Seip Mound
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Seip Mound is a large prehistoric burial mound built by the Hopewell culture in present-day Ohio, notable for its elaborate construction and archaeological significance.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
prehistoric burial mound ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hopewell exchange network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hopewell tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Hopewell people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Hopewell culture sites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mounds in Ohio ⓘ |
| constructionType | earthen mound ⓘ |
| contains |
Hopewell artifacts
ⓘ
exotic trade items ⓘ grave goods ⓘ human burials ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Ross County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Hopewell culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Euro-American archaeologists in the 19th century ⓘ |
| era | pre-Columbian North America ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| function |
burial site
ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
associated earthworks
ⓘ
enclosing geometric earthwork ⓘ large central burial mound ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ohio
ⓘ
Ross County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Scioto River valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| material | earth ⓘ |
| near | Bainbridge, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex mortuary practices
ⓘ
elaborate construction ⓘ large scale of earthworks ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Hopewell ceremonial landscape in the Scioto River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Seip Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
North American prehistory
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ |
| significance |
important source of Hopewell archaeological data
ⓘ
major Hopewell ceremonial complex ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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