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Title
Astronomy
of
Newark
,
Ohio
Subject
Astronomy
Ohio History -- Natural and Native Ohio
Earthworks (Archaeology)
Time Period
1990s
Place
Newark (Ohio)
Licking County (Ohio)
Description
Drawing
depicting
the
astronomy
of the
Great
Circle
Earthworks
in
Newark
,
Ohio
, as
seen
in "
Ancient
Astronomers
of the
Ohio
Valley
" by
Bradley
T
.
Lepper
,
TIMELINE
(Vol
.
15
,
No
.
1)
,
January-February
1998
.
Built
by the
prehistoric
Hopewell
Culture
between
100
B.C
. and
A.D
.
500
, this
architectural
wonder
of
ancient
America
was
part
cathedral
,
part
cemetery
, and
part
astronomical
observatory
.
Great
Circle
Earthworks
is
nearly
1,200
feet
in
diameter
and was
likely
used
as a
vast
ceremonial
center
by its
builders
. The
8
feet
(2.4
m)
high
walls
surround
a
5
feet
(1.5
m)
deep
moat
,
except
at the
entrance
where
the
dimensions
are
even
greater
and
more
impressive
.
Date of Original
January-February
1998
Collection
Printed
Material
Source
Library
;
Page
9
Format
Picture
;
Drawing
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL02910.tif
Image Height
2905
Image Width
2905
File Size
6054828 Bytes
Notes
Not
online
,
drawing
made
for
Timeline
article
. Not
really
a
part
of
our
collections
or
primary
source
document.
;
Museum
Catalog
Number
:
R
973.05
T482
Date created
2011-08-04
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