Paint Creek Valley

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Paint Creek Valley is a region in south-central Ohio known for its rich concentration of ancient Native American earthworks and archaeological sites.

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Paint Creek Valley canonical 2
Buttermilk Creek Complex 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological region
geographic region
associatedWith Hopewell Culture National Historical Park vicinity
Ohio Historical Society research
containsSite Harness Earthworks
Liberty Earthworks
Mound City Group vicinity
Rocky Fork Earthworks
Seip Earthworks
Seip Mound
Spruce Hill Earthworks
ceremonial centers
enclosure earthworks
habitation sites
multiple burial mounds
quarry sites
environment fertile river valley
glaciated and unglaciated plateau transition zone
hasArchaeologicalEvidence burial mounds
ceramic artifacts
earthwork embankments
exotic raw materials used in Hopewell exchange networks
stone tools
hasCulturalAttribution Adena culture
Fort Ancient culture
Hopewell culture
linked to: Hopewell tradition
hasFeature Paint Creek
hasProtectionStatus partly included in state and federal archaeological preserves
hasSignificance important record of Woodland period cultures
key area for study of Ohio Hopewell archaeology
major center of Hopewell ceremonialism
knownFor ancient Native American earthworks
archaeological sites
prehistoric earthwork complexes
locatedIn Ohio
United States
south-central Ohio
namedAfter Paint Creek
partiallyWithin Fayette County, Ohio NERFINISHED
Highland County, Ohio NERFINISHED
Ross County, Ohio
partOf Scioto River drainage basin
linked to: Scioto River
researchField anthropology
archaeology
prehistoric North American studies
timeDepth approximately 100 BCE to 400 CE
primarily Middle Woodland period

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Seip Earthworks locatedIn Paint Creek Valley
Clovis-first debate relatedTo Buttermilk Creek Complex
linked to: Paint Creek Valley
Spruce Hill Earthworks near Paint Creek Valley