Earthworks Blog

Edisto Island: Spanish Mount and Pockoy Shell Rings

December 2024

Edisto Island, South Carolina, is home to archaic native sites, such as Spanish Mount, a shell midden, Pockoy Island, and Fig Island shell rings.
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Hopewell Octagon - Light and Shadow Animation

An animation showing how shadows and energy could have traveled through a Hopewell culture octagon.
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Newark Earthworks, Ohio, an UNESCO World Heritage Site

July 2024 - Mini- Mound Tour 1

The Newark Earthworks originally covered four square miles and was the largest Ohio Hopewell site. At the time the land was prairie, maintained by controlled burning.
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Hopewell Lunar Observatory

At the center of the Newark Earthwork's Fairground Circle is Eagle Mound. Is it an effigy mound, or is there another explanation?
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Jeffers Mound, Ohio

July 2024 - Mini- Mound Tour 2

Jeffers Mound is on a bluff, overlooking the Olentangy River, a tributary of Scioto River, along which many Ohio Hopewell sites were located.
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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center and Mound City Group - Chillicothe, Ohio

July 2024 - Mini- Mound Tour 3

Of all the sites I visited in July, Mound City reminded me most of a graveyard, a walled place apart from everyday life with monuments honoring people who lived in the past.
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The Serpent Mound State Memorial, Peebles, Ohio

July 2024 - Mini- Mound Tour 4

The Serpent Effigy Mound is located on the southwest rim of a Hypervelocity Impact Crater. The land on which it rests was once owned by Harvard University.
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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois, an UNESCO World Heritage Site

July 2024 - Mini- Mound Tour 5

Monk's Mound is the largest earthwork north of Mexico and is nine to ten stories tall. The day we were there, it was busy with many visitors, and one man was exercising, running up and down the steps.
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Natishma, Shaman of the Chesapeakes, Friend of the Roanoke Colony

Author: Richard Proescher, Published January 15, 2013

The plot is a coming-of-age story at a pivotal historical moment when the early English explorers visit the Elizabeth River area.
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Criel Mound - South Charleston, West Virginia

May 2023

This large mound is in a park surrounded by a very busy urban area. There are several historical markers displaying information about the site and the Adena culture.
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Ais Mound - Fort Pierce, Florida

February 2023

The single mound is set a grove of palms and live oaks overlooking the Indian River Lagoon. Visiting the nearby St. Lucie County Aquarium gave me an appreciation of the rich ecosystem in the area.
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