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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.

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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.

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