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<< Other Photo Pages >> Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 12 September 2010  Page Views: 3620

Multi-periodSite Name: Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Marietta, OH
Latitude: 39.424213N  Longitude: 81.457939W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 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
0No data.
 5 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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Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium
Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium submitted by AKFisher : The Capitolium Mound in Marietta, Ohio, part of the Marietta earthworks built prior to AD 900. The city built its library on top of the mound. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Part of the Marietta Earthworks Complex. This was the second largest of two truncated pyramid earthworks in the complex. The original survey shows earthen ramps on all four sides.

Today the Washington County Library is sited directly on the top of this earthen pyramid.

Originally a linear embankment with openings surrounded the Capitolium, the Quadranaou, and two other flat-topped pyramids. Unfortunately, nothing visible remains of the associated enclosure today.

Sources include: Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, Woodward and McDonald, 2002.
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Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium
Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). The library in Marietta, Ohio was built by Andrew Carnegie on top of the Capitolium Mound, which was just one mound in the massive set of ancient earthworks and mounds in Marietta. The earthworks were made around 200 BC. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Marietta Earthworks - Capitolium by AKFisher on Friday, 04 August 2023
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Historical Marker on site reads:

"Ancient Hopewell platform mound. Named by Ohio Company in 1788. Andrew Carnegie Library constructed 1918."
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