National Register of Historic Places

Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II

Powell, Delaware County, Ohio
Listed
March 18, 1975
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
75001375

About this property

The Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II (also known as the Muma Mound and the Orchard Mound or the Selvey Mound) are two archaeological sites located within Highbanks Metro Park in Central Ohio in the United States. The park is in southernmost Delaware County on the east bank of the Olentangy River. The subconical mounds are believed to have been built by the Adena culture. Also located in the park is a semi-elliptical embankment, the Highbank Park Works, which consists of four three-foot-high sections bordered by a shallow ditch. It is thought to have been constructed sometime between 800 and 1300 CE by members of the Cole culture. The site was surveyed by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in 1846. They discuss the site in their 1848 book, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley.

Location

Powell, Delaware County, Ohio

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Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1975.

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Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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