Hopewell Township near Heath in Licking County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

People At Flint Ridge Through Time

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 4, 2024

1. People At Flint Ridge Through Time Marker

Inscription.
During the Middle Woodland Period (2,000 to 1,500 years ago), Ohio's American Indian cultures began to quarry Flint Ridge flint on a more industrial scale. They still used the flint to make the tools needed for the tasks of daily living, but now they began to create specialty items, such as bladelet cores and teardrop-shaped knives. These were signature artifacts of the Hopewell culture (1-450 CE), and Hopewell people used these beautiful objects as burial offerings, ceremonial gifts and trade items for distribution from special places such as the Newark Earthworks.

After the decline of the Hopewell culture, later residents focused on using tool materials, closer to their homes, and the use of Flint Ridge flint fell sharply. When Europeans introduced their trade goods to American Indians in the 1700s; Flint Ridge was all but abandoned. For a brief period in the 1800s to the 1920s, however, European Americans quarried Flint Ridge flint to make millstones and sandpaper.

Erected by Ohio History Connection.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology

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• Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 450 BCE.

Location. 39° 59.278′ N, 82° 15.695′ W. Marker is near Heath, Ohio, in Licking County. It is in Hopewell Township. It is on Flint Ridge Road (Ohio Route 312) 0.3 miles east of Brownsville Road ( Route 668), on the right when traveling east. The marker stands on the grounds of the Flint Ridge State Memorial. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 Brownsville Rd, Heath OH 43056, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 4, 2024

2. People At Flint Ridge Through Time Marker

least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: People And Technology: Mining And Crafting Flint (a few steps from this marker); What Is Flint? (a few steps from this marker); Vanport Flint (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named People At Flint Ridge Through Time (within shouting distance of this marker); For Everything There Is A Season (within shouting distance of this marker); The Gilbert W. Dilley Museum at Flint Ridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Flint Ridge (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Flint Ridge (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Heath.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.