Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor
Mound 7 Floor
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)·Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Hopewell·🇺🇸 Ohio, Ross County, Mound City, United States
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About Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor
Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor in Ohio, Ross County, Mound City, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hallstatt / Early Iron Age. Systematic survey and magnetometry document radiocarbon sequence. The site includes a principal citadel and ancillary necropolis. Dimensions mound 22 m diameter × 6 m high; ditch 2 m deep; area 4.4 ha. Excavation unexcavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Hallstatt / Early Iron Age tumulus with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 210 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ritual landscape model
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. 1500–1200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)
- Culture
- Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Hopewell
- Builders
- Hallstatt
- Purpose
- Elite burial and ritual mound
- Rediscovered
- 1955
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 1500–1200 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 925 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1946
Modern rediscovery and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
39.3800° N · 83.0100° W · 210 m · 3 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor — structure with stratified deposits39.3794° N · 83.0087° W
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor — complex with stratified deposits39.3823° N · 83.0115° W
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor — outlier with stratified deposits39.3797° N · 83.0081° W
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