Austin Brown Mound


Austin Brown Mound
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Roadside view
Nearest city	Chillicothe, Ohio
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
NRHP Reference #	74001613^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 15, 1974

The Austin Brown Mound, also known as the "Dwight Fullerton Mound," is a subconical Native American mound located northwest of the city of Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio, United States.^[1] In 1897, the Ohio Historical Society sponsored an excavation of the mound under the leadership of Clarence Loveberry, who oversaw the digging of a large tunnel into the mound's side. Loveberry's investigation yielded artifacts of the Adena culture and evidence of rotten logs on the floor of the mound, but in publishing the results of his excavation, he observed that neither a tomb nor any isolated burials were discovered within the mound. Since 1897, other Adena mounds have been excavated and shown to have wooden tombs in off-center locations, presumably to complicate the efforts of those who would loot the mounds; accordingly, it is possible that the Brown mound likewise has an off-center tomb.^[2]

Despite the Loveberry excavation, the Brown mound remains one of the most important Adena mounds in Ohio. It is one of the largest known Adena mounds, and it has been damaged less than almost every other large Adena mound; accordingly, it is a highly valuable archaeological site.^[2] In recognition of its archaeological value, the Austin Brown Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is one of eighteen archaeological sites on the Register in Ross County;^[1] among the other seventeen is the Charles Metzger Mound, another Adena mound in the close vicinity of the Brown mound.^[2]

References

1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1212-1213.

Adena Culture

List of Adena culture sites Woodland period Mound builder (people) List of archaeological periods (North America)

Ohio sites	Adena Austin Brown Arledge Beam Farm Clemmons Conrad Coon Hunters George Deffenbaugh Enon Fortner Great Mound Highbanks Metro Park Hillside Haven Hodgen's Cemetery Horn Hurley Jackson Karshner Kinzer Luthor List McDaniel Miamisburg Mound Cemetery Odd Fellows' Cemetery Old Maid's Orchard Orators Carl Potter Raleigh Reeves D.S. Rose Ross Trails Circle Short Woods Park Snead Spruce Run David Stitt Story (Cincinnati) Story (Chillicothe) Williamson Wolf Plains Wright-Patterson Zaleski

Kentucky sites	Biggs Gaitskill Mound Hill Mount Horeb Ramey Round Hill

West Virginia sites	Criel Grave Creek

Indiana sites	Mounds State Park

Related topics Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley burial mound Eastern Agricultural Complex Hopewell tradition

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National Register of Historic Places in Ross County, Ohio

National Historical Park	Mound City Group National Monument

National Historic Landmarks	Adena (Thomas Worthington House) Hopeton Earthworks

Historic districts	Chillicothe Business District Chillicothe's Old Residential District Grandview Cemetery Great Seal Park Archeological District Charles Metzger Mound Seip Earthworks and Dill Mounds District

Other properties	Adena Mound Levi Anderson House Howard Baum Site (33RO270) Austin Brown Mound Buchwalter House-Applethorpe Farm T.C. Campbell Mound Canal Warehouse Cedar-Bank Works Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station Frankfort Works Mound Gartner Mound and Village Site Dr. John Harris Dental School Higby House High Banks Works Highbank Farm Hopewell Mound Group Kinzer Mound Henry Mace House Mary Worthington Macomb House Mountain House Oak Hill Renick House, Paint Hill Seip House South Salem Academy South Salem Covered Bridge Spruce Hill Works David Stitt Mound Story Mound State Memorial Tanglewood Vanmeter Church Street House Anthony and Susan Cardinal Walke House Wesley Chapel

Formerly listed	Kendrick-Barrett House

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Ross County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio

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