Editing Norwood, Ohio (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Norwood ohio indian mound.jpg|thumb|left|[[Norwood Mound]] was constructed by people of the prehistoric [[Adena culture]] and was likely used for religious ceremonies and smoke signaling]]

The earliest humans in the area now known as Norwood are believed to have been [[Pre-Columbian era]] people of the [[Adena culture]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Norwood Mound|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ia2/mounds/norwood.html|website=Native Indian Mounds|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> [[Norwood Mound]], a prehistoric [[Earthworks (archaeology)|earthwork]] [[mound]] built by the Adena, is located in Norwood and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The Adena constructed the mound at the location of Norwood's present-day Water Tower Park, which is the highest land elevation in the city. Archaeologists believe the mound was built at this site due to the high elevation and was used by the Adena for religious ceremonies and [[smoke signal]]ing.

Several Native American mounds were located in [[Downtown Cincinnati]] at the time of arrival of the first white settlers.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&q=1880+cincinnati&pg=PA25 | title=Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1 | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | date=1904 | access-date=2013-05-23 | author=Greve, Charles Theodore | pages=25}}</ref> However, by 1895, the Norwood Mound was the only remaining mound in the vicinity of Cincinnati."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US8WAAAAYAAJ&q=Its+cost+exclusive+of+right+of+way+was+%24811%2C683.&pg=PA245 | title=Illustrated Guide to Cincinnati and the World's Columbian Exposition | publisher=R. Clarke | date=1895 | access-date=2013-05-22 | author=Kenny, Daniel J. | pages=245}}</ref> The mound has never been excavated, but it is reported that many artifacts found in the area by early Norwood settlers in the 1800s made up the original nucleus of the Native American Art Collection of the [[Cincinnati Art Museum]].<ref name="Federal Writers' Project 1943 330">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW-52BWC4LoC&q=%22guilford+school%22+AND+cincinnati&pg=PA330 | title=Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors | date=1943 | access-date=2013-05-04 | author=[[Federal Writers' Project]]| pages=330| isbn=9781623760519 }}</ref> In the early-20th century, [[Norwood High School (Ohio)|Norwood High School]] named their sports team mascot the Indians in honor of this local Native American heritage.