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Y’all I am So Excited about this. The Serpent Mound and the other Hopewell mounds are one of the few genuinely cool things about Ohio

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"In the past we might sometimes say 'Hopewell culture' or 'Hopewell people,' but what we really understand 'Hopewell' to be now is not a new peoples," explains Bill Kennedy, site manager and site archeologist at Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve. "It's a new religious movement of people. It's happening all throughout eastern North America. It reaches a fluorescence, though, in southern Ohio that it doesn't reach anywhere else."

…Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe, who was involved in the earthworks nomination, also sees its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a step toward combating racist and ignorant stereotypes about his people and his ancestors.

"They're great civil engineers. They're artists, they're astronomers, mathematicians, and for my people, that's not the way that Shawnee people, or any Indigenous peoples in this country, are typically portrayed in media," he says.

In addition, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks address gaps in the World Heritage List identified by the World Heritage Committee. Specifically, a lack of sites representing pre-contact Indigenous American sacred architecture and sites that represent early understandings of science, culture and astronomy.

…Today no federally recognized tribes remain in Ohio. They were all forcibly removed in the 17 and 1800s. Yet it was their ancestors who created these massive feats of design and engineering.

Glenna Wallace is chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and has been active in the World Heritage process. She says inscription on the World Heritage List is part of her mission to teach people about the earthworks that her ancestors built.

She says their inclusion would not be an ending, but another beginning.

"Our people may have been forced away from that place, and they may have disappeared, but what they built, what they constructed, what their values were, that's still there and that should be protected," she states.

"That's the reason for World Heritage."

In becoming a UNESCO World Heritage site, Wallace says she hopes the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks will finally attain the reverence and respect they deserve.

See the linked article for more details!

#indigenous culture #native american art #Native American archaeology #Indian mounds #Native American mounds #hopewell #unesco #Shawnee

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merrymorningofmay · 2 months

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another fascinating nugget is that mentions of the yellow king are absent both from the (2012?) true detective bible and the (2014?) draft scripts for eps 1-2, which kind of confirms my guess that part of the reason why they went with the yellow king was because he was made up by Some Guy in 1895 and had no connection to any real life cultures/cults (good call)

#the tdb has “indian mounds” instead of carcosa. eh #mari rambles #true detective

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aviationgeek71 · 2 years

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Closing my eyes, I listen... hoping to hear echoes of the past. Yet after my climb, only my breath joins the chorus of wind in its journey through the trees, now clinging to the sides of ancient earthworks in Newark, Ohio.

Resembling a defensive structure, it was once called the Old Fort. Surrounded by a deep trench, early residents thought it was used as a moat; however, with the trench within the interior of the structure, Archaeologists raised doubts regarding this theory, and now refer to the ancient mound as the Great Circle earthworks.

Constructed by the Hopewell culture between 100 BCE and 400 CE, it's one of the largest earthen enclosures in the world. While there are many theories for its construction, not much is known about the Hopewell or the use of their Great Circle.

On this evening, the sun continued her decent, embracing the ancient structure. Its mysteries slowly engulfed in shadows of twilight. Its stories concluding in silence... an ending only known by its builders.

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baheuldey · 6 months

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Les Hauts des Galgals / The Barrow Downs (Tolktober, 21), 2023, encre de Chine sur papier, 21,5 x 14 cm

#art #Tolktober #Tolktober 2023 #dessin #drawing #encre #ink #encre de Chine #indian ink #Tolkien #Seigneur des Anneaux #The Lord of the Rings #Middle Earth #Barrow Downs #Hauts des Galgals #mounds #mégalithes #fantasy #landes maudites et tertres hantés

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moonville-tunnel · 6 months

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cedar cliff falls - 2022

#my pix #nature #forests #rivers #waterfalls #water #indian mound reserve #ohio #2022

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goddessdiana49 · 1 year

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#Indian mound..#goddess #country girl #hot #fun #WV

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urbs-in-horto · 7 months

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Erased history of Chicago

Previous Urbs in Horto Chicago Indian Mounds posts here and here

#chicago #indian mounds

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dweeeeeb · 11 months

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Farr Mounds, Natchez Trace Mississippi. Indian Burial Mounds.

#Appalachia #SouthernAppalachia

#Appalachia #Southern Appalachia #Mississippi #Farr Mounds #Indian #Burial #Grounds #Indian Mounds #EmAlaOw76 #Tumbledweeeb

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stormbear · 9 months

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Town Creek Indian Mound

#town creek Indian mound #north carolina #archaeology #native american #history

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gulfcoastinspired · 1 year

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A Drive Around Alabama's Scenic Coastal Byway to Dauphin Island

A Drive Around Alabama’s Scenic Coastal Byway to Dauphin Island

Amanda and I took the scenic route from Irvington to Dauphin Island to take a walk through the Shell Mounds. I take this drive around Shell Belt Road and Coden Belt Road at least once or twice a week in the evenings after work or on Sunday after church. I don’t think I’ve ever photographed it at sunrise before. It’s so relaxing to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the coast and the road…

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the1beardedgent · 2 years

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The Mound-Shaped Earthwork In Florida That Still Mesmerizes Archaeologists To This Day

#archaeological dig #archaeology #crystal river #florida #native americans #indian mounds #titusville #spacecoast #brevardcounty #centralflorida

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catmomchef · 5 months

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#Indian mounds.#imalittlenervous #this place will become your tomb

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unknownancientamerica · 5 months

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Indigenous Health

In 1491 Charles A Mann notes “ In 1491, Americas were apparently free or almost free of cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s chorea, newborn anemia, schizophrenia, asthma and (possibly) juvenile diabatetes, all of which have some genetic component. Here a limited gene pool may have spared Indians great suffering” 117.

Instead of the absence of these diseases solely being the result of a limited gene is it possibly that the Indigenous people of the time had a lifestyle that contributed to their well being? Is it possible the lack of processed for and sedimentary lifestyle promoted healthy people. After all, the diseases mentioned are found in limited gene pools (confirm) Also these disease have a lifestyle component as well., A life style that could not be supported in North America prior to colonialism.

Written by Michelle Evans

#mound builder #ancient america #folklore #indian folklore

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middleland · 5 months

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