Difference between revisions of "Fairmount Mound"
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[[File:Fairmount mound and church from 1875 atlas.jpg|thumb|Sketch of Fairmount Mound and Church from 1875 Atlas of Licking County]] | [[File:Fairmount mound and church from 1875 atlas.jpg|thumb|Sketch of Fairmount Mound and Church from 1875 Atlas of Licking County]] | ||
| − | Fairmount Mound is sited just north of the [[National Road]] (US-40) at Fairmount Church on a road of the same name. The large, burial mound is attributed to the Hopewell cultural period and, like other Native-American mounds, it has become incorporated into the modern landscape as a sacred space. <ref> Pacheco, P. "The Legacy of the Licking River Basin Moundbuilders," ''Vanishing Heritage'', (1992), 23-25 </ref> Fairmount Presbyterian Church sits very close to the mound, and the | + | Fairmount Mound is sited just north of the [[National Road]] (US-40) at Fairmount Church on a road of the same name. The large, burial mound is attributed to the Hopewell cultural period and, like other Native-American mounds, it has become incorporated into the modern landscape as a sacred space. <ref> Pacheco, P. "The Legacy of the Licking River Basin Moundbuilders," ''Vanishing Heritage'', (1992), 23-25 </ref> Fairmount Presbyterian Church sits very close to the mound, and the field nearby became a burial site for American settlers in the area in the mid-nineteenth century. The church was organized in 1834 by Rev. Jonathan Cable and the building erected in 1835. <ref> Hill, N. ''History of Licking County, Ohio,'' (1881), 496 </ref> This reuse of the sacred space has helped preserve this fifteen-foot high and eighty-foot wide, prehistoric structure. <ref> Woodward and McDonald, ''Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley'', (2002), 185-186 </ref> The fortunate preservation of Fairmount Mound is the exception for the once numerous embankments and mounds in the surrounding environs, which have been largely destroyed through human activity. <ref> Hill, N. ''History of Licking County, Ohio'', (1881), 420 </ref> |
Latest revision as of 12:05, 26 January 2024
Fairmount Mound is sited just north of the National Road (US-40) at Fairmount Church on a road of the same name. The large, burial mound is attributed to the Hopewell cultural period and, like other Native-American mounds, it has become incorporated into the modern landscape as a sacred space. [1] Fairmount Presbyterian Church sits very close to the mound, and the field nearby became a burial site for American settlers in the area in the mid-nineteenth century. The church was organized in 1834 by Rev. Jonathan Cable and the building erected in 1835. [2] This reuse of the sacred space has helped preserve this fifteen-foot high and eighty-foot wide, prehistoric structure. [3] The fortunate preservation of Fairmount Mound is the exception for the once numerous embankments and mounds in the surrounding environs, which have been largely destroyed through human activity. [4]
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