| Yellowstone National Park | Yes, American Indians lived in the area we call Yellowstone. | ||
| Obsidian Cliff Important volcanic glass deposit that
was traded widely. This obsidian has been found as far away as
in Hopewell people's earthworks in Ohio ! The Hopewell earthworks
were built approximately 2000 years ago. |
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| Some Native American Antiquities | |
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A mixture of midwest US items,
including: --Aztalan (Wisconsin) and Cahokia Mounds (outside St. Louis). These are 'Mississippian' earthworks, a culture with corn agriculture, which allowed population centers. |
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| --Petroglyphs at Roche a Cri WI --Petroglyphs at Wash St. Park MO Both of these are carved in rock, and have some figures in common. The Roche a Cri site is more heavily damaged. |
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| --Indian Mounds Park, St Paul, MN This is a Hopewell site overlooking the Mississippi River. There were carvings in a cave below the bluff, but those have eroded over time. |
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| Legend Rock Petroglyphs, WY | These carvings are really amazing,
many were created by the "pecked" (rather than incised) techniques.
The oldest are from the "paleoindian" period, approximately 6000
years ago. |
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| Wisconsin Indian Mounds (plus one North Dakota) | Mainly effigy
mounds, or earthworks in the shape of animals. The effigy mound
builders are thought to have lived more recently than the builders
of the Hopewell earthworks. The oral history of the present-day Ho
Chunk tribe of Wisconsin claims the effigy mound builders as their
ancestors. At the North Dakota mound site (near Valley City) most of the earthworks have been obliterated, but there is an interpretive sign. These may have been by the Hopewell people. |
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| Ohio
Native American Antiquities |
go here for the List below |
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| Inscription
Rock, Kellys Island, Lake Erie, Ohio |
Engravings on limestone approximately 300~400 years old. Deteriorated significantly. | ||
| Hopewell National Historic Park,
Chillicothe, OH |
Amazingly huge earthworks! Mound City Group Hopewell Mound Group Seip Mound Group, Paint Ck Valley Hopeton Mounds |
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| Hopewell Earthworks near Newark and Heath, OH | Great Circle Earthworks Octagon Earthworks (astronomically significant) |
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| Serpent Mound, near Peebles OH |
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| Fort Hill earthworks (en route to
Serpent Mound) |
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| Highbanks Metro Park earthworks (near
Columbus OH) |
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| Flint Ridge, OH 10,000 yrs of
quarrying! |
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