<< Text Pages >> Cox's Woods site - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in Great Lakes Midwest
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Multi-periodSite Name: Cox's Woods site Alternative Name: Oliver SiteCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 51.152 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Paoli, Indiana
Latitude: 38.544400N Longitude: 86.4497W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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Ancient Settlement in Orange County, Indiana.
Within the Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest is the site of a small prehistoric settlement, probably of several interrelated families. The artifacts and features found when excavated pointed to a Late Woodland tradition people designated the Oliver Phase. On the eastern side of the farmstead is a raised earthwork which is part of an original horseshoe-shaped earthwork facing Lick Creek.
The rest of the features cannot be seen.
Excavation show many artifacts of stone tools and pottery, and features of small buildings (post holes,) hearths, middens, and storage pits.
The Pioneer Mother's Memorial is a portion of the Hoosier National Forest that has not been logged since the state was settled in the 1820s. The Cox family owned this portion of land on Lick Creek, but preserved the forest. It has been designated a National Natural Landmark. The archaeological site is not promoted by state or federal publications, but several hiking and trail guide mention it.
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