The Reeves Mound is a Native American mound in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of

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. Located north of the

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of Alfred, the mound is part of an

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that appears to have been built by peoples of the Adena culture.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 988-989. Located in a farm field, the Reeves Mound is an oval high; it measures approximately from east to west and approximately from north to south. The fields around the mound have yielded stone chips and projectile points that are characteristic of the Adena culture. Among these points is one of the distinctive form known as a "bird point". It appears that the Adena used the mound and its surrounding area for hundreds of years; some of the points are typical of the early years of the Adena culture, which dates from circa 1000 BC, while others appear to date from the culture's late period, circa 400 AD. In recognition of its archaeological value, the Reeves Mound was listed on the

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in 1974. The Mound Cemetery Mound near

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to the south, also in Meigs County, is also listed on the NRHP.

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{{National Register of Historic Places Adena culture Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Geography of Meigs County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Meigs County, Ohio Mounds in Ohio