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Wolf Plains

Late Adena earthworks in southeastern Ohio

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The Wolf Plains Group is a Late Adena culture group of 30 earthworks including 22 conical mounds and nine circular enclosures. The Plains, originally known as Wolf's Plains, located a few miles to the northwest of Athens, is a relatively flat terrace in an area of hilly terrain in southeastern Ohio's Hocking River valley. The terrace was formed by glacial outwash coming down the Hocking River, which became dammed at The Plains and found a new outlet to the northeast, leaving the terrace in place.

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Hildreth sketch

1836

Squier and Davis publication

1848

National Register listing

1974-05-31

Dorr 2 Mound purchase

2008

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Artificial MoundsLandscaped EarthworksSoil Layers
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United States

Coordinates

39.38° N, -82.12° E