High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner
High Bank NE
Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE)·Neolithic / Woodland; Hopewell·🇺🇸 Ohio, Ross County, High Bank, United States
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About High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner
High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner in Ohio, Ross County, High Bank, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthwork attributed to Neolithic / Woodland. Systematic survey and coring document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal platform and domestic quarter. Dimensions 372m × 264m; area 27.8 ha. Excavation excavated; condition preserved. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Neolithic / Woodland earthwork with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 215 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Construction technique
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE)
- Culture
- Neolithic / Woodland; Hopewell
- Builders
- Neolithic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial earthwork with astronomical alignment
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 915 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1884
Modern rediscovery and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
39.2900° N · 83.0200° W · 215 m · 4 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner — structure with stratified deposits39.2923° N · 83.0214° W
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner — complex with stratified deposits39.2909° N · 83.0215° W
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner — outlier with stratified deposits39.2885° N · 83.0216° W
- Reservoir/CisternhydraulicReservoir/Cistern at High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner — hydraulic with stratified deposits39.2923° N · 83.0203° W