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Title
Alligator
Mound
Subject
Mounds -- Ohio -- Licking County
Hopewell culture -- Ohio
Granville (Ohio)
Place
Granville (Ohio)
Licking County (Ohio)
Description
The
Alligator
Mound
,
near
Granville
,
is
a
religious
effigy
.
Alligator
Mound
is
an
effigy
mound
located
in
Granville
. The
mound
is
200
feet
long
and
five
to
six
feet
high
at its
highest
point
.
It
is
located
on the
top
of a
bluff
overlooking
the
Raccoon
Creek
valley
. In
spite
of its
name
, the
mound
likely
was not
intended
to
represent
an
alligator
.
It
is
in the
shape
of a
four-footed
creature
with a
round
head
and a
long
tail
that
curls
at the
end
.
It
resembles
an
opossum
or a
panther
much
more
than an
alligator
.
It
may
represent
the
Underwater
Panther
, a
supernatural
creature
thought
by
many
American
Indian
tribes
to
reside
in
lakes
and
other
bodies
of
water
.
Since
Alligator
Mound
is
located
so
close
to the
Newark
Earthworks
,
archaeologists
used
to
think
it
was
built
by the
Hopewell
culture
.
Recent
studies
,
however
,
indicate
it
was
built
by the
later
Fort
Ancient
culture
. The
Alligator
Mound
is
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
.
It
is
owned
by the
Licking
County
Historical
Society
and
located
on the
eastern
outskirts
of
Granville
, at the
end
of
Bryn
Du
Drive
.
Collection
Ohio
Historical
Society
-
Property
Files
Source
P
365
;
Box
2
,
Folder
2
Format
Picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06549.tif
Image Height
4184
Image Width
4184
File Size
38287444 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-06
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