Serpent Mound

GPTKB entity
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Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prehistoric_effigy_mound
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1966
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite yes
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mississippian_culture
Native American history
gptkbp:builtBy ancient Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:date c. 1000 BCE to 300 CE
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Frederic_Ward_Putnam
1880s
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:features oval or egg-shaped head
seven coils
spiral-coiled tail
gptkbp:hasVisitorCenter yes
gptkbp:headPointsTo summer solstice sunset
gptkbp:height about 3 feet
gptkbp:latitude 39.0251° N
gptkbp:length about 1,348 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Adams_County,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:longitude 83.4302° W
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Arc_of_Appalachia_Preserve_System
gptkbp:museum yes
gptkbp:National_Historic_Landmark yes
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Brush_Creek
gptkb:Serpent_Mound_crater
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:possibleConstructors gptkb:Adena_culture
gptkb:Fort_Ancient_culture
gptkb:Hopewell_culture
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:unknown
gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:astronomer
ceremonial
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Harvard_University
1880s
gptkbp:shape snake or serpent
gptkbp:significance largest serpent effigy mound in the world
gptkbp:tailPointsTo winter solstice sunrise
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list yes
gptkbp:width about 20 to 25 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ohio
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Serpent Mound