A view of Mound City in the early morning. Indigenous mounds and burial sites speckle Ohio’s landscape, from Miamisburg in the west to Marietta in the east. These sites played important roles in many ...

Castle archaeologist Wes Clarke discusses the Conus mound in Marietta’s Mound Cemetery. It’s associated with the Adena culture, which was active in the Mid-Ohio Valley around 800 B.C. to A.D. 100.

PEEBLES, Ohio – On a lush hilltop deep in Southern Ohio, a giant snake slithers through the grass, its intentions a mystery. Despite more than a century of study, we still don’t know who built the ...

Standing on the Quadranou Mound, Williamstown resident Diana Knight, left, and her friend, Marietta resident Nancy Nelson, second from left, listen as Hidden Marietta tour guide Emily Kubota, right, ...

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Bradley Lepper, Curator of Archaeology at the Ohio History Connection, studies earthworks built by Ohio’s earliest inhabitants and the cultural history gleaned from the tools and ...

Whenever I give presentations about the amazing earthworks built by Ohio’s ancient American Indian cultures, a frequently asked question is, “How long did it take to build them?" In a new article on ...

According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Adena people were a group of well-organized Native American societies that lived in parts of the U.S. from Indiana to New York and from central Ohio south ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection includes eight ...