- Austin Brown Mound
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Austin Brown Mound
Nearest city: Chillicothe, Ohio Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 74001613[1] Added to NRHP: February 15, 1974 The Austin Brown Mound, also known as the "Dwight Fullerton Mound," is a subconical Native American mound located northwest of the city of Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio, United States.[1] In 1897, the Ohio Historical Society sponsored an excavation of the mound under the leadership of Clarence Loveberry, who oversaw the digging of a large tunnel into the mound's side. Loveberry's investigation yielded artifacts of the Adena culture and evidence of rotten logs on the floor of the mound, but in publishing the results of his excavation, he observed that neither a tomb nor any isolated burials were discovered within the mound. Since 1897, other Adena mounds have been excavated and shown to have wooden tombs in off-center locations, presumably to complicate the efforts of those who would loot the mounds; accordingly, it is possible that the Brown mound likewise has an off-center tomb.[2]
Despite the Loveberry excavation, the Brown mound remains one of the most important Adena mounds in Ohio. It is one of the largest known Adena mounds, and it has been damaged less than almost every other large Adena mound; accordingly, it is a highly valuable archaeological site.[2] In recognition of its archaeological value, the Austin Brown Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is one of eighteen archaeological sites on the Register in Ross County;[1] among the other seventeen is the Charles Metzger Mound, another Adena mound in the close vicinity of the Brown mound.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1212-1213.
List of Adena culture sites · Woodland period · Mound builder (people) · List of archaeological periods (North America)Ohio Sites Adena Mound · Austin Brown Mound · Arledge Mounds I and II · Beam Farm · Clemmons Mound · Conrad Mound Archeological Site · Coon Hunters Mound · George Deffenbaugh Mound · Enon Mound · Fortner Mounds · Great Mound · Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II · Hillside Haven Mound · Hodgen's Cemetery Mound · Horn Mound · Hurley Mound · Jackson Mound · Karshner Mound · Kinzer Mound · Luthor List Mound · Miamisburg Mound · Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound · Old Maid's Orchard Mound · Orators Mound · Carl Potter Mound · Reeves Mound · D.S. Rose Mound · Ross Trails Adena Circle · Short Woods Park Mound · Snead Mound · Spruce Run Earthworks · David Stitt Mound · Story Mound (Cincinnati) · Story Mound (Chillicothe) · Wolf Plains Group · Zaleski Mound Group
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National Historic Landmarks Historic districts Chillicothe Business District | Chillicothe's Old Residential District | Grandview Cemetery | Great Seal Park Archeological District | Charles Metzger Mound | Seip Earthworks and Dill Mounds District
Other properties Adena Mound | Levi Anderson House | Howard Baum Site (33RO270) | Austin Brown Mound | Buchwalter House-Applethorpe Farm | T.C. Campbell Mound | Canal Warehouse | Cedar-Bank Works | Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station | Frankfort Works Mound | Gartner Mound and Village Site | Dr. John Harris Dental School | Higby House | High Banks Works | Highbank Farm | Hopewell Mound Group | Kinzer Mound | Henry Mace House | Mary Worthington Macomb House | Mountain House | Oak Hill | Renick House, Paint Hill | Seip House | South Salem Academy | South Salem Covered Bridge | Spruce Hill Works | David Stitt Mound | Story Mound State Memorial | Tanglewood | Vanmeter Church Street House | Anthony and Susan Cardinal Walke House | Wesley Chapel
Formerly listed Kendrick-Barrett House
Categories:- Adena culture
- Archaeological sites in Ohio
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Geography of Ross County, Ohio
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