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Archaeological Sites

Avella Mound
Stone structures in the Ohio Valley, dated somewhere in the A. D. 530-850 range, an abstract from the 1996 meetings of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Buffington Island Battlefield
Archaeological investigations of this cavalry battle of the American Civil War, from Heidelberg College.

Eaton (Hopewell) Furnace
The earliest blast furnace west of the Alleghenies was built in 1802-03 in northeastern Ohio; an abstract from the Midcontinent Journal of Archaeology.

Flint Ridge
Report of 1987 and 1988 field schools from Ohio State University at this Hopewell site in Ohio, a brief note in Hopewell Newsletter.

Fort Ancient
Excavations at this Ohio Hopewell site, dated between 100 B.C. to A.D. 500, have revealed an occupation where it was previously thought to be only ceremonial; a news brief from Archaeology magazine.

Great Hopewell Road
A web page for Bradley Lepper's terrific video, Searching for the Great Hopewell Road, also a good resource for Hopewell data.

Hopeton Settlement
1995 field school by the Midwest Archeological Center at several Hopewell sites in Ohio, an article in Hopewell Newsletter.
     1998 research at Hopeton, an article in Hopewell Newsletter.

Hopewell Site
Correlating Maps of the Hopewell Site, 1820-1993, article by N'omi Greber in Hopewell Newsletter.

Houpt Site
Late Archaic extraction camp in southwestern Ohio, an article abstract from the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology.

Johnson's Island
An island used as a Civil War military prison; ongoing excavations by Heidelberg College include Adult Experiential Learning courses.

Miller's Ridge
Sandusky Tradition village site in northcentral Ohio, abstract from a paper delivered at the 1996 meetings of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Newark Earthworks
Archaeological investigations by Bradley Lepper at this Hopewell site, article from Hopewell Newsletter.

Nobles Pond
Paleoindian site in Stark County; notes by Paul Barans, based on publications on this site.

Sand Ridge Site
Archaic and Late Woodland occupations on the Little Miami in Ohio, abstract of a paper delivered at the 1996 Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Seip Mound Group
Ohio Hopewell, article abstract from the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology on the textiles.

Serpent Mound
Discussion of the probable age of the site as Late Prehistoric Fort Ancient rather than Adena/Hopewell, an article abstract from the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology.
     Serpent Mound a little discussion and a picture of the site in Ohio, from the Ohio Historical Society.Sheriden Cave
A site in northwest Ohio, Paleo-American artifacts and Ice Age fossils dating to almost 13,000, an article from the Mammoth Trumpet. 

Williams Tenant House
A historic site on the East Fork of the Little Miami River in Ohio, dated between 1820-1860, an abstract from the 1996 meetings of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

University Programs

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Conducts research and preservation activities at Mound City, Hopeton, and Spruce Hills; an article on recent research in Hopewell Newsletter.

University of Cincinnati Cincinnati
MA

University of Cincinnati Classics Cincinnati
MA, PhD Greek and Roman Archaeology and in Aegean Prehistory

Ohio Historic Preservation Office
Oversees archaeological research in the state; links to preservation issues and other matters.

Ohio State University - Columbus
MA, PhD

Current Researchers

Christopher Carr
Arizona State University, sociopolitical organization and belief systems, analysis of style, mortuary practices, quantitative methods, material technological analyses, and Eastern U.S.prehistory; Ohio Hopewell.

John Claflin
Salvaging Pioneer History Along the Ohio River, an article abstract in Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology.

Berle Clay
Adena sites, Middle Woodland in Ohio, a paper on the Hopewell/Adena controversy, abstract of a paper delivered at the 1996 Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Spencer J. Cotkin et al.
Analysis of slips and other inorganic surface materials on Woodland and early Fort Ancient ceramics, Ohio. Abstracted article, American Antiquity.

Jeannine Kreinbrink
Prehistoric Settlement Patterns along the Little Miami River Drainage, abstract of a paper delivered at the 1996 Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Gary D. Wright
SUNY-Albany, Ohio Valley Hopewell-Adena archaeology.

Cultural History

The Encyclopedia Cleveland History
Includes a wealth of information on all aspects of Cleveland, with a healthy section dedicated to exploration and early settlement.

Ohio's Prehistoric Indians
A timeline from the Ohio Historical Society.

General Information

Archaeology at About.com

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