Jason Pentrail, ADENA: Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley

Summary

The podcast explores the Adena culture, known for their impressive burial mounds and earthworks in the Ohio River Valley. It emphasizes archaeological findings, historical accounts, and the significance of these ancient structures in understanding North American history. Hosted by Jason Pentrail, the discussion aims to bridge technical research with public understanding of this formative culture.

Key takeaways

• 1Adena culture is associated with burial mounds and earthworks in the Ohio River Valley.
• 2The podcast discusses archaeological excavations and early antiquarian accounts.
• 3Jason Pentrail is a military veteran and host of the Seven Ages Audio Journal Podcast.
• 4The book serves both as a catalog of Adena sites and a synthesis of known information and uncertainties regarding the culture.

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Transcript excerpt

You know, it's that time of year. It's conference time, seminars, big big shows, the big tents are up and this is clip your host of Earth Asian cent Today we are kind of launching into our seminar and conference phase and we're having Hugh Newman of Mego Lithomania joined me for a quick overview of his upcoming program May nineteenth and twentieth. That'll be actually available in person in England, but for many of you and myself who can't get there, the streaming service is excellent and we're going to talk all about that in today's early program our comments section as we start to show after a short break, we launched right into our interview today. It's with Jason Pintrail, author of a brand new book called a Dina Mound, Builders of the Ohio Valley. So away we go. This is conference month. We talk about it every year. Earth the Ancient supports a number of international conferences and they are usually very good. We have a good one coming up. I can't believe it. He's celebrating his twentieth anniversary. That happens to be Hugh Newman, the Mego Lithomania man himself. This new conference is May ninth and tenth, Saturday and Sunday, and as always it is a good one. So hey you how you doing, man? How are you doing, Cliff? How are you doing? Hell? Congratulations twenty years that's an amazing statistic. Most people will last a couple of years and then said we're done. What's the secret to longevity? I think the secrets of longevity is we haven't we haven't changed anything. We've literally not changed anything. ...

Excerpt from Earth Ancients, Apr 18, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.