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The Fort Ancient culture is a Native American archaeological culture that dates back to c. 1000–1750 CE. [1] Members of the culture lived along the Ohio River valley, in an area running from modern-day Ohio and western West Virginia through to northern Kentucky and parts of southeastern Indiana . [ 2 ]
Built by the Hopewell culture, who lived in the area from the 200 BC to AD 400, the site is situated on a wooded bluff 270 feet (82 m) above the Little Miami. It is the namesake of a culture known as Fort Ancient who lived near the complex long after it was constructed.
The Fort Ancient culture, of the Pre-Columbian Formative period, in eastern North America Pages in category "Fort Ancient culture" The following 33 pages are in this ...
The Fort Ancient culture people, whose society was based on agriculture, would have planned rituals around a solar calendar. With reconstructed dwellings, a plaza and gardens, and an interpretive center, the village was opened in 1988 to the public as an open-air museum.
The Thompson site is a Fort Ancient culture archaeological site located near South Portsmouth in Greenup County, Kentucky, next to the Ohio River across from the mouth of the Scioto River. It was occupied during the Croghan Phase (1100 to 1200 CE) of the local chronology and was a contemporary of Baum Phase sites in the Scioto River valley. [1]
The professional excavations of the twentieth century revealed that the Turpin site was primarily a Fort Ancient village, although some Late Woodland influence was also present. [3] Writing in 1966, archaeologist James Griffin classified Turpin and the nearby Sand Ridge site within the Madisonville Focus of the Fort Ancient culture.
Fort Ancient culture The Hobson site (33MS2) is a Native American archaeological site located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) below Middleport, Ohio on the north bank of the Ohio River . It has minor traces of Archaic , Woodland and Late Prehistoric artifacts.
The Clover site (46CB40) is a Fort Ancient culture archeological site located near Lesage in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. It is significant for its well-preserved remains of a late prehistoric/ protohistoric Native American village.