The Hopewell Culture and the Newark Earthworks
a presentation by Rebecca Kelly from the Newark Earthworks
Thursday, August 27
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Library
Meeting RoomA FREE presentation
A FREE presentation. Registration requested.
Suitable for 6th grade through adult.
Ohio’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site
Where Earth Meets Sky
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are complex masterpieces of landscape architecture. The huge squares, circles, and octagons, which are geometrically precise and align perfectly with the cycles of the sun and moon, were built by dispersed communities of American Indians who periodically gathered at these special places to worship and stay connected to one another. The earthworks are incredibly big to accommodate those large numbers of people.
Artifacts found at these sites are made from unusual raw materials such as mica from Appalachia, seashells from the Gulf of Mexico, and obsidian from the Rocky Mountains. This shows that people traveled here from the ends of the Hopewell world bringing with them rare and precious gifts. The immense effort this would have required further solidifies these earthworks as centers of human ingenuity.
Come and learn more about this mysterious UNESCO World Heritage Site that is practically in our own back yards.
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Located in eastern Delaware County, Ohio, the Community Library has been serving the Big Walnut Local School District since 1944.
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