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The Paleo Crossing site, one of the oldest sites in Ohio, had two [5] or three [6] post holes and refuse pits that contained charcoal. From radiocarbon dating, the site was used 10,980 BP ± 75 yearsBefore Present [ 5 ] or about 9,000 B.C. [ 6 ] The post holes and an area about 150 square feet indicate that there was a structure at the site.
Located on both sides of the Indiana/Ohio border, [2] the historic district is composed of five contributing properties spread out across 8 acres (3.2 ha) of land. [1] It is believed to have been the site of a village of the Fort Ancient culture of prehistoric Native Americans .
This log cabin was built in 1805 by Zachariah Price Dewitt and Elizabeth Dewitt and is the oldest extant structure in the Oxford Township of Butler County, Ohio.It is the only remaining home of the several built by pioneers along the Four-Mile Creek, just east of what is now the Miami University campus.
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Ohio, in the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Ohio . Subcategories
Congress Lands in Ohio. The Congress Lands was a group of land tracts in Ohio that made land available for sale to members of the general public through land offices in various cities, and through the United States General Land Office. It consisted of three groups of surveys: [1] Ohio River Base Congress Lands East of Scioto River
[2] The main village site is located on the relatively flat top of a hill roughly about 1,240 feet (380 m) above sea level. The site is estimated to encompass 2-3 acres. The site during its occupation overlooked a roughly-hewn hunting trail, later used as the outline of the first roads and eventually becoming National Road.
Nobles Pond site is a 25-acre archaeological site near Canton in Stark County, Ohio, and is a historical site with The Ohio Historical Society. It is one of the largest Clovis culture sites in North America. At the end of the Ice age, about 10,500 to 11,500 years ago, a large number of Paleo-Indians, the first people to live in Ohio, camped at ...
Dillon Lake is a reservoir in Muskingum County, Ohio in the United States. [1] It was completed in 1961, covers 1,736 acres of water and was constructed primarily for flood control purposes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The lake was named after Moses Dillon, who purchased the land in 1803/1804 [ 4 ]