Etna Township Mounds
Etna Township Mounds I And II | |
| Nearest city | Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
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| Area | 22.7 acres (9.2 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001457[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 5, 1975 |
The Etna Township Mounds are a pair of Native American mounds in Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio, United States.[1] Located east of Reynoldsburg near Interstate 70,[2] the mounds are built primarily of sand. Unlike typical Native American mounds, their location reveals nothing of their builders:[3]: 864 they are not built atop hills or along a stream,[3]: 865 as Adena mounds typically are.[3]: 776
Because the mounds have never been archaeologically excavated, virtually nothing is certain about them other than that they were constructed by one of the mound-building cultures that inhabited Ohio during the Woodland period.[3]: 864
It has been proposed that the mounds are the work of a group of individuals isolated from the rest of their culture. Because excavation of the mounds is likely to yield valuable information about such isolated groups, the mounds are a potential archaeological site.[3]: 865 In recognition of their archaeological value, the Etna Township Mounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 44 FR 7559
- ^ a b c d e Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.
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