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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paint Creek Valley canonical 2
Buttermilk Creek Complex 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ