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Indian Mound Park
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
Indian Mound Park submitted by bat400 on 6th Sep 2010. A general view of the two mounds in Indian Mound Park, Columbus OH. Looking north.Photo by bat400, Oct 2008.
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Newark Earthworks - Wright
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2007. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Newark Earthworks - Wright submitted by durhamnature on 25th Jan 2013. Old drawing of the square from "Archaeological History of Ohio" via archive.org
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Jeffers Mound
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Jeffers Mound submitted by Flickr on 29th Dec 2018. Earthworks built by the Hopewell people between 100 BC and AD 400. Image copyright: Molly Montale (Molly Montale), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Fort Hill
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2000. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Fort Hill Sharpening Stone submitted by stonetracker on 1st Apr 2024. Sharpening stone
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Seip Mound
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Seip Mound submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Fabric from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org
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Cahokia - Mounds 30 and 31
Trip No.2 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
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Cahokia - Powell Mound
Trip No.2 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2008. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 1 Access 5
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Cahokia - Mound 48
Trip No.2 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
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Cahokia - Mound 36
Trip No.2 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
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Cahokia - Mound 66
Trip No.2 Entry No.10 Date Added: 30th May 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jul 2008. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2
Log Text: From aerial photos this is one of the larger mounds at Cahokia. And although it is not on an easily accessible footpath, it can be seen from Forest Blvd., south of the modern Cahokia park. It lies at the southern boundary of the city proper and is 430' by 170' (east-west by north-south) and 25-30 feet high.
In the early 1900's a raised road or causway could be seen extending north from this mound toward the central area of Cahokia. The causeway was more recently confirm by Lidar imaging.
The mound was excavated in the 1920's and a great unfilled trench through the mound can still be seen. This excavation was performed because it appeared that expansion by the nearby rail road was scheduled to completely level the mound. This did not occur.
The mound had been used for burials: both the ancient people of Cahokia and the more recent French colonists.
Kincaid Mounds
Date Added: 6th May 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kincaid Mounds submitted by Flickr on 4th May 2017. Kincaid Mounds Archaeological Site, Brookport Photo by Clyde Wills. Image copyright: Enjoy Illinois, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Wickliffe Mounds
Date Added: 6th May 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Wickliffe Mounds submitted by Flickr on 2nd Sep 2015. Wickliffe Mounds Image copyright: Fort Massac DAR (Fort Massac DAR), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Large and steady rainfall this spring has flooded two of the three excavation areas normally open to the public. The largest excavation (over what was a long loaf shaped burial mound covering a village surface) is still open, as it the small visitor center.
The site admission fee has been reduced during this period. The friendly staff are still ready to answer your questions.
During the last week of April the only route into the village of Wickliffe is Kentucky State Road 60. The other major routes were either flooded or blocked by a mudslide.
Tippett Mound
Date Added: 12th Dec 2012
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Log Text: I hiked to this mound from the north entrance of the Taft Reserve. There is a pictorial trail map on a display in a parking area that clearly identifies the mound. The most direct routes appears to be on a trail that starts as a rough, grassy lane from the north east corner of the property, along a fence line, but through woods. Basically stay to the left at all junctions until you find a post marked "9", then turn right. You will very quickly leave the woods and enter a meadow, only some of which is kept mowed. The mound is immediately obvious and straight ahead. You can approach the tree covered mound in order to see the contour clearly, but in late June, this was by make a path through chest high grass, wildflowers and bramble.
Tarlton Cross
Date Added: 27th Jun 2011
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tarlton Cross submitted by mobial on 19th Mar 2014. Tarlton Cross Panoramic image of the cross - taken June 19, 2012 Panorama created from iPhone photos Image copyright: Mobial (Mike Osswald), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Aztalan State Park
Date Added: 31st Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Aztalan State Park submitted by bat400 on 31st Mar 2013. The largest mound at Aztalan is a "stepped" pyramidal structure in the southwest corner of the stockade surround.
This is a partial reconstruction of the site as found in the early 1800's. By the 1920's there had been substantial plowing of the site and significant damage by "pot hunters" and those simply "quarrying" the mounds for fill dirt and the remains of burnt wattle and daub from the original stockade.
Photo by bat400, July 2010.
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Log Text: A Cahokia in miniature. Site interpretation is quite good considering that the park is not monitored for much of its opening times (basically dawn to dusk, daily.) At the parking area, a brief guide to the site is available at an honesty box. Placards around the site describe the ruins and reconstructions visible, as well as archaeological findings.
When I visited (late in the day on a Sunday) the small museum was unmanned.
Portsmouth Earthworks
Date Added: 9th Mar 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Portsmouth Works submitted by durhamnature on 21st Feb 2013. Old plan of the works, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org
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Tremper
Entry No.1 Date Added: 30th Sep 2024
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tremper submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Old drawing from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org
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Log Text: Tremper Mound is now open to the public with outdoor museum quality kiosks explaining the site's importance both as a natural and cultural site. The site was purchased by the Arc of Appalachia organization over several years by buying separate parcels. Fences around and over the mound and enclosure itself have been removed. The nearby Pond Creek trail is easily accessible.
Study of the site after purchase revealed that a small portion of the enclosure surrounding the mound still exists (much reduced in height) and mowing of vegetation highlights both the extend of the mound and enclosure.
Visitors may visit during daylight hours with parking in a graveled lot off of State Road 73 on the east side of the site.
Circleville
Date Added: 9th Mar 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 2 Access 5
Circleville submitted by bat400 on 21st Jan 2013. Local historian Wallace Higgins suspects that the slight rise on the south side of Franklin Street may be the remnant of the square earthwork.
Photo by bat400, August 2011.
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Beattie Park Mound Group
Date Added: 5th May 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 4th Dec 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Beattie Park Mound Group submitted by bat400 on 5th May 2015. Linear Shaped Mound in the Beattie Park Mound Group. Photo taken in November 2014 at dusk.
Photo by bat400.
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Log Text: Pleasant small city park along the Rock River is the location of these mounds, one a turtle effigy. Signage describes the mounds and historic information on how they were preserved. Parking nearby
Indiana State Museum
Date Added: 21st Aug 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Indiana State Museum submitted by bat400 on 22nd Aug 2015. Bird Stones. Most are two to five inches long. They are relatively rare artifacts from the Archaic period and generally found in the eastern half of North America.
Indiana State Museum. Photo by bat400 ca. 2013.
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Log Text: Not an anthropology museum per se, and fairly pricey if your only interest are the galleries on the first people who lived in this region between the last Ice Age and European-contact. However, if you were flying into Indianapolis to visit the area, the collection would be a good introduction prior to visiting sites like Angel Mounds, Mounds State Park and particularly, other smaller locations without on site information.
Other galleries are more spectacular, including the collection of early marine life forms preserved in the extensive limestone deposits of Indiana.