We arrived at the Seip Mounds at 8:30 a.m. The high today was around 82 degrees. This is the largest concentration of mounds in Ohio. The site was excavated in the late 1800s and again around 1932. Subsequently, many of the mounds were leveled to build barracks for soldiers in the First World War. Many remains were found here buried with artifacts made of copper from Michigan or Tennessee, mica from North Carolina and sharks teeth from the Gulf coast. Today, these sites are beautifully maintained by the U.S. Forest Service. The many of the artifacts are currently on display in a museum in the visitors center. The ranger explained that some items are not exhibited. They found very finely woven linen. Their belief as that the Indians could not have produced them so they put them along with other items, that didn't seem to belong', in storage. They displayed buckskin clothes instead. The latest science discoveries show that the Hopewell(300 B.C.-400 A.D.) and Adena (1400 B.C.-500 A.D.) civilizations did produce these and other modern implements and tools along with advanced agriculture. Time to rewrite the history books. (Go to comments)
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Many remains and artifacts were found. There were clothing so finely woven, they couldn't believe the Hopewell Indians(300 B.C.-400 a.d.)could have anything to do with it. So, they put the clothing away and displayed buckskin instead. The U.S. Forest Service guide said they are just starting to understand how intelligent these people were. New archaeological information along with DNA evidence is causing the history books to rewritten. The guide kept saying."We don't understand why the Hopewells disappeared so suddenly.
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