Etna Township Mounds

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Etna Township Mounds I And II
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest cityReynoldsburg, Ohio
Area22.7 acres (9.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.75001457[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1975

The Etna Township Mounds are a pair of Native American mounds in Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio, United States.[1] Located east of Reynoldsburg near Interstate 70,[2] the mounds are built primarily of sand. Unlike typical Native American mounds, their location reveals nothing of their builders:[3]: 864  they are not built atop hills or along a stream,[3]: 865  as Adena mounds typically are.[3]: 776 

Because the mounds have never been archaeologically excavated, virtually nothing is certain about them other than that they were constructed by one of the mound-building cultures that inhabited Ohio during the Woodland period.[3]: 864 

It has been proposed that the mounds are the work of a group of individuals isolated from the rest of their culture. Because excavation of the mounds is likely to yield valuable information about such isolated groups, the mounds are a potential archaeological site.[3]: 865  In recognition of their archaeological value, the Etna Township Mounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ 44 FR 7559
  3. ^ a b c d e Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.
Retrieved from ""