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Title
Newark
Earthworks
photograph
Subject
Hopewell culture
Mound-builders--Ohio
Archaeology--United States--History
Time Period
Hopewell Culture (100 BC-400 AD)
Place
Granville (Ohio)
Licking County (Ohio)
Description
The
Newark
Earthworks
were
built
by the
Hopewell
people
between
100
B.C.E
. and
A.D
.
400.The
Newark
Earthworks
are the
largest
set
of
geometric
earthen
enclosures
in the
world
. In The
Seventy
Wonders
of the
Ancient
World
(1999)
,
Cambridge
University
archeologist
,
Chris
Scarre
named
the
Newark
Earthworks
as
one
of
only
three
North
American
sites
that
qualified
as an
ancient
wonder
.
(The
others
are
Chaco
Canyon
in
New
Mexico
and
Cahokia
in
Illinois.)
Compared
with
other
ancient
wonders
, the
Newark
earthworks
are
colossal
. The
Newark
Earthworks
were the
largest
set
of
geometric
earthworks
ever
built
in
Ohio
. They were
constructed
by the
Hopewell
culture
(100
B.C
. to
500
A.D.)
of
prehistoric
Native
American
people
.
Originally
it
included
a
great
circular
enclosure
(the
Great
Circle
Earthworks)
,
another
slightly
smaller
circle
that was
linked
to an
octagon
(Octagon
Earthworks)
, and a
large
,
nearly
perfect
square
enclosure
(Wright
Earthworks)
. In
addition
an
oval
earthwork
surrounded
a
dozen
conical
and
loaf-shaped
mounds
.
All
of these
structures
were
connected
by a
series
of
parallel
walls
. There were
many
smaller
circular
enclosures
and a
scattering
of
other
mounds
and
pits
. On the
opposite
bank
of the
Licking
River's
South
Fork
,
another
square
enclosure
and an
oval
earthwork
encircled
the
top
of a
hill
that
overlooked
the
vast
maze
of
geometric
enclosures
.
Collection
Ohio
Historical
Society
-
Property
Files
Source
P
365
;
Box
10
,
Folder
5
Format
Picture
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
AL06600.tif
Image Height
5943
Image Width
5943
File Size
86538904 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-06
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