Re: New Discovery At Fort Ancient


"Garrison Hilliard" <garrison@xxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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> New Discovery At Fort Ancient
>
> Archaeologists say they have something new to study at Fort Ancient State
> Memorial.
>
> A previously unknown circular structure about 200 feet in diameter was
detected
> recently during preliminary work for an erosion-control project at the
site of
> 2,000-year-old earthworks, state authorities said.
>
> More study will be needed to determine whether the structure is an
earthworks or
> the remains of a ditch that held a series of large posts or of some other
kind
> of structure, state authorities said.
>
> "The reaction is 'Wow!'" Jack Blosser, Fort Ancient's site manager, said
of the
> new find. Blosser said the last major discovery at the site was the
remains of
> several homes found during excavation for a museum and garden area built
in
> 1998.
>
> Ohio authorities said a magnetometer, which can show disruptions in
magnetic
> soil particles, detected the structure below ground.
>
> They credited Jarrod Burks, an expert on remote sensing technologies with
Ohio
> Valley Archaeological Consultants.
>
> The company, based in the Columbus suburb of Worthington, was contracted
to work
> with Ohio Historical Society archaeologists for a survey this summer for a
major
> erosion-control project.
>
> The work is being funded with the help of a $255,000 federal matching
grant
> through the Save America's Treasures program of the National Park Service.
>
> Fort Ancient's earthworks, built by an indigenous people called the
Hopewell
> Indians, are 3.5 miles long, on nearly 100 hilltop acres above the Little
Miami
> River in Warren County, about seven miles southeast of Lebanon.
>
> The site was established as an Ohio state park in 1891, and a 1930s
project by
> the federal Civilian Conservation Corps helped eliminate erosion and
stabilize
> the earthworks, state authorities said. However, water runoff in recent
years
> has led to the need for new anti-erosion work.
>
> Brad Lepper, an archaeologist at the Ohio Historical Society, said the
> erosion-control project will move ahead, but with alterations to avoid
> disturbing the newly discovered area.
>
> He said state archaeologists might partner with other scholars or seek
> additional funding to study the find and what it can tell about the
Hopewells.
>
> "Anytime there's a find at a site you think is already pretty well
understood,
> it's always exciting to add to the picture," Lepper said.
>
> http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/08/30/ancient.html
>

Garrison, is this earthwork far or close by the 62-75 AD dated mounds? If
not what is used for dating it?

Inger E


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