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The Reconstruction and Archaeoastronomy of a Hopewell Geometric Earthwork in Ohio

  by Richard D. Moats Overview: The Salisbury brothers authored a paper in 1862 describing several archaeological sites in Ohio. One was an “Ancient Symbolic Earth Works” in Northern Perry County. The paper included a narrative and plot map of a hill top earthwork and three associated features. They recorded linear measurements, angles of intersection, Read More

The Reconstruction and Archaeoastronomy of a Hopewell Hilltop Earthwork in Ohio

  by Richard D. Moats Overview: The Salisbury brothers authored a paper in 1862 describing several sites in Ohio. One of the sites they described was an “Ancient Symbolic Earth Works” in Northern Perry County. The paper included a narrative and plot map of a hill top earthwork and three associated features.  They were precise Read More