| A view of the entrance from Eagle Mound. At the center of the Great Circle lies a group of conjoined mounds about five feet high known as Eagle Mound. Excavation at the Eagle Mound in 1928 by Emerson Greenman concluded that the Hopewell had constructed a rectangular structure measuring 100' x 23'. He also discovered a large rectangular clay basin similar to crematory basins found at other Hopewell sites. This would be consistent with Hopewell Charnel houses, except that he found no cremated remains. The mounds were created after the structure was destroyed, a common Hopewell practice. |
