Bibliography of Ohio Effigy Mounds
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Cowan, T.M. 1975. Effigy mounds and stellar representation: a comparison of Old World and New World alignment schemes. in Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America. Aveni, A.F., ed. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX.
Dexter, R.W. 1989. F.W. Putnam at the Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio: a historical review. Ohio Archaeologist 39(4): 24-26.
Fletcher, R., and T. Cameron. 1988. Serpent Mound, a new look at an old snake-in-the-grass. Ohio Archaeologist 38(1): 55-61.
Fletcher, R.V., T.L. Cameron, B.T. Lepper, D.A. Wymer, and W. Pickard. 1996. Serpent Mound: A Fort Ancient icon? Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 21(1): 105-143.
Fowke, G. 1902. Archaeological History of Ohio. Columbus, Ohio.
Genheimer, R.A. 1997. Stubbs Cluster: Hopewellian site dynamics at a forgotten Little Miami River Valley settlement. in Ohio Hopewell Community Organization. ed. by Dancey, W.S., and P.J. Pachero. Kent, OH: Kent State Univ. Press.
Glotzhober, R.C., and B.T. Lepper. 1994. Serpent Mound: Ohio's enigmatic effigy mound. Ohio Historical Society: Columbus, Ohio.
Greenman, E.F. 1950. Guide to Serpent Mound, Revised. The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society: Columbus, OH.
Hardman, C., Jr., and M.H. Hardman. 1987. An analysis of the maps of the Great Serpent Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 37(2): 18-25.
Hardman, C., Jr., and M.H. Hardman. 1987. The Great Serpent and the sun. Ohio Archaeologist 37(3): 34-40.
Hardman, C., Jr., and M.H. Hardman. 1987. A map of the Great Serpent Effigy Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 37(1): 35-39.
Hardman, C., Jr., and M.H. Hardman. 1988. More on Great Serpent maps. Ohio Archaeologist 38(4): 37-41.
Hardman, C., Jr., and M.H. Hardman. 1988. On Romain's 1987 "Serpent Mound Revisited" paper. Ohio Archaeologist 38(3): 50-53.
Holmes, W.H. 1886. A sketch of the Great Serpent. Science 8: 624-628.
Kientz, P., and H.R. McPherson. 1954. The Warren County Serpent Mound. Ohio Indian Relic Collectors Society, Ohio Archaeologist Special Number.
Koch, F.J. 1912. The riddle of the American Sphinx: the serpent mound. American Antiquarian 34(4): 290-293.
MacLean, J.P. 1885. The Serpent Mound. American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal 7: 44-47.
Marshall, J.A. 1995. Astronomical alignments claimed to exist on the eastern North American prehistoric earthworks and the evidence and arguments against them. Ohio Archaeologist 45(1): 4-16.
McPherson, H.R. 1950. The Cross Mound. Ohio Indian Relic Collectors Bulletin 25: 39-40.
McPherson, H. 1952. The Warren County Serpent Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 2(1): 12-17.
Peet, S.D. 1888. Serpent effigy at Fort Ancient. American Antiquarian 10(6): 384-387.
Peet, S.D. 1894. A novel interpretation of the great serpent mound. American Antiquarian 16(6): 363-366.
Putnam, F.W. 1887. The Serpent Mound saved. Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 1: 187-190.
Putnam, F.W. 1890. The Serpent Mound of Ohio. Century Illustrated Magazine 39(6): 871-888.
Randall, E.O. 1905. The Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio: Mystery of the mound and history of the serpent. Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society: Columbus, OH.
Romain, W.F. 1987. The Serpent Mound map. Ohio Archaeologist 37(4): 38-42.
Romain, W.F. 1987. Serpent Mound revisited. Ohio Archaeologist 37(4): 4-10.
Romain, W.F. 1988. Ancient eclipse paths at the Serpent Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 38(4): 24-28.
Romain, W.F. 1988. Geometry at the Serpent Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 38(1): 50-54.
Romain, W.F. 1988. The Serpent Mound solar eclipse hypothesis: Ethnohistoric considerations. Ohio Archaeologist 38(3): 32-37.
Romain, W.F. 1988. Terrestrial observations at the Serpent Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 38(2): 15-19.
Romain, W.F. 1991. Symbolic associations at the Serpent Mound. Ohio Archaeologist 41(3): 29-38.
Romain, W.F. 1996. Hilltop enclosures: Were they the dwelling places of underworld monsters? Ohio Archaeologist 46(2): 36-44.
Shetrone, H.C. 1930. The Mound-builders. D. Appleton: New York, NY.
Smith, H.L. 1892. Not a serpent mound. American Antiquarian 14(5): 299.
Smith, H.L. 1908. No new serpent mound in Ohio. American Anthropologist 10(3): 703-704.
Smucker, I. 1885. Alligator mound, an effigy or symbolic mound in Licking County, Ohio. American Antiquarian. 7: 349-355.
Squier, E.G., and E. Davis. 1848. Ancient monuments of the Mississippi Valley. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. 1.
Stallings, R. 1981. The alligator effigy mound. Ohio Archaeologist 31(1): 13-15.
Wachtel, H.C. 1950. The serpent mounds of Ohio. Ohio Indian Relic Collectors Bulletin 25: 22-24.
White, J.R. 1986. Kern Effigy #2: A Fort Ancient winter solstice marker? Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 12(2): 225-242.
White, J.R. 1987. The sun serpents. Archaeology 6(6): 52-57.
White, J.R. 1996. The Stubbs Earthwork: serpent effigy or simple embankment. North American Archaeologist 17(3): 203-237.
Whittlesey, C. 1851. Descriptions of Ancient Works in Ohio. Contributions to Knowledge 3(7), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Willoughby, C.C. 1919. The Serpent Mound of Adams County, Ohio. American Anthropologist 21(2): 153-163.
Wilson, A.S. 1921. The Naga and the Lingam of India and the Serpent Mounds of Ohio. Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Publications. 30: 77-89.
Winkler, L. 1992. The Serpent Mound and serpentine meteors. Ohio Archaeologist 42(1): 56-59.
Woodward, S.L., and J.N. McDonald. 1986. Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley: a guide to Adena and Ohio Hopewell sites. McDonald & Woodward: Newark, Ohio.
Wright, G.F. 1908. A new serpent mound in Ohio and its significance. Records of the Past 7(5): 219-233.
Wright, G.F. 1909. A new serpent mound in Ohio. Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. XVIII (1): 1-12.
Wright, G.F. 1909. More about the new serpent mound in Ohio. Records of the Past 8(2): 76-77.
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