- Mathew Mound
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Mathew Mound
Location: Atop the hill on the northern side of Oak Rd., Glendale, Ohio[2] Coordinates: 39°15′44.5″N 84°26′33.5″W / 39.262361°N 84.442639°WCoordinates: 39°15′44.5″N 84°26′33.5″W / 39.262361°N 84.442639°W Area: 5 acres (2.0 ha) Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 75001424[1] Added to NRHP: May 29, 1975 The Mathew Mound (designated 33-HA-122[2]) is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located off Oak Road near the village of Evendale,[3] the mound is believed to have been built by members of the Adena or Hopewell peoples during the Woodland period.[4]:629
For many years, local legend held that the mound was the burial site of a historic Native American known as "Opekasit"; the legend lent itself to the milk-processing operation run by the mound's owners, which was known for many years as the Opekasit Dairy.[2] The mound is 4.5 feet (1.4 m) high with a diameter of slightly more than 60 feet (18 m). Having never been excavated, it is a prime example of a burial mound from the Woodland period. Based on the excavation of similar mounds, it is expected that the Mathew Mound contains evidence of funerary practices such as grave goods and the remains of buried bodies.[4]:630 It is one of two archaeological sites in the vicinity: the other, a small campsite designated 33-HA-125, is a small fraction of a mile west of the mound, but excavation yielded nothing significant.[2] Because the mound is a potentially valuable archaeological site, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
- ^ a b "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 d Location derived from Starr, S.F. "The Archaeology of Hamilton County Ohio". Journal of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History 23.1 (1960): 83. The NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
- ^ 44 F.R. 7558
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio Benham Mound | Betts-Longworth Historic District | Burchenal Mound | Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Archeological District | Colerain Works Archeological District | Conrad Mound Archeological Site | Dravo Gravel Site | Dunlap Archeological District | Hahn Field Archeological District | Mariemont Embankment And Village Site | Mariemont Historic District | Mathew Mound | Mt. Nebo Archaeological District | Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound | Perin Village Site | Norwood Mound | Rennert Mound Archeological District | Shawnee Lookout Archeological District | Short Woods Park Mound | State Line Archeological District | Story Mound | Turpin Site | Wesley Butler Archeological DistrictCategories:- Archaeological sites in Hamilton County, Ohio
- Mound builders (people)
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Woodland period of North America
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