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I talked to a lady at church and she is going to talk to a neighbor about hunting an Indian Mound site!

Some places that is a big NO NO!
 
check out the laws, and if its a burial ground i wouldn't touch it!
 
the Shawnee here hadn't been at war with the U.S. for many years. They lived on a reservation. It was in the southwestern part of Lima and Allen County. Not much information has been given about the Shawnee living here. The history of Allen County book that I read called them Savage Indians in one place and Noble Red Men in another.
 
1 - Not only a sigh of disrespect to the one(s) buried in the mound but a disrespect to the tribe the person or people belong to that are in the mound

2 - if it is an 'known' mound it is also known by the state archaeologist and is on one of his 'protected' lists

3 - any disturbance of the ground there would be shown again that detectorists don't care about who or what they do for treasure - giving us all bad publicity and a black eye for things we did not do but others have through thier ignorance or greed

4 - that would also help kill our hobby as it would give the state archeaeologist more reasons to make more state lands off limits to detecting...and when the state imposes those sanctions...counties and local governments do likewise - there there would be no place to detect.

I hope the neighbor listens to the lady from the church...if not then the neighbor needs to be taught a lesson...even if it takes the police to teach him while in the act of trespassing on this property

JMKO
 
Ohio's Historic Properties
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/docs/ppl/ppl-06.pdf

Bibliography of Ohio Effigy Mounds
http://www.herper.com/Earthworkbiblio.html

Archaeological Society of Ohio
http://www.ohioarch.org/

Ohio Historical Society's Ohio Historic Preservation Office
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/index.html

The National Archeological Database
http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nadb/nadb.mul.html

National Association of State Archaeologists
http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/nasa/osalist.html

Ohio Historic Preservation Office
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/siteindex.html

PreservationOhio Online
http://www.preservationohio.org/

National Registry of Historic Places
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/

Just a few that might point out that some places are 'protected' and "no dig" sites
 
the lady said the mound had been destroyed! I don't know when. As I said below, I don't hunt cemetaries or burial sites. My motive for hunting this site is historical discoveries not monetary gain. I'll leave the greed to others. The book I read on this county said the Shawnees destroyed many things before being forcefully removed. The modern "Eastern Shawnee Tribe" has just as much opportunity as I do to this site. I will ask many questions before attempting to detect this site and I don't even know where it is located. Thanks for the heads-ups but please don't make an assumption that I was planning on doing anything immoral or unethical.
HH
 
I know you Paul and I know you would do nothing wrong. I think there is nothing wrong about hunting this site and say to give it a shot
 
Don't get upset, I think the guys were just sharing their views on hunting what could be a burial site. Certainly if the mound was destroyed, or no longer a burial site most of us would likely hunt given permission. I thik most just seen the first post about hunting a mound site. We are all family here, and it is good when we share our thoughts (with love) intended. Same as an old cemetary. If bodies are present, no way would I. If they were all removed like in a case down here, then it is open in my book! :)
 
My input was for research. Rather see someone contact the right people before digging so they stay out of trouble. I know little about the mounds - just figured (and [probably figured wrong - so forgive me Paul) they were a burial thing.

Oh well hope you get to find some cool things, Paul where ever you detect.

Sorry if I came down hard or anything...just don't want someone getting into trouble or irritating one of the 'gods' called state archaeologist.
 
Hi Paul! I hope you get to hunt the mound! I don't think all Indian Mounds are burial sites! We had a few on the farm which has been plowed over and over again until most were flattened! The MO Indians lived on Mounds or hills of ground to keep their tents out of water and did their working of tools, arrowheads and points out of flint rock which Mo has a lot of! Our place was so rocky Cliff and I picked up many rocks to clear the fields for better plowing and cut sprouts so the grasses would grow for the cattle to feed on! Mom found quite a few arrows and different points or whatever they are called! One was to kill birds with and was very tiny with saw-like edges!

I don't see anything wrong with it at all.......There are many, many mounds in the Midwest and not everyone is a burial ground! Most were used to stay out of flooding because they settled by rivers for water and we all need water to live and cook with!

Hope this helps and go for it and find something good! :)

God Bless! :angel:
Betty
 
Most so called burial mounds are just lodge mounds where hundreds or perhaps thousands of years of habitation have built up.Just like king Solomons temple is 125 ft under the surface or Rome is 75 ft underground.As long as its on private property go ahead and dig and explore the mound.I have dug probably twenty of them,most have been partially destroyed by being plowed over or erosion.I would keep some field notes and maybe photographs of the finds.in the rare event you found skeletal remains i would stop digging and notify the land owner.One thing you will probably find are human teeth,this has nothing to do with a burial it like when they would lose a tooth they would just throw it down or lose it in the dirt.As to metal objects i have never found any in any of the mounds,but you never know what will show up.A digger in Tennessee found a piece of pottery with ancient Hebrew etched on it,Good luck and keep us posted on your finds.
 
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