Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II

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Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city:	Powell, Ohio
Coordinates:	40°9′23.004″N 83°1′26.4714″W / 40.15639000°N 83.024019833°W / 40.15639000; -83.024019833Coordinates: 40°9′23.004″N 83°1′26.4714″W / 40.15639000°N 83.024019833°W / 40.15639000; -83.024019833
Area:	175 acres (71 ha)
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	75001375^[1]
Added to NRHP:	March 19, 1975

The Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II (also known as the Muma Mound and the Orchard Mound or the Selvey Mound) are two archaeological sites located within Highbanks Metro Park^[2] in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The park is in southernmost Delaware County on the east bank of the Olentangy River. The subconical mounds are believed to have been built by the Adena culture.^[3]

Also located in the park is a semi elliptical embankment, the Highbank Park Works, which consisting of four three feet high sections bordered by a shallow ditch. It is thought to have been constructed sometime between 800 and 1300 CE by members of the Cole culture.^[3]

References [edit]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
^ "Metro Parks-Central Ohio Park System-Highbanks". Retrieved 2010-05-19.
^ ^a ^b Susan L. Woodward and Jerry N. McDonald (2002). Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley. McDonald and Woodward Publishing. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-939923-72-6.

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