MOUND
BUILDERS OF
OHIO
AFTER THE PALEO AND ARCHAIC
INDIANS CAME A GROUP OF
NATIVE AMERICANS LIVING IN
OHIO KNOWN AS THE MOUND
BUILDERS.
THE MOUND BUILDERS, AS THEIR
NAME SAYS, BUILT MOUNDS OF
VARIOUS SIZES AND SHAPES.
THEY BUILT THEIR MOUNDS FOR BURIAL.
SKELETONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
FOUND IN THE MOUNDS.
THE MOUNDS WERE BUILT FOR RELIGIOUS
PURPOSES. SOME MOUNDS WERE BUILT WITH A
FLAT TOP. ON THE TOP WAS LOCATED A TEMPLE IN
WHICH WORSHIP TOOK PLACE.
PERHAPS THE MOUNDS WERE USED FOR
PROTECTION. AT THE TOP OF A MOUND ONE COULD
SEE AN ENEMY OR ENEMIES APPROACHING.
THE NEXT PICTURE
SHOWS A MAP OF
NORTH AMERICA. IT
SHOWS PLACES WHERE
MOUNDS ARE LOCATED
IN THE UNITED STATES.
AS YOU CAN
SEE, THE
MOUNDS
WERE
LOCATED
ALONG
RIVERS
IN THE
MISSISSIPPI,
OHIO AND
ARKANSAS
RIVER
VALLEYS.
THIS MAP
SHOWS
HOW
MANY
MOUNDS
ARE
LOCATED
IN
OHIO!!!
SOME MOUNDS WERE
SHAPED LIKE CONES,
LIKE THIS VERY TALL
MOUND, THE
MIAMISBURG MOUND,
NEAR DAYTON, OHIO.
OTHER MOUNDS HAD SHAPES OF
ANIMALS OR OTHER CREATURES.
THESE ARE CALLED “EFFIGY”
MOUNDS.
THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE EFFIGY
MOUNDS IS THE SERPENT MOUND
LOCATED IN ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO.
THIS IS A DRAWING OF
THE SERPENT MOUND.
IT SHOWS A SERPENT
WITH AN OPEN
MOUTH, POSSIBLY
ATTEMPTING TO
SWALLOW AN EGG.
THERE ARE ALSO TEMPLE MOUNDS. THEY WERE
FLAT ON THE TOP. ON THE FLAT AREA THERE WAS
AN OPEN TEMPLE MADE OF WOOD. FROM HERE,
WORSHIP TOOK PLACE.
WE KNOW THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE FRENCH
EXPLORERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SAW SUCH
MOUNDS IN USE AND WROTE DOWN WHAT THEY
SAW.
THE NEXT PICTURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TEMPLE
MOUND.
HERE ARE TWO
OTHER MOUNDS
THAT ARE FOUND
HERE IN THE OHIO
AREA.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE
MOUND BUILDERS LOOKED
LIKE. ALL WE CAN DO IS
GUESS. HERE ARE SOME
SCULPTORS’ AND ARTISTS’
IDEAS OF WHAT THE MOUND
BUILDERS LOOKED LIKE.
THIS LOOKS
MORE LIKE WHAT
WE WOULD THINK
OF AS A
“MODERN”
INDIAN, BUT THE
ARTIST SAYS HE
THINKS MOUND
BUILDERS
LOOKED LIKE
THIS WHEN THEY
DRESSED UP!!!!!
WE DO KNOW WHAT THEIR HOMES, OR
WIGWAMS, LOOKED LIKE. ARCHAEOLOGISTS
HAVE FOUND THE REMAINS OF THE POLES TO
THE WIGWAMS IN THE GROUND. THESE HAVE
BEEN FOUND BY THE DOZENS AROUND
VARIOUS MOUNDS.
HERE ARE VARIOUS
ARTIFACTS FOUND IN
MOUNDS HERE IN OHIO.
THERE ARE TOOLS,
WEAPONS, POTTERY,
PIPES AND OTHER
ITEMS.
THERE ARE 3 GROUPS OF
MOUNDBUILDERS HERE
IN OHIO:
THE ADENA
THE HOPEWELL
THE FORT ANCIENT
THE ADENA PEOPLE
WERE IN OHIO FIRST.
THEY BUILT LARGE
MOUNDS LIKE THE
MIAMISBURG MOUND.
THEY ALSO BUILT EFFIGY
MOUNDS LIKE THE
SERPENT MOUND.
THE HOPEWELL PEOPLE CAME TO OHIO
AFTER THE ADENA.
THEY BUILT MOUNDS TOO. THE
HOPEWELL MOUNDS WERE OFTEN IN
REGULAR SHAPES LIKE CIRCLES,
SQUARES AND RECTANGLES.
THEY ALSO BUILT GROUPS OF MOUNDS
IN PATTERNS SUCH AS CIRCLES, AS IN
CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO.
THE FORT ANCIENT PEOPLE
WERE A PART OF THE
HOPEWELL PEOPLE.
THEIR VILLAGE IS LOCATED
ON THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER.
THEY BUILT THEIR MOUNDS IN
PATTERNS IN THEIR VILLAGE.
YEARS AGO THE
MOUNDS WERE JUST
DUG INTO
THOUGHTLESSLY,
LOOKING FOR
ARTIFACTS, AS THIS
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS.
SOME FARMERS JUST
GOT RID OF THE
MOUNDS SO THEIR LAND
WOULD BE FLAT AND
EASIER TO FARM. ALL
THE ARTIFACTS WERE
LOST OR THROWN
AWAY!!!
TODAY, ARCHAEOLOGISTS
CAREFULLY INVESTIGATE
MOUNDS FOR ARTIFACTS
SO WE CAN LEARN ABOUT
THE GREAT GROUPS OF
MOUNDBUILDERS WE HAD
HERE IN OHIO!!!
THE
DESCENDANTS OF
THE
MOUNDBUILDERS
ARE THE
“HISTORIC”
TRIBES HERE IN
OHIO, SUCH AS
THE SHAWNEE,
MIAMI, MINGO AND
WYANDOT.
THE
MOUNDBUILDERS
WERE
FARMERS!!!!!
DO YOU GET IT???? THE
MOUNDBUILDERS WERE
FARMERS!!! THEY ALSO
HUNTED SOME, FISHED SOME
AND GATHERED SOME…
BUT THE MAIN WAY THEY GOT
THEIR FOOD WAS FROM
FARMING!!!!
IN REVIEW:
THE MOUNDBUILDERS IN
OHIO BUILT MOUNDS FOR
BURIAL, RELIGIOUS
CEREMONIES AND
(PERHAPS) PROTECTION
THERE ARE 3 GROUPS OF
MOUNDBUILDERS IN OHIO:
THE ADENA
THE HOPEWELL
THE FORT ANCIENT (PART
OF THE HOPEWELL
GROUP)
THE MOUNDBUILDERS ARE
THE ANCESTORS OF THE
HISTORIC INDIANS OF OHIO.
THE HISTORIC INDIANS OF
OHIO SUCH AS THE MIAMI,
SHAWNEE, WYANDOT, MINGO
ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF
THE MOUNDBUILDERS.