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| Adena Burial Mounds |
| Connett Mound Plains, OH in a housing development not too far from Ohio University in Athens. When asking for directions at a local retail establishment, I was amazed at the number of people that had no idea that their neighborhood had ancient Indian burial mounds. Click here for a map of the mounds in this neighborhood. |
| Hartmann Mound Plains, OH same housing development. I appreciate that the mounds were left intact and give the homeowners such a view. When I photographed this mound, I was actually in a homeowners yard with my back to their garage. I can only imagine the possibilities for sledding in the winter. Gayle and I visited this site because it was so close to Quilt National in Athens. I am NOT a quilter. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Some of my best friends and relatives quilt. |
| Conus Mound Marietta, OH An Adena burial mound 30 feet high and 375 feet around. Centuries later, the Hopewell built an earth wall enclosure. Centuries after that, White Settlers built a cemetery. Three cultures, one site. A rare example of sacred monuments from different cultures and times coexisting in the same place.. |
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| Miamisburg Mound Miamisburg, OH The largest Adena mound in Ohio and one of the largest in America. Base of 1.5 acres and currently 65 feet tall. |
| The Adena Culture dates from perhaps 1,000 B.C. to maybe 100 A.D. They brought innovations to their sphere of influence such as growing seed producing plants (examples include sunflower and squash), creating pottery by hand, and building conical burial mounds to honor their dead. |
| Click here for the biggest Adena Mound of them all. |
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