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Multi-periodSite Name: Karshner MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 21.29 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Laurelville, OH
Latitude: 39.451640N Longitude: 82.72W
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 Wikipedia:
Karshner Mound
The Karshner Mound is a Native American mound in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the village of Laurelville in Hocking County,[1] it is one of Ohio's largest remaining burial mounds that has not been significantly damaged since white settlement. Measuring 100 feet (30 m) in diameter and 28 feet (8.5 m) high, it lies in the middle of a farm field, but it has never been cultivated, and vegetation on the mound has prevented erosion.[2]
Although no archaeological investigation has ever been carried out at the Karshner Mound, it is believed to have been constructed by people of the Adena culture, who inhabited the region between 1000 BC and AD 400. This identification is based on its shape and location; the Karshner Mound lies on the second terrace above Salt Creek, and large numbers of mounds on terraces above small streams have been found to be constructed by the Adena. Because of this identification, the mound is seen as a valuable archaeological site and believed to be likely to yield many informative artifacts if excavated.[2] In recognition of its archaeological value, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Directions:
From Laurelville, OH via OH-56E and Buffalo Rd., 2 mi.
2. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 775-776.
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Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karshner_Mound
Directions:
From Laurelville, OH via OH-56E and Buffalo Rd., 2 mi.
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