The fertile earth and the ordered cosmos : reflections on the Newark Earthworks and world heritage / edited by M. Elizabeth Weiser, Timothy R. W. Jordan, and Richard D. Shiels.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Weiser, M. Elizabeth, editor.
• Jordan, Timothy R. W., editor.
• Shiels, Richard D., 1947- editor.
• ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Newark Earthworks (Newark, Ohio).
• Mounds--Ohio--Newark.
• Hopewell culture--Ohio.
• Newark (Ohio)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations

Other Title:

Reflections on the Newark Earthworks and world heritage

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Trillium, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press [2023]

Contents:

• Foreword: Making the Earthworks Public / Richard D. Shiels
• Part I. What Are the Newark Earthworks?
• A Shawnee Perspective / Glenna J. Wallace
• The Mystery in Our Midst / Aaron Keirns
• Hard to Describe but Awesome to Experience / Brad Lepper
• A Traveling Architect's View / John E. Hancock
• Earthworks Terminology / Richard D. Shiels
• The Greatness of the Great Circle / Timothy R. W. Jordan
• Part II. Uniting Earth and Sky
• Exciting Times / John N. Low
• Licking County's Ancient Treasures / Bill Weaver
• Nature and the Newark Earthworks / Jim Williams
• How We Found the Lunar Alignments at the Octagon / Ray Hively and Robert Horn
• Just How Does the Octagon Align with the Moon? / Richard D. Shiels
• The Rhythm of the Moon Written on the Land / Mike Mickelson
• The Rest of the Story / Brad Lepper
• Part III. What Is World Heritage?
• Rising to the Occasion / Stacey Halfmoon
• The Newark Earthworks Have Integrity / Brad Lepper
• Designating the Octagon and Great Circle as World Heritage Sites / Jennifer Aultman
• The Newark Earthworks Have Outstanding Universal Value / Brad Lepper
• It Is Time to Prepare for Earthworks Tourism / M. Elizabeth Weiser
• What Can America Learn from the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks? / Richard D. Shiels
• Part IV. Experiencing and Remembering Earthworks
• Places of Spirituality, Accomplishment, and Power / Marti L. Chaatsmith
• The First Modern Lunar Standstill / Mike Mickelson
• Complicated History Is Built into Our Landscape / M. Elizabeth Weiser
• Generations of Learners Honor the Earthworks / Mary F. Borgia
• The Other Newark Earthworks / Timothy R. W. Jordan
• The Life-Changing Potential of Our Earthworks / Richard D. Shiels
• Thin Places
• Jim Williams
• Thinking about Earthworks in New Ways
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• Part V. The Ohio Phenomenon
• World Heritage for the Hopewell Culture Earthworks
• Richard D. Shiels
• The Fort Ancient Earthworks: Similar but Different
• Brad Lepper
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: The Hopewell Core
• Bret J. Ruby
• How the Great Hopewell Road Connected Newark with Chillicothe
• My Hopewell Pilgrimage between Chillicothe and Newark
• Norita Yoder
• Part VI. Ancient Communities Coming Together
• Indigenous Values Infuse the World Heritage Movement
• Christine Ballengee Morris
• Licking County's 14,000-Year History
• Building Earthworks, Building Community
• A Prehistoric Legacy for the Present
• Ray Hively and Robert Horn
• A 2,000-Year-Old Intellectual Center
• Lucy E. Murphy
• Part VII. Modern Communities Coming Together
• Growing Up in the Mahoning Valley
• ix
• Jay Toth
• Seeing the Moon Again for the First Time
• Jeff Gill
• Want a Better Community? Be Awestruck
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• Drawn Together at Earthworks
• Universal Value and Significance
• Hope Taft
• A World Heritage Fledgling
• Jennifer Aultman.

Notes:

• Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
• Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Fertile earth and the ordered cosmos.

ISBN:

• 9780814282878
• 0814282873

Publisher Number:

40031638706

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.