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 ...

Before the early American settlers moved into Ohio in the 1780s, the region was home to ancient Mound Builders and Native American tribes.

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 ...

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.

November is Native American Heritage Month. If you want to explore Central Ohio's Indigenous history, here are a few places ...

An archeological dig in Brookfield has yielded Native American burial mounds dating as far back as 1,000 BC, researchers said. The remains, found at the Tobin Campground, belong to the Adena people, a ...

BROOKFIELD - The town has contracted with University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services to locate and record the final resting places of indigenous people who lived in the region 3,000 years ago ...

How do we talk about the earthworks? Our terminology can be confusing. Take the term “Hopewell Culture.” There never were Indians who called themselves “Hopewell.” While there is no doubt that our ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ind. — Archaeologists from the ...

This past month, I got to visit yet another one of our beautiful State Parks: "Mounds State Park" in Anderson, Indiana. Mounds State park was established as a state park in 1930 and it's listed on the ...