The Newark Earthworks
Title | The Newark Earthworks PDF eBook |
Author | Lindsay Jones |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2016-04-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0813937795 |
Considered a wonder of the ancient world, the Newark Earthworks—the gigantic geometrical mounds of earth built nearly two thousand years ago in the Ohio valley--have been a focal point for archaeologists and surveyors, researchers and scholars for almost two centuries. In their prime one of the premier pilgrimage destinations in North America, these monuments are believed to have been ceremonial centers used by ancestors of Native Americans, called the "Hopewell culture," as social gathering places, religious shrines, pilgrimage sites, and astronomical observatories. Yet much of this territory has been destroyed by the city of Newark, and the site currently "hosts" a private golf course, making it largely inaccessible to the public. The first book-length volume devoted to the site, The Newark Earthworks reveals the magnitude and the geometric precision of what remains of the earthworks and the site’s undeniable importance to our history. Including contributions from archaeologists, historians, cultural geographers, and cartographers, as well as scholars in religious studies, legal studies, indigenous studies, and preservation studies, the book follows an interdisciplinary approach to shine light on the Newark Earthworks and argues compellingly for its designation as a World Heritage Site.
The Newark Earthworks
Title | The Newark Earthworks PDF eBook |
Author | Bradley T. Lepper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Earthworks (Archaeology) |
ISBN |
Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes of Ohio
Title | Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes of Ohio PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Lynott |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2015-02-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1782977546 |
Nearly 2000 years ago, people living in the river valleys of southern Ohio built earthen monuments on a scale that is unmatched in the archaeological record for small-scale societies. The period from c. 200 BC to c. AD 500 (Early to Middle Woodland) witnessed the construction of mounds, earthen walls, ditches, borrow pits and other earthen and stone features covering dozen of hectares at many sites and hundreds of hectares at some. The development of the vast Hopewell Culture geometric earthwork complexes such as those at Mound City, Chilicothe; Hopewell; and the Newark earthworks was accompanied by the establishment of wide-ranging cultural contacts reflected in the movement of exotic and strikingly beautiful artefacts such as elaborate tobacco pipes, obsidian and chert arrowheads, copper axes and regalia, animal figurines and delicately carved sheets of mica. These phenomena, coupled with complex burial rituals, indicate the emergence of a political economy based on a powerful ideology of individual power and prestige, and the creation of a vast cultural landscape within which the monument complexes were central to a ritual cycle encompassing a substantial geographical area. The labour needed to build these vast cultural landscapes exceeds population estimates for the region, and suggests that people from near (and possibly far) travelled to the Scioto and other river valleys to help with construction of these monumental earthen complexes. Here, Mark Lynott draws on more than a decade of research and extensive new datasets to re-examine the spectacular and massive scale Ohio Hopewell landscapes and to explore the society that created them.
Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley
Title | Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Ephraim George Squier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Beyond the River
Title | Beyond the River PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Hagedorn |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2004-02-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0684870665 |
Traces the story of John Rankin and the heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad, identifying the pre-Civil War conflicts between abolitionists and slave chasers along the Ohio River banks.
Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley
Title | Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Susan L. Woodward |
Publisher | McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Indian mounds of the middle Ohio Valley : a guide to mounds and earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient people.
The Gentle Art of Wandering
Title | The Gentle Art of Wandering PDF eBook |
Author | David Ryan |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2010-03-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780977696819 |