The Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II (also known as the ''Muma Mound'' and the ''Orchard Mound'' or the ''Selvey Mound'') are two

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

s located within

Highbanks Metro Park Highbanks Metro Park is a Regional park, metropolitan park in Central Ohio, owned and operated by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. The park is named for its steep banks along the Olentangy River, the park's most unique feature. Highbanks ...

Central Ohio According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, and Union. The population of the MSA is 2,078,72 ...

in the United States. The park is in southernmost Delaware County on the east bank of the

Olentangy River The Olentangy River is a tributary of the Scioto River in Ohio, United States. History It was originally called ''keenhongsheconsepung'', a Delaware word literally translated as "sharp tool river", based on the shale found along its shores. ...

. The subconical

mound A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. Most commonly, mounds are earthen formations such as hills and mountains, particularly if they appear artificial. A mound may be any rounded area of topographically higher el ...

s are believed to have been built by the Adena culture. Also located in the park is a semi-elliptical embankment, the Highbank Park Works, which consists of four three-foot-high sections bordered by a shallow ditch. It is thought to have been constructed sometime between 800 and 1300 CE by members of the

Cole culture The Cole Culture (800–1300 CE) is a Late Woodland Period culture of Native American people from central Ohio. Cole Culture people made flint tools and pottery.Owen 328 They were agrarian and cultivated beans, maize, squash, and tobacco. Cole pe ...

. The site was surveyed by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in 1846. They discuss the site in their 1848 book, '' Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley''.

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Adena culture Archaeological sites in Ohio Protected areas of Delaware County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Ohio Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Mounds in Ohio 1846 archaeological discoveries {{NorthAm-native-stub

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