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| Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley A Guide to Mounds and Earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient People by Susan L. Woodward and Jerry N. McDonald Guides to the American Landscape Spring 2002, 6x9", xii + 304 pages 100 b&w figures/10 color photos references, index Softcover $24.95 (0-939923-72-6) |
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Mounds and earthworks are the most conspicuous elements of prehistoric Native American culture to be found on the landscape of eastern North America. Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley identifies and describes 70 extant, publicly accessible sites in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, where mounds were constructed by Woodland people beginning some 3,000 years ago. The book also reviews the culture, history and geography of the Woodland mound-building groups and the fate of their structures during the historic period. The authors provide additional sources of information about the Woodland mound-building groups as well as detailed access information for the mound and earthwork sites.
The revised edition of this very popular guide book incorporates new information and ideas about the Woodland people that have appeared since the first edition was published in 1986, and describes almost twice as many sites as the earlier edition.
This is an informative and versatile book, useful to travelers,
students, and anyone else with an interest in understanding, managing, and preserving the
remaining landmarks of North American prehistory.
Click here to see sample pages (Table of
Contents, Introduction, sample site account, color plate)
Dr. Susan Woodward is member of the faculty of the Department of Geography at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. She has professional interests in biogeography, resource use and conservation, and cultural geography. She has degrees from Middlebury College (BA), the University of Arizona (MA), and UCLA (PhD).
Dr. McDonald is a geographer with degrees from Muskingum College (BA), the University of Texas (MA), and UCLA (PhD). His interests include the distribution of plants and animals, physical geography, and the identification and appreciation of cultural landscapes. These two authors collaborated in writing Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley and Indian Mounds of the Atlantic Coast while both taught geography at Radford University. Dr. McDonald is a member of the M & W Speakers Bureau and is available for presentations and book signings.
REVIEWS
"This publication offers a handy, attractive, softcover guide to the mounds and earthworks of the Middle Ohio Valley. Anyone who wishes to visit these sights will find this handbook indispensable." (The Old Northwest, Fall 1986)
"As a popular guidebook to the more spectacular Early and Middle Woodland mounds and earthworks of the region, this volume satisfies a long-standing need." (Ohiana Quarterly, Summer 1987)
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