Biggs site
The Biggs site (15Gp8), also known as the Portsmouth Earthworks Group D, is an Adena culture archaeological site located near South Shore in Greenup County, Kentucky. Biggs was originally a concentric circular embankment and ditch surrounding a central conical burial mound with a causeway crossing the ring and ditch. It was part of a larger complex, the Portsmouth Earthworks located across the Ohio River, now mostly obliterated by agriculture and the developing city of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Artists conception of the Biggs site | |
Location within Kentucky today | |
| Location | South Shore, Kentucky, Greenup County, Kentucky, USA |
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| Region | Greenup County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38°44′2.7″N 82°56′4″W |
| History | |
| Cultures | Adena culture, Ohio Hopewell culture |
| Site notes | |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | earthworks, causewayed ring ditch |
| Responsible body: private | |
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