Mariemont in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Madisonville Site

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 2, 2019

1. The Madisonville Site Marker

Inscription. The Madisonville site is the largest and most thoroughly studied village of the late Fort Ancient culture (AD 1450-1670). Artifacts were so abundant here that local residents called this site the "pottery field.” Between 1879 and 1911, a generation of Harvard archaeologists trained at this site. Dr. Charles Metz, assisted by Harvard University's Frederic Ward Putnam, excavated the remains of numerous houses, storage pits, and burials. The presence of glass beads and bits from iron kettles indicates these villagers may have been among the first native Ohioans to learn of the coming of Europeans to America. Mariemont street names Cachepot, Midden, Flintpoint, and Hammerstone, are reminders of these earlier residents. The pavilion was designed by the noted town planner John Nolen in 1921, but not constructed and dedicated until 2001

Erected 2003 by Village of Mariemont, The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 49-31.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Ohio

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Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 39° 8.379′ N, 84° 23.195′ W. Marker is in Mariemont, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It can be reached from Mariemont Avenue. At the end of Mariemont Avenue in little park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cincinnati OH 45227, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cincinnati.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mariemont (approx. 0.7 miles away); Village of Mariemont (approx. ¾ mile away); Cherry Tree Grove (approx. 1.6 miles away); Blockhouse (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Cincinnati Observatory (approx. 1.9 miles away); St. Marys World War Marker (approx.

The Madisonville Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 2, 2019

2. The Madisonville Site

2.8 miles away); Miller - Leuser Log House (approx. 2.8 miles away); Clark Stone House (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mariemont.

<i>Exploiting the Graves of the Mound Builders near Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio</i> image. Click for full size.

Image courtesy of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, circa 1910

3. Exploiting the Graves of the Mound Builders near Madisonville, Cincinnati, Ohio

Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 2,596 times since then and 187 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 2, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. 3. submitted on May 3, 2019. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.