains, originally known as Wolf's Plains, located a few miles to the northwest of Athens, is a relatively flat terrace in an area of hilly terrain in southeastern Ohio's Hocking River valley. The terrace was formed by glacial outwash coming down the Hocking River, which became dammed at The Plains and found a new outlet to the northeast, leaving the terrace in place. Further reading and information: Wikipedia and https://www.angelfire.com/ia2/mounds/hartman.html

Directions: From Athens, OH via Columbus Rd. and US-33W, 4.2 mi.

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Wolf Plains Group
Wolf Plains Group submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Mid-1800s survey of the Wolf Plains complex in Athens, Ohio. There were 10 circular earthworks and 12 large mounds there. It is primarily an Adena & later Hopewell site dated to 200 BC-AD 400. Today most of it has been destroyed by a few of the large mounds remain. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wolf Plains Group
Wolf Plains Group submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). The Wolf Plains Mound in Athens, Ohio. It is an Adena Era burial mound (200 BC--AD 400). Wiki: Jaknouse. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wolf Plains Group
Wolf Plains Group submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Adena-era mound in the Wolf Plains Group in Athens, Ohio. About 5 of the original 30 remain today. They were constructed as early as 1000 BC. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wolf Plains Group
Wolf Plains Group submitted by AKFisher : Sign at the site showing the locations of the 6 remaining mounds of the 30 that were there originally. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wolf Plains Group
Wolf Plains Group submitted by AKFisher : The Hartman Mound, one of the large, Adena era burial mounds of the Wolf Plains Group in Athens, Ohio. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).

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