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Photo Diary: The Shrum Indian Burial Mound in Columbus OH

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In Columbus OH is Campbell Park, which houses the Shrum Indian Burial Mound. The mound is from the Adena culture of Native Americans, who regularly buried their high-status dead in artificial earthen mounds located along rivers. There used to be a number of these mounds in Columbus along the Scioto River, but a series of quarries eventually destroyed all but one of them. The Shrum is the only survivor.

Here are some photos from a visit to the site:


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