Benham Mound
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Benham Mound
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Looking up a hillside toward the mound
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| Location: | Section 30 of the original Columbia Township, off Montgomery Road[2][3] |
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| Nearest city: | Amberley, Ohio |
| Coordinates: | 39°11′38″N 84°25′31″W / 39.19389°N 84.42528°WCoordinates: 39°11′38″N 84°25′31″W / 39.19389°N 84.42528°W |
| Area: | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 74001508[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 30, 1974 |
The Benham Mound is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.[1] Located in modern Amberley in Hamilton County,[3] the mound is an archaeological site.[1]
A volume of Hamilton County history, published in the nineteenth century, described the Benham Mound as "a fine, large mound"; at that time, it was 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and its circumference was approximately 200 feet (61 m).[2] Built on a line of tall hills above a valley,[4] it is located in Section 30 of the original Columbia Township, near the Montgomery turnpike (now U.S. Route 22[5]). The Norwood Mound lies approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the southwest.[2]
During the nineteenth century, local residents partially excavated the mound and the ground around it; their diggings revealed significant amounts of mica and divers types of stone tools, including axes, scrapers, chisels, and flint projectile points. These findings, combined with the location of the mound itself, have led archaeologists to conclude that Benham Mound was built by people of the Hopewell tradition.[4] Because of its archaeological value, the Benham Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ a b c Ford, Henry A., et al. History of Hamilton County Ohio. Cleveland: Williams, 1881, 266.
- ^ a b Mills, William C. Archeological Atlas of Ohio. Columbus: Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society, 1914, page 31 and plate 31.
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 565.
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 74. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
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