Description: Photograph showing mounds and features of the Hopeton Earthworks. The Hopeton Earthworks are located in northern Springfield Township in Ross County, Ohio, in an area north of Chillicothe historically referred to as Hopetown. The earthworks were constructed by people of the Hopewell Culture (100 BC-AD 400) and sit on the east bank of the Scioto River opposite Mound City. The complex consists of a 20-acre circular embankment that intrudes into a slightly rounded square enclosure of equal area. When first surveyed in the 1840s there were also two smaller circular earthworks on the eastern flank of the square, and a set of parallel walls extending southwest toward Mound City that measured just under a half-mile in length. A commercial graveling operation later obliterated most of the parallel walls as well as several nearby habitation areas, and years of farming have greatly reduced the relief of both the square and circle. The National Park Service gained control of the site in the 1990s and included it as a component of the newly-created Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Recent research indicates that the walls of the circle were erected over a series of large wooden posts, perhaps for the entire circumference. Referred to as a wood henge, it was detected using sophisticated remote sensing instruments. Surveys indicate that henges are fairly common at earthwork sites but none on such a grand scale. Hopeton Earthworks 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_B02F05_E8_03
Subjects: Hopeton Works (Ohio); Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing mounds and features of the Hopeton Earthworks. The Hopeton Earthworks are located in northern Springfield Township in Ross County, Ohio, in an area north of Chillicothe historically referred to as Hopetown. The earthworks were constructed by people of the Hopewell Culture (100 BC-AD 400) and sit on the east bank of the Scioto River opposite Mound City. The complex consists of a 20-acre circular embankment that intrudes into a slightly rounded square enclosure of equal area. When first surveyed in the 1840s there were also two smaller circular earthworks on the eastern flank of the square, and a set of parallel walls extending southwest toward Mound City that measured just under a half-mile in length. A commercial graveling operation later obliterated most of the parallel walls as well as several nearby habitation areas, and years of farming have greatly reduced the relief of both the square and circle. The National Park Service gained control of the site in the 1990s and included it as a component of the newly-created Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Recent research indicates that the walls of the circle were erected over a series of large wooden posts, perhaps for the entire circumference. Referred to as a wood henge, it was detected using sophisticated remote sensing instruments. Surveys indicate that henges are fairly common at earthwork sites but none on such a grand scale. Hopeton Earthworks 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_B02F05_E8_04
Subjects: Hopeton Works (Ohio); Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing miscellaneous mounds at Hopeton (sometimes written Hopetown) Fort in Ross County, Ohio, ca. 1900. The Hopeton Earthworks are located in northern Springfield Township in Ross County, Ohio, in an area north of Chillicothe historically referred to as Hopetown. The earthworks were constructed by people of the Hopewell Culture (100 BC-AD 400) and sit on the east bank of the Scioto River opposite Mound City. The complex consists of a 20-acre circular embankment that intrudes into a slightly rounded square enclosure of equal area. When first surveyed in the 1840s there were also two smaller circular earthworks on the eastern flank of the square, and a set of parallel walls extending southwest toward Mound City that measured just under a half-mile in length. A commercial graveling operation later obliterated most of the parallel walls as well as several nearby habitation areas, and years of farming have greatly reduced the relief of both the square and circle. The National Park Service gained control of the site in the 1990s and included it as a component of the newly-created Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Recent research indicates that the walls of the circle were erected over a series of large wooden posts, perhaps for the entire circumference. Referred to as a wood henge, it was detected using sophisticated remote sensing instruments. Surveys indicate that henges are fairly common at earthwork sites but none on such a grand scale. Hopeton Earthworks 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_B02F05e08_09_1815_2
Subjects: Hopeton Works (Ohio); Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing mounds and features of the Hopeton Earthworks. The Hopeton Earthworks are located in northern Springfield Township in Ross County, Ohio, in an area north of Chillicothe historically referred to as Hopetown. The earthworks were constructed by people of the Hopewell Culture (100 BC-AD 400) and sit on the east bank of the Scioto River opposite Mound City. The complex consists of a 20-acre circular embankment that intrudes into a slightly rounded square enclosure of equal area. When first surveyed in the 1840s there were also two smaller circular earthworks on the eastern flank of the square, and a set of parallel walls extending southwest toward Mound City that measured just under a half-mile in length. A commercial graveling operation later obliterated most of the parallel walls as well as several nearby habitation areas, and years of farming have greatly reduced the relief of both the square and circle. The National Park Service gained control of the site in the 1990s and included it as a component of the newly-created Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Recent research indicates that the walls of the circle were erected over a series of large wooden posts, perhaps for the entire circumference. Referred to as a wood henge, it was detected using sophisticated remote sensing instruments. Surveys indicate that henges are fairly common at earthwork sites but none on such a grand scale. Hopeton Earthworks 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_B02F05_E8_02
Subjects: Hopeton Works (Ohio); Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing mounds and features of the Hopeton Earthworks. The Hopeton Earthworks are located in northern Springfield Township in Ross County, Ohio, in an area north of Chillicothe historically referred to as Hopetown. The earthworks were constructed by people of the Hopewell Culture (100 BC-AD 400) and sit on the east bank of the Scioto River opposite Mound City. The complex consists of a 20-acre circular embankment that intrudes into a slightly rounded square enclosure of equal area. When first surveyed in the 1840s there were also two smaller circular earthworks on the eastern flank of the square, and a set of parallel walls extending southwest toward Mound City that measured just under a half-mile in length. A commercial graveling operation later obliterated most of the parallel walls as well as several nearby habitation areas, and years of farming have greatly reduced the relief of both the square and circle. The National Park Service gained control of the site in the 1990s and included it as a component of the newly-created Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Recent research indicates that the walls of the circle were erected over a series of large wooden posts, perhaps for the entire circumference. Referred to as a wood henge, it was detected using sophisticated remote sensing instruments. Surveys indicate that henges are fairly common at earthwork sites but none on such a grand scale. Hopeton Earthworks 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_B02F05_E8_05
Subjects: Hopeton Works (Ohio); Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing mounds and features of the Hopeton Earthworks. The Hopeton Earthworks are located in northern Springfield Township in Ross County, Ohio, in an area north of Chillicothe historically referred to as Hopetown. The earthworks were constructed by people of the Hopewell Culture (100 BC-AD 400) and sit on the east bank of the Scioto River opposite Mound City. The complex consists of a 20-acre circular embankment that intrudes into a slightly rounded square enclosure of equal area. When first surveyed in the 1840s there were also two smaller circular earthworks on the eastern flank of the square, and a set of parallel walls extending southwest toward Mound City that measured just under a half-mile in length. A commercial graveling operation later obliterated most of the parallel walls as well as several nearby habitation areas, and years of farming have greatly reduced the relief of both the square and circle. The National Park Service gained control of the site in the 1990s and included it as a component of the newly-created Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Recent research indicates that the walls of the circle were erected over a series of large wooden posts, perhaps for the entire circumference. Referred to as a wood henge, it was detected using sophisticated remote sensing instruments. Surveys indicate that henges are fairly common at earthwork sites but none on such a grand scale. Hopeton Earthworks 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_B02F05_E8_01
Subjects: Hopeton Works (Ohio); Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio;
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Floor plan for Mound #18 of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio. 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_B04F01_E04_005
Subjects: Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the excavation of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio, 1920. A handwritten caption on the back reads "Sand covering over large central grave, Mound City Mound No. 7, Ross Co., O." 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_B04F01_E02_007
Subjects: Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Floor plan for Mound #23 of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio. 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_B04F01_E04_001
Subjects: Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the excavation of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio, 1920. Seated beneath an umbrella that reads "Stocklin & Herrnstein Hardware" is William C. Mills, curator of archaeology for the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). 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_B04F01_E01_10
Subjects: Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographs taken of crematories during the excavation of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio, 1920. 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_B04F01_E02_005
Subjects: Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the excavation of the Mound City Group of mounds in Ross County, Ohio, 1920. 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_B04F01_E01_06
Subjects: Hopewell culture--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)