TheFortner Mounds are a pair ofNative American mounds in the central part of theU.S. state ofOhio. Located northeast of the city ofPickerington inFairfield County,^[2] they are two of several mounds in the Pickerington vicinity, but the only pair of mounds in the area. As such, they are of special interest toarchaeologists: some of the mound-building peoples of prehistoric North America lived in groups of two or three houses, which were often covered with piles of earth when the families would move to other places. Therefore, it is likely that these mounds cover groups ofpostholes, and buried bodies may also be located within them. From their shape, it is apparent that the mounds were constructed by people of theAdena culture, who lived in central Ohio between approximately 500 BC and AD 400.^[3]

Because the Fortner Mounds are likely to cover both the remains of houses and of these houses' inhabitants, they compose a significantarchaeological site.^[3] In recognition of their archaeological value, the two mounds were listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in mid-1974. They are one of five Fairfield County mound sites to be included on the Register, along with theTheodore B. Schaer Mound nearCanal Winchester, theTarlton Cross Mound nearTarlton, theCoon Hunters Mound nearCarroll, and theOld Maid's Orchard Mound nearLithopolis.^[1]

• Adena culture
• Archaeological sites in Ohio
• National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Ohio
• Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
• Mounds in Ohio

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