Celebrate Ohio Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day! Â Artifact Identification. Â Experts will be on-hand to identify artifacts. This is a great opportunity to bring out those rocks, relics and artifacts that you have been curious about. Junior archaeology program for kids ages 5-12. Space is limited. Reservations are required. Call to reserve your child's spot […]
Celebrate National Junior Ranger Day and the kick-off of National Park Week. Children ages 5-12 are invited to participate in this event. Children will complete several hands-on activities, a mock dig, to earn a Junior Ranger badge. Parents or guardians are required to stay with their children. Call the park at (740) 774-1126 for more […]
Remembering Camp Sherman showcases World War I memorabilia and historic footage from Camp Sherman, where 120,000 soldiers trained from 1917 until the camp’s decommissioning in 1921. Camp Sherman was one of 16 regional training centers established by the United States government during World War I and the third largest in the country. Camp Sherman memorabilia […]
The Robert L. Harness Lecture Series presented by Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. The architecture of the Hopewell-era earthworks presents perceptual challenges to modern visitors. The reasons for this are not only their degradation and forest cover, but also their inherent and intentional qualities: their soft shapes, complex yet subtle forms, and vast scale. In […]
The Robert L. Harness Lecture Series presented by Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. The Archaic Period throughout the Eastern Woodlands region remains poorly understood. Existing models for this vast temporal period follow a traditional cultural history framework, with populations described as low in number and largely mobile before eventually transitioning to a greater degree of […]
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When most people think of archeology, they think of an adventurous explorer who braves great danger to grab a precious object! Archeology provides a link to the past and a means to study the people who came before us. Junior Archeologists are important people because they help archeologists take care of very special places. The […]
The Robert L. Harness Lecture Series presented by Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. There are many developing streams to explore formerly hidden or ignored aspects of the archaeological record. I will focus on the new things we can learn from application of geochemical prospecting and digital recording of private collections. Through the use of geochemistry, […]
The Robert L. Harness Lecture Series presented by Hopewell Cultural National Historical Park. Since the February 2011 revolution that ousted Gaddafi, Libya has been struggling with the challenge of building a new country. The current perilous condition of the Libyan state now endangers a remarkable and varied range of cultural heritage dating from the prehistoric, […]
Children ages 5 -12 are invited to participate in this event. Children will complete several hands-on activities, a mock dig, to earn a Junior Archeologist badge! Parents or guardians are required to stay with their children. Call the park at (740) 774-1126 for more information.
