Adena mound

{{short description|Archaeological type site}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Adena Mound | nrhp_type = | image = Adena Mound.jpg | caption = Pre-1901 view of the mound | location = Ross County, Ohio | nearest_city = Chillicothe, Ohio | coordinates = {{coord|39|21|21.34|N|83|0|32.62|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Ohio#USA | area = {{convert|1.4|acre}} | added = June 5, 1975 | refnum = 75001529<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> }}

The '''Adena Mound''' is a Native American mound site on the grounds of the Adena Mansion, for which it is named, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The mound is the type site for the Adena culture of precontact mound builders. Carbon dating of artifacts from the mound places its construction between 100 B.C. and A.D. 40 William C. Mills, Ohio's state curator of archaeology, excavated the mound in 1901; before the excavation, it was {{convert|26|ft}} tall. Artifacts found in the mound include the Adena Pipe, later designated Ohio's state artifact, as well as jewelry, projectile points, and textiles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Narciso |first1=Dean |title=Carbon dating used to date Adena Mound culture |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/technology/2014/01/11/carbon-dating-used-to-date/23977665007/ |access-date=October 10, 2025 |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Adena Mound photograph |url=https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll7/id/985/ |website=Ohio Memory |publisher=Ohio History Connection |access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref>

The site was listed in the National Register on June 5, 1975.<ref name="nris"/>

thumb|left|Present view of the base of the mound

==See also== *Adena culture

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Category:Adena culture Category:Archaeological sites in Ohio Category:Chillicothe, Ohio Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:Archaeological type sites Category:Geography of Ross County, Ohio Category:Mounds in Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ross County, Ohio