Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Archaeological District
Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Archeological District | |
Location | Along the ridge to the west of the Union Bridge[2]: 168 |
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Nearest city | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Coordinates | 39°6′46″N 84°23′48″W / 39.11278°N 84.39667°W |
Area | 70 acres (28 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 74001509[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 1, 1974 |
The Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Archaeological District is a
Sites
Clough Creek
The Clough Creek Site occupies an area of approximately 2 acres (0.81 ha); although no
Sand Ridge
The Sand Ridge Site lies about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) away from the Clough Creek Site.[4]: 579 Located along a prominent ridgeline to the west of the old Union Bridge along the road between Cincinnati and Batavia, it has long been known as a significant archaeological site. As early as the 1880s, many individuals frequently visited the ridge to collect artifacts from the surface, such as bones, pottery, and pieces of flint.[2]: 168 The residents appear to have inhabited the site only seasonally, with autumn and winter being the most likely times of occupation. They appear to have been heavily dependent on fish for their food, as many fish bones have been discovered at Sand Ridge; among the most common types of fish were suckers, channel catfish, and freshwater drums.[5]
Excavation and conclusions
On behalf of the
Despite the distance between the two sites, they are believed to be closely related.
Recognition
In 1974, the Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Archaeological District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its information-yielding potential. In the community of Newtown to the east are several villages that have received a similar status: the Perin, Turpin, and Hahn Field sites.[1] Like Clough Creek and Sand Ridge, Turpin and Hahn Field were once Fort Ancient villages that were founded atop former Woodland period villages,[4]: 608 while Perin Village and the related Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound are exclusively Woodland sites.[4]: 646
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 3. Cambridge: Wilson and Son, 1887.
- ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.
- U of Nebraska P, 2000, 84.
- ^ a b c Brady-Rawlins, Kathleen. The O.C. Voss Site: Reassessing What We Know about the Fort Ancient Occupation of the Central Scioto Drainage and Its Tributaries Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Diss. Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 2010-06-17.