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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Gaitskill Mound Site Alternative Name: Gaitskill MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 21.073 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Mt. Sterling, KY
Latitude: 38.242830N Longitude: 84.1522W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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From historical marker on site: "Indian Mound attributed to Adena people who inhabited Ohio Valley ca. 800 B.C. to 700 A.D. They began cultivating simple crops, bringing about a mixed hunting and farming economy. Central to Adena life were rituals involving cremation and mound building. Engraved stone tablets found here indicate mound to be Adena. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1975."
The Gaitskill Mound was originally 100 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 30 feet tall. Excavations into the mound have reduced the size somewhat, although the mound remains fairly well preserved. Two engraved sandstone Adena tablets were recovered from the mound.[1] See photos.
References:
1. Little, Gregory PhD., "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks" (2016), pp. 147.
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Adena_culture_sites<2>
Noahsage
noahsage.com/2014/10/25/the-adena-tablets-of-ancient-ohio-the-gaitskill-clay-tablet/<4>
Directions:
From Mt. Sterling, KY via W High St. and KY-686 W / Indian Mound Dr., 1.9 mi.
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