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Dixon Mound, also known as Williams, or Williamson, Mound, stands in the village of Homer. The mound is 15 feet high and 80 feet across. | Dixon Mound, also known as Williams, or Williamson, Mound, stands in the village of Homer. The mound is 15 feet high and 80 feet across. | ||
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The village of Homer, and its township of Burlington, was founded in an area numerous mounds and earthworks of various sizes, many of which have been lost due to recent human activity. <ref> Brister, E. (1909) Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio, 342-343 </ref> | The village of Homer, and its township of Burlington, was founded in an area numerous mounds and earthworks of various sizes, many of which have been lost due to recent human activity. <ref> Brister, E. (1909) Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio, 342-343 </ref> | ||
| − | + | The construction era of Dixon mound is unknown because the site has not been excavated, making it the culture that built the site impossible to identify. The shape and size of the structure suggest, however, that it was built by the Adena culture (800 BCE-1 CE). Situated on South Street in Homer near the public library, the mound can be viewed from the street, but lies on private land and there is no public access. <ref> Woodward and Mcdonald (2002), Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, 185-186. </ref> | |
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Revision as of 10:34, 22 July 2020
Dixon Mound, also known as Williams, or Williamson, Mound, stands in the village of Homer. The mound is 15 feet high and 80 feet across.
The village of Homer, and its township of Burlington, was founded in an area numerous mounds and earthworks of various sizes, many of which have been lost due to recent human activity. [1]
The construction era of Dixon mound is unknown because the site has not been excavated, making it the culture that built the site impossible to identify. The shape and size of the structure suggest, however, that it was built by the Adena culture (800 BCE-1 CE). Situated on South Street in Homer near the public library, the mound can be viewed from the street, but lies on private land and there is no public access. [2]
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