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Site of park in U.S. state of Indiana Location Anderson, Indiana, Madison County, Indiana, USA Region Madison County, Indiana 40 ° 6 ′ 1.39 '' N 85 ° 37 ′ 14.60 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.1003861 ° N 85.6207222 ° W ﻿ / 40.1003861 ; - 85.6207222 History Founded 160 BCE Cultures Adena culture, Hopewell tradition Site notes Architecture Architectural styles earthworks Architectural details Number of monuments : 10 Mounds State Park U.S. National Register of Historic Places Area 251.8 acres ( 101.9 ha ) NRHP reference # 73000022 Added to NRHP January 18, 1973 Responsible body : Indiana Department of Natural Resources Mounds State Park is a state park in Anderson, Indiana ( not to be confused with Mounds State Recreation Area ( SRA ) near Brookville, Indiana ) featuring Native American heritage, and 10 ceremonial mounds built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America, and also used centuries later by Hopewell culture inhabitants. Contents 1 Mounds 2 Earthworks 2.1 Great Mound 3 Popular culture 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Mounds The `` Great Mound '' The largest earthwork, the `` Great Mound '', is believed to have been constructed around 160 BC. The Great Mound is a circular earth enclosure with an internal ditch and south to southwest entrance. The earthworks measure 394 feet ( 120.1 m ) across from bank to bank. The 9 - foot - tall ( 3 m ) embankment is 63 feet ( 19 m ) wide at its base, and the ditch is 10.5 feet ( 3.2 m ) deep and 60 feet ( 18.3 m ) across at its top. The central platform is 138 feet ( 42 m ) across and was occupied by a 4 - foot - high ( 1.2 m ) central mound 30 feet ( 9 m ) in diameter. One particular mound at the Anderson Site has a sequence of clay platforms, each deliberately covered by a layer of ash. Earthworks The term Earthworks includes any structure made from the earth. In Native American studies, there are three primary types : mounds, circular enclosures, and complexes. All are found in Central Indiana and in the state park. Mounds State Park has a complex of enclosures, both circular and rectangular. There are seven enclosures and four additional earthworks, which have been divided into two groups, the northern complex and the southern complex. The ' ' Great Mound ' ' enclosure is the dominant structure in the park and the southern group. Great Mound Ditch surrounding the Great Mound. The Great Mound is approximately 300 feet ( 91 m ) across and consists of an outer embankment 9 feet ( 2.7 m ) high and 63 feet ( 19 m ) wide, surrounding a 60 feet ( 18 m ) wide ditch that is 10.5 feet ( 3.2 m ) deep. The central platform, 138 feet ( 42 m ) is diameter with a central mound, 4 feet ( 1.2 m ) high and 30 metres ( 98 ft ) in diameter. The central mound was excavated in 1968 / 69 and found to have three clay layers, each with ashes, showing a succession of use periods. The complex has been dated to 160 B.C.E through 50 C.E. These dates are obtained through radiocarbon dating and some artifacts. A nearby log tomb was found with a platform pipe typical of Hopewell styles from 50 C.E. Post hole remnants were dated to 60 BCE and 230 CE. Radiocarbon dates from excavated material of the Great Mound established 160 BCE + / - 90 for the embankment. The neighboring ' ' Fiddleback ' ' Mound was dated to 120 BCE + / - 70. Popular culture The late 19th century Bronnenberg House, built by one of the area 's early residents and landowner of the mounds. In 1900, a series of strange misshapen skeletons were unearthed from similar mounds in nearby Alexandria, Indiana. This brought thousands of tourists from around the Mid-West. In 1910, several locals admitted to stealing chimpanzee skeletons from the nearby Muncie Zoo 's monkey house. In 1915 the skeletons were sold to a local museum which burned down in 1919. What is now Mounds State Park was the location of an amusement park which operated from 1897 until 1929. While the amusement park exploited the native - made mounds, it also helped to protect them by making them a `` point of regional pride and a destination, '' otherwise they may have been plundered or otherwise destroyed. When the Great Depression hit, the property was sold to Madison County Historical Society, which transferred ownership to the State of Indiana, after which it became Mounds State Park. Canoeing is also available in Mounds State Park, on the White River. See also Adena culture Hopewell tradition List of Hopewell sites List of burial mounds in the United States List of archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana List of Indiana state parks References Jump up ^ National Park Service ( 2010 - 07 - 09 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ Dean R. Snow ( 2010 ). Archaeology of Native North America. New York : Prentice - Hall. p. 103. ^ Jump up to : ' ' Adena and Hopewell Cosmology : New Evidence from East Central Indiana ; Donald R. Cochran ; Native American Cultures in Indiana, ' ' Proceedings of the First Minnestrista Council for Great Lakes Native American Studies ' ' ; Ronald Hicks ( ed. ) ; Minnestrista Cultural Center ; Muncie, Indiana ; 1992 ; pgs 26 - 42 Jump up ^ Werner, Nicholas ( 1937 ). Mysterious Circumstances Of Central Indiana. Clayton Books. p. 121. Jump up ^ `` Mounds state Park Interpretive Master Plan 2011 '' ( PDF ). Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 5 July 2012. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mounds State Park. Official Mounds State Park website Central States Archaeological Societies : Mounds State Park National Register of Historic Places for Madison County, Indiana Adena Culture List of Adena culture sites Woodland period Mound builder ( people ) List of archaeological periods ( North America ) Ohio sites Adena Austin Brown Arledge Beam Farm Clemmons Conrad Coon Hunters George Deffenbaugh Enon Fortner Great Mound Highbanks Metro Park Hillside Haven Hodgen 's Cemetery Horn Hurley Jackson Karshner Kinzer Luthor List McDaniel Miamisburg Mound Cemetery Odd Fellows ' Cemetery Old Maid 's Orchard Orators Carl Potter Raleigh Reeves D.S. 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Question: who built the great mound near anderson indiana
Answer: prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America