Turpin Site (Ohio)

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Name (Latin)
Turpin Site (Ohio)
Other forms of name
Turpin Farm Indian Village Site (Ohio)
Turpin Farm Site (Ohio)
Coordinates
-84.372 -84.372 39.123 39.123 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
Ohio
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q7856182
Library of congress: sh2015001554
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Oehler, Charles M. Turpin Indians : a report on the findings of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History's archaeological exploration of the Turpin Site, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1946 to 1949, 1950:p. 1 (Turpin Site; Turpin Farm Indian Village; Turpin Farm Site; located on the second terrace of the Little Miami River between the Beechmont Levee Bridge and Newtown, Ohion on State Route 74)
  • Wikipedia, June 21, 2015(entry: Turpin Site; Turpin Site (33Ha28[2]) is an archaeological site in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near Newtown in Hamilton County,[1] the site includes the remains of a village of the Fort Ancient culture and of multiple burial mounds. Detailed explorations of the site have revealed the bodies of many individuals in and around the mounds. The archaeological value of the site has resulted in its use in the study of similar locations and in its designation as a historic site.
  • National Register of Historic Places online, June 21, 2015(entry: Turpin Site; record no. 367394)
Wikipedia description:

The Turpin site (33Ha19) is an archaeological site in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near Newtown in Hamilton County, the site includes the remains of a village of the Fort Ancient culture and of multiple burial mounds. Numerous bodies have been found in and around the mounds as a result of thorough site investigations. The archaeological value of the site has resulted in its use in the study of similar locations and in its designation as a historic site.

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