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.

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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

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Adena culture hasSite Adena Mound
Adena culture namedAfter Adena Mound