/tags/hopewell-culture Hopewell Culture en-US Copyright Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:56:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-11/ohio-world-heritage-week-fort-ancient-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-wvxu A series of week-long events are planned at seven of the eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks sites. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:56:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-11/ohio-world-heritage-week-fort-ancient-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-wvxu Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-12-16/octagon-earthworks-open-public-january-1 After years of legal battles, the day is nearly here when the Octagon Earthworks in Newark will be fully opened to the public. The mounds are part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:38:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-16/octagon-earthworks-open-public-january-1 Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-09-17/fort-ancient-first-anniversary-unesco-world-heritage-designation It's been one year since Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Visitation locally at Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve is seeing an increase. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:11:00 GMT /local-news/2024-09-17/fort-ancient-first-anniversary-unesco-world-heritage-designation Tana Weingartner /podcast/focus-on-technology/2023-04-17/tracing-materials-other-places-hopewell-culture-artifacts Ball State Professor of Anthropology Mark Hill thinks it comes down to social networks, not trade. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:29:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2023-04-17/tracing-materials-other-places-hopewell-culture-artifacts Ann Thompson /local-news/2019-11-26/ohio-mounds-top-usas-unesco-world-heritage-site-bid A recent effort to preserve a historic Native American earthwork in Butler County points to a broader effort to recognize and honor Ohio's early mound… Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:01:00 GMT /local-news/2019-11-26/ohio-mounds-top-usas-unesco-world-heritage-site-bid Tana Weingartner /local-news/2019-10-01/butler-county-earthwork-saved-by-online-pledges-foundations There's an element of excitement surrounding Fortified Hill, a Ross Township earthwork, after supporters were able to raise the money to save it in just… Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:37:22 GMT /local-news/2019-10-01/butler-county-earthwork-saved-by-online-pledges-foundations Ann Thompson /local-news/2019-09-16/historians-scramble-to-save-butler-county-earthwork An effort is underway to save an endangered earthwork in Butler County before it's potentially sold to developers Sept. 28.The Ross Township property, 213… Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-09-16/historians-scramble-to-save-butler-county-earthwork Ann Thompson