Ancient Ohio Earthworks

1847 Map of Newark Works - Squier & Davis

I have been a senior GIS analyst for Santa Cruz County, Arizona, for 10 years. I have a good job, but I've been wanting to expand my GIS experience. A trip to Ohio three years ago and my discovery of the amazing geometric earthworks there. Built by a Native American culture 2 thousand years ago, one in Newark, Ohio, is one of the largest in the world, covering over 40 square miles. This and others have been nominated as World Heritage Sites. This trip got me interested in what is called computational archaeology, in which GIS is just one important part. But I knew little about archaeology or these earthworks, so I embarked on a two-year study of this culture and archaeology in general. I have been writing articles about science for quite some time, so my current interests have led to a series of 11 articles over the past two years. I am influenced by the work of the archaeologist Megan Howey, who has done theoretical work in GIS and brilliant work in Michigan. I don't claim to know much, perhaps enough to get me in trouble, but I'm now ready to use this information for various GIS-related research projects. These I will publish as I go along.

Bill Beaver

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