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Description: Archaeologists Warren Moorehead and Henry Shetrone. The Hopewell Mound Group is a large Hopewell culture (100 BC-AD 500) ceremonial center located along the North Fork of Paint Creek in Ross County. Archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead explored the site in 1891 and 1892. Henry C. Shetrone, Ohio Historical Society archaeologist, excavated much of the surviving portions of the site between 1922 and 1925. The artifacts recovered by these excavations belong to the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08010
Subjects: Hopewell culture; Archaeology--United States--History
Places: Ross County (Ohio)