1. Fort An
cient, Lebanon. Fort Ancient is the largest hilltop enclosure in North America. It is being considered for listing as a World Heritage site as part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks nomination. In addition, there are wonderful exhibits in the museum that span the entire Native American experience in Ohio. http://www.fortancient.org/
cient, Lebanon. Fort Ancient is the largest hilltop enclosure in North America. It is being considered for listing as a World Heritage site as part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks nomination. In addition, there are wonderful exhibits in the museum that span the entire Native American experience in Ohio. http://www.fortancient.org/2. Serpent Mound, Peebles. Serpent Mound is the largest effigy mound in the world! The best evidence suggests it was built around AD 1000 by the Fort Ancient culture. It is being considered for listing as a World Heritage site. http://www.highlandssanctuary.org/Serpent_Mound_Visitors_Guide.htm
3. Newark Earthworks, Newark. The Great Circle Earthworks and Octagon Earthworks are magnificent remnants of the largest complex of geometric earthworks in the world. It is being considered for listing as a World Heritage site as part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks nomination. http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/c08/
4. SunWatch Village, Dayton. A Fort Ancient culture village, partially excavated with several of the houses restored on their original foundations. The name comes from the gigantic cedar pole at the heart of the village that turned the entire site into a gigantic sundial. There also is a fine museum at the site. http://www.sunwatch.org/
5. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park – Mound City Group, Chillicothe. Mound City is the largest collection of Hopewell culture burial mounds in eastern North America. A museum on the site provides an introduction to the Hopewell culture. It is being considered for listing as a World Heritage site as part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks nomination. http://www.nps.gov/hocu/index.htm
6. Fort Hill, Hillsboro. Fort Hill is a nearly pristine hilltop enclosure of the Hopewell culture that also is a National Natural Landmark. http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw06/index.shtml
7. Miam
isburg Mound, Miamisburg. The largest Adena culture burial mound in Ohio. http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw12/index.shtml
isburg Mound, Miamisburg. The largest Adena culture burial mound in Ohio. http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw12/index.shtml8. Flint Ridge, Glenford. Flint Ridge preserves hundreds of flint quarry pits used by all of Ohio’s ancient American Indian cultures, but most especially by the Hopewell. A museum at the site has exhibits on the archaeology and geology of Flint Ridge. http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/c01/index.shtml
9. Marietta Earthworks, Marietta. The preserved remnants of the Hopewellian Marietta Earthworks include the finest examples of Hopewell platform mounds. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2219
10. Ohio Historical Center, Columbus. The finest display of artifacts from all of Ohio’s ancient American Indian cultures as well as a mounted mastodon! http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/c09/index.shtml
For more information on these ten sites as well as many more check out the website for the Ancient Ohio Trail! http://www.ancientohiotrail.org/
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Ah, I'm glad I didn't have to rank these -- darn near impossible. And I need to get to both Fort Hill & Spruce Hill (the latter newly added to Hopewell Culture National Historic Park thanks to the Arc of Appalachia).
Hard to leave out Seip, but given the amount of reconstruction there -- and the Hopewell Site itself is a wonder and a marvel, but only with good background and interpretation if you've never been there before.
Good post!
I'd put OHS at 4 (best artifacts display) and Sunwatch at 10. Seip is too important not to include.
As a person who was born and spent most of my life in North Eastern Oho, and a person of Native American ancestry, I do believe that Ohio can and should do a lot more about educating Ohioans, and everyone else, about the wonderful history that is held within this state's boundaries. Were it not for the wonderful books of Allan W. Eckert, I would not know even half of the Native American history and cultures that once thrived in Ohio. What is more, there is numerous places where important historical Native American events took places that are either poorly marked, or not marked at all. Come on, OHIO! Get with it!
My favorite spot is Shawnee Lookout Park at the farthest corner of southwest Ohio. On a trail in the back of the park, it overlooks the Ohio River and you are near Kentucky and also Indiana.
is the fort hill state memorial a effigy mound or a burial mound?
abbylommel --
There are different ideas about Fort Hill, but the generally accepted interpretation is that it should be classified as a hilltop enclosure -- not an effigy mound and not a burial mound. If you compare it to Fort Ancient (hilltop enclosure), Serpent Mound (effigy mound), and the Miaimisburg Mound (burial mound) you can come to your own conclusion!
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