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Shrum Mound is a Native American burial mound in Campbell Memorial Park in Columbus, Ohio. [2] The mound was created around 2,000 years ago by the Pre-Columbian Native American Adena culture. [2] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]
Jar burial is a human burial custom where the corpse is placed into a large earthenware container and then interred. Jar burials are a repeated pattern at a site or within an archaeological culture. When an anomalous burial is found in which a corpse or cremated remains have been interred, it is not considered a "jar burial".
This is a list of notable burial mounds in the United States built by Native Americans. Burial mounds were built by many different cultural groups over a span of many thousands of years, beginning in the Late Archaic period and continuing through the Woodland period up to the time of European contact.
The Coe Mound is a Native American burial mound in Columbus, Ohio. The mound was created around 2,000 years ago by the Pre-Columbian Native American Adena or Hopewell culture . The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
So far there have been twelve discovered jar burial sites, [1] five of which that have radiocarbon dates placing them between the 15th-17th century CE. [2] [1] When exploring these sites, researchers usually look for identifying characteristics such as wooden coffins and large collections of jars that contain multiple human remains and colorful glass beads.
Wesleyan Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton County. Catherine Street Burying Ground in Cincinnati; Congress Green Cemetery in North Bend; Fulton-Presbyterian Cemetery in Cincinnati; NRHP-listed
The Columbus Country Club Mound is a Native American burial mound at the Columbus Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. The mound was created around 2,000 years ago by the Pre-Columbian Native American Adena culture. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1] [2]
The North Graveyard, also known as the North Cemetery and Old North Cemetery, was a burial ground in Columbus, Ohio. It was situated in modern-day Downtown Columbus and was established in 1813, a year after the city was founded. Graves at the site were moved beginning in the 1850s into the 1880s.