Description: Photograph taken during the excavation of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio, 1920. Reverse reads, "Looking north at barn + house." Mound City is a burial mound and earthwork complex located in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio. It is situated on the west bank of the Scioto River opposite the Hopeton Earthworks, a few miles north of Chillicothe. The site was constructed between approximately 100 BC and AD 400 by people of the Hopewell Culture and consists of 22 variously sized mounds surrounded a low, four-sided, earthen embankment that encloses about 13 acres. During World War I Mound City became part of an expansive army training facility called Camp Sherman. In an attempt to preserve as much of the site’s integrity as the army would allow, the mounds were flattened or truncated and camp buildings built over them and not intruded into them. Beginning in the 1920s, the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) funded restoration of the site and in 1923 the Mound City Group was elevated to the status of National Monument. Since 1992 Mound City has served as the focal point of the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Restoration lasted several years and was the beginning of the movement toward archaeology as a disciplined profession. One interesting aspect learned during the restoration process was that, for whatever reason, burials at Mound City were of a more egalitarian nature and not just of apparent high status as seen at other locations. The Mound City Group is one of seven Ohio Hopewell Ceremonial Earthwork sites presently under consideration by the United States Department of the Interior for nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B03F06e05_15_2196_18
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400) (A.D. 1–400); Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Effigy of a flat, stylized human hand cut from sheet mica, Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Excavated from Hopewell Mound Group, Ross County, Ohio ca. 1922-1925. The Hopewell obtained mica from western North Carolina. Archeologists are uncertain how they used mica cut outs. This object is held in the Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02821
Subjects: American Indians--Archaeology; American Indian art and culture; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400) (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Twin Township (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Distant view of Seip Mound looking east, Ross County, Ohio, 1906. Seip Mound is the center mound in a group of earthworks built by the pre-historic Hopewell people, 100 BC-AD 500. William C. Mills, archeologist and curator for the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society, now the Ohio History Connection, oversaw the excavation of the mound in 1906 and 1908. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01020
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400) (A.D. 1–400); Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Other--Ohio Historical Society
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front view of an effigy pipe in the form of a dog eating a human head that is grasped between its front paws. The pipe was created by the prehistoric Hopewell people during the Middle Woodland period. It was excavated from Seip Mound in Ross County, Ohio, and is part of the Archeology collections of the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04815
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology; Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400) (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carriage Factory Mound during excavation, Ross County, Ohio, 1897. Located within the city limits of Chillicothe, the Carriage Factory Mound is one of a number of earthworks in Ross County that were excavated by Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society archaeologists in 1897. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00287
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indians--Archaeology; Archaeology--United States--History; Mounds -- Ohio -- Ross County;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)