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Multi-periodSite Name: Fort Salem Alternative Name: Workman Works
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 22.092 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Hillsboro, OH  Nearest Village: Pricetown, OH
Latitude: 39.123900N  Longitude: 83.8143W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
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
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Mounds and Earthwork in Highland County, Ohio.
Fort Salem is a hilltop earthen enclosure with two mounds. It is attributed to an Indiana culture with both Adena and Hopewell culture attributes and was built between 50 BC and 500 AD.

Acquired by the Archaeological Conservancy's in 2005, this is "a circular enclosure about 450 feet in diameter that surrounds a conjoined mound. The larger mound of the conjoined pair was about 6 feet high and 60 feet in diameter, while the smaller one was about 4 feet high and 40 feet in diameter. The wall that surrounded the enclosure was about 3 feet high and was paralleled for much of its 700 foot plus length by an exterior ditch.

"Today, both mounds are about 2 feet lower and the wall is only about 1 to 2 feet high. Due to a long period of the property being used as a simple pasture, and the presence of beech trees up to 10 feet in circumference, the site has been described as one of the best preserved earthworks remaining in private ownership in America. The Ohio Historical Society nominated the site to the Historical Register of Historic Places in 1971." - from American Archaeology, the magazine of the Archaeological Conservancy..

A National Register of Historic places site since 1971.
NRHP Listing as the Workman Works: #71000641.
Historic Significance: Information Potential.
Area of Significance: Prehistoric.
Cultural Affiliation: Hopewell.
Period of Significance: 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD.
Owner: Private.
Historic Function: Domestic.
Historic Sub-function: Village Site.
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

A High-Density Topographic Map image can be found at the Hardlines Design Company website.

The site is a park, open to the public, daily from dawn to dusk.

Note: Archaeologist surveys Fort Salem earthwork.
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Video of Fort Salem earthwork by Andy B on Tuesday, 09 September 2014
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Archaeologist surveys Fort Salem earthwork by bat400 on Monday, 08 September 2014
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From a 2010 article:

Dr. Jarrod Burks, director of Geophysical Surveys at Ohio Valley Archaeology, and Harry Campbell, a Conservation, Preservation, Special Collections archivist for the Ohio State University, have been surveying sections of the Fort Salem mounds near Pricetown this week.

Burks, a geophysical surveyor specializing in archaeology sites in Ohio and other areas of the country, uses a magnetometer seeking changes in the property's magnetic field. On Wednesday, Burks explained the process while working the Certier Road site. "Basically, we're looking for any changes in the magnetic field, possible burn sites – either used for cooking or for funeral/burial purposes."

Burks works with Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc. The firm provides all levels of archaeological services, including Section 106 and NEPA compliance. Burks has performed similar surveys at Fort Ancient and Serpent Mound in southern Ohio.

Burks says on his website that "Ohio is rich in ancient earthworks. My goal is to survey as many of Ohio's earthwork sites as I can in my free time. These sites are rapidly disappearing beneath urban sprawl, roads, and the farmer's plow. However, geophysical surveys can relocate these vanishing earthen monuments as long as they are not totally destroyed."

Paul Gardner, Midwest Regional Director of The Archaeological Conservancy Columbus, also was on hand for the survey, as was Pricetown resident Bill Bear, who is credited with clearing and restoring the natural beauty of the Fort Salem earthwork.


For more of the article, see Highland County Press, 9/17/2010.
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