Ohio's Great Serpent Mound And Solar Eclipses

I have reasonable grounds to believe that the Great Serpent Mound in Ohio represents the mythical sun-eating eclipse serpent that diverse ancient cultures believed in, or at least "imagined", to explain the sun being slowly but progressively, indeed relentlessly, "swallowed" during solar eclipses. This mythical aka imaginary solar eclipse "serpent" was inspired not only by "as above so below" comparisons with snakes slowly but progressively eating their prey, especially egg-eating snakes, but also the serpent-like pattern of the path of the moon above and below the ecliptic once ancient astronomers figured out that solar eclipses were caused by the path of the moon crossing over the path of the sun aka the ecliptic.

"Long thought to have been made by the Adena peoples (1000–100 B.C.) based on the contents of burials discovered nearby, recent archaeological research into the structure of the mound itself has suggested that the serpent is later in date (1000–1200 A.D.)."

In that I have reasonable grounds to believe that most ancient geoglyphs are religious art inspired by, and responding to, observations of the total solar eclipse "eye of God", this NASA map shows that a total solar eclipse took place above Ohio not long before 1000 A.D. on July 29, 957 CE.

That total solar eclipse was preceded by a sunrise total solar eclipse not far to the south on November 21, 941 CE.

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas1/SEatlas0941.GIF

There was also a total solar eclipse not far to the north of Ohio on July 20, 985 CE.

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas1/SEatlas0981.GIF

So that is three possibilities for the builders of Ohio's Great Serpent Mound to observe the total solar eclipse "eye of God" not long before 1000 CE.

Here is a series of links to maps of solar eclipse paths in NASA's World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths showing that multiple solar eclipses were observable from Ohio's Great Serpent Mound between 1000 CE and 1200 CE:

Annular eclipse above Ohio and much of the Eastern Woodlands on October 31, 1008:

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1001.GIF 

 

Two annular eclipses near Ohio, and a total solar eclipse further south:

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1041.GIF

An annular eclipse above Ohio and much of the Eastern Woodlands on December 3, 1062 CE, as well as three total solar eclipses to the south, including the July 1, 1079 CE, total solar eclipse that crossed much of the Eastern Woodlands just south of Ohio, plus two annular eclipses, not far from Ohio, This is intense solar eclipse activity within a span of two decades.

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1061.GIF

A sunrise annular eclipse, plus three total solar eclipses, and another annular eclipse to the south:

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1121.GIF

Two total solar eclipses above and below Ohio which would have been observed as strong partial solar eclipses in Ohio:

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1141.GIF

A total solar eclipse not far to the north of Ohio, and three annular eclipses to the south, two of these annular eclipses being sunrise eclipses:

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1181.GIF

A total solar eclipse not far to the west of Ohio, and a sunrise annular eclipse to the south:

https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas2/SEatlas1201.GIF

I'm not in any way ignoring or discounting all the other astronomical interpretations of Ohio's Great Serpent Mound, especially the winter solstice alignments, but there should be little doubt that the Great Serpent Mound most probably represents the mythical sun-eating eclipse serpent.