Adena Burial Mound (800 BC- 200 AD) in Franklin County, Indiana
This Adena burial mound was photographed in Laurel, Indiana. This burial mound (or any 85 others in Indiana) is not recognized as an historic site or preserved. It dates from 800 B.C. - 200 A.D.
There are quite a number of earthen mounds in the county, but none are of large size. I have seen none more than four feet in height and many of them are not more than three or four feet in height. Those on the highlands bordering the river are on the highest places, and always in view of the river and its valley. These mounds are so situated with reference to each other, that a person standing on a mound in the most northern part of the county, overlooking the valley of the river, could see the next mound below him, and the second and third was in view, and so on with all the others.
