3/21/23 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Here in SW Ohio are many prehistoric first-peoples archaeological sites: Fort Ancient's Great Serpent Mound, SunWatch Indian Village, and more which could make interesting Solar eclipse viewing...
"… Monaghan and Hermann determined that the mound was built around 2,100–2,300 years ago (300-100 BCE) during the Adena period. It was subsequently rebuilt (or repaired) about 900 years ago (1100 CE) during the Fort Ancient period …"
#WikiCommons image of Ohio Historical Marker with raised text: Serpent Mound, dated 2003. Photo by Stepshep, 2007. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serpent_Mound_Plaque.jpg #WikiCommons image of Serpent Mound in South-West Ohio. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harper%27s_New_Monthly_Magazine_Volume_104_December_1901_to_May_1902_(1902)_(14803170263).jpg
My 1st full article in @SAAorg's American Antiquity went live online yesterday (oddly in the April print issue). Thanks to Dr. @BretRuby for very constructive feedback on an earlier version & 2 anonymous reviewers. cambridge.org/core/journals/… #archaeology#C14#Chronology#PublicationDay
"#Ohio#Hopewell is an archaeological concept that is known worldwide but that suffers from “a disarray of radiocarbon results”. Here, we establish a comprehensive dataset of 14C dates and apply formal chronometric hygiene criteria to all dates. ... suggest that religious practices provided shorter-term satisfaction and stability than previously recognized. #archaeology#C14#chronology