Adena Mound
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Adena Mound is a prominent prehistoric Native American earthwork in Ohio that serves as the type site for the Adena culture of the Early Woodland period.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
burial mound ⓘ prehistoric earthwork ⓘ |
| approximateDateRange | circa 1000 BCE–200 BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Adena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPractice | mound-building ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Adena mansion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chillicothe, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Eastern Woodlands mound-building cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Native American archaeological site
ⓘ
burial monuments and structures ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Adena people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Ross County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Adena culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturePeriod | Early Woodland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationType | artificial mound ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| function | burial mound for elite individuals ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFinds |
ceramic artifacts
ⓘ
grave goods ⓘ human burials ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageOf | Native American peoples ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ohio
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| material | earth ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Adena mansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Chillicothe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large conical shape
ⓘ
role in defining Adena cultural sequence ⓘ |
| partOf | Adena culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Early Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of Early Woodland mound-building tradition
ⓘ
type site defining characteristics of Adena culture ⓘ |
| typeSiteFor | Adena culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
burial
ⓘ
ceremonial purposes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.