Adena Mound

Adena Mound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pre-1901 view of the mound
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Location	Ross County, Ohio
Nearest city	Chillicothe, Ohio
Coordinates	39°21′21.34″N 83°0′32.62″W / 39.3559278°N 83.0090611°W / 39.3559278; -83.0090611
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
NRHP reference No.	75001529[1]
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1975

The Adena Mound is a Native American mound site on the grounds of the Adena Mansion, for which it is named, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The mound is the type site for the Adena culture of prehistoric mound builders. Carbon dating of artifacts from the mound places its construction between 100 B.C. and 40 A.D. William C. Mills, Ohio's state curator of archaeology, excavated the mound in 1901; before the excavation, it was 26 feet (7.9 m) tall. Artifacts found in the mound include the Adena Pipe, later designated Ohio's state artifact, as well as jewelry, projectile points, and textiles.^[2][3]

The site was listed in the National Register on June 5, 1975.^[1]

Present view of the base of the mound

See also

• Adena culture

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. Narciso, Dean (January 10, 2014). "Carbon dating used to date Adena Mound culture". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
3. "Adena Mound photograph". Ohio Memory. Ohio History Connection. Retrieved October 10, 2025.

External links

Media related to Adena Mound at Wikimedia Commons